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EV Rebates Available for EV Charging & Fleets in ComEd Utility District

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:02:03 +0000

Providing power for more than 4 million customers and about 70% of the population of Illinois, ComEd is a giant utility. Now it is turning its attention to good. (Or, well, it’s stimulating more consumer demand by incentivizing a switch to electric vehicles.) At the recent Chicago Auto Show, ComEd … [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised V12.6.3: That Don’t Impress Me Much!

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Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 01:53:24 +0000

From the immortal humorous lyrics of Shania Twain, my evaluation of FSD Supervised V12.6.3 (2024.45.32.15): That Don’t Impress Me Much! I’ve been driving with and obsessively using Tesla’s artificial intelligence software in my Model 3 now for over 5 years and nearly 150,000 miles, both on Interstate highways and city … [continued]

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Philippines EV Advocates To Propel Local Electric Vehicle Ecosystem

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Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:42:56 +0000

The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) spoke to CleanTechnica on the sidelines of the Tesla Model Y launch earlier this week about the robust expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) sector, echoing the upbeat sentiment from the 12th Philippine EV Summit (PEVS) which happened last year. EVAP president … [continued]

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Q&A Regarding Tesla Supercharger Access for Non-Teslas

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:45:50 +0000

I’ve seen several non-Tesla EV drivers pull up to a V2 Tesla Supercharger station with the expectation to charge, or at least the hope of charging. Some of these people have been in rental cars and really in need of a charge. Unfortunately, non-Tesla EVs can’t charge at V2 Superchargers … [continued]

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Musk Mayhem Continues: Tesla Employee Fired For Freedom Of Speech Error

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:55:44 +0000

What happens if you work for Tesla and you voice your concerns about the CEO’s social media post that jokes about Nazism? You’re told to clean out your cubicle and never again let your shadow cross the gilded Tesla corporate threshold. It’s another example of Musk mayhem at work. Bantering … [continued]

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49% of Survey Respondents Think Tesla Will Sell Fewer than 200,000 Vehicles in Europe This Year

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:28:21 +0000

Tesla sales have dropped dramatically in Europe at the beginning of this year (compared to the beginning of last year). As José Pontes reported yesterday, they were down 45% year over year. It was the lowest monthly total for Tesla in Europe since January 2023. As a result, in the … [continued]

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Don’t Be Fooled By The Car Industry’s ‘Complain Then Comply’ Strategy

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Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:57:13 +0000

An EU Automotive Plan that keeps the targets, but supports demand and local battery manufacturing, can make this a landmark year for the industry. Last year it was €15 billion. Now it is €16 billion. Are these the growing income of a Russian oil oligarch? A weekly bingo win? No, … [continued]

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Kia Teams Up With Samsung For Its “SmartThings Pro” IoT Platform

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:30:39 +0000

I just tried my best to introduce and share Kia’s new PV5 and its overall PBV concept. At the heart of the PV5 and broader PBV platform, though, is going to be Samsung internet of things (IoT) software. The last big announcement from 2025 Kia EV Day is about this … [continued]

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The Kia PV5 — 1st Dedicated “PBV” from Kia Unveiled

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:01:19 +0000

At 2025 Kia EV Day, aside from unveiling the Kia EV4 and Kia Concept EV2, the company unveiled the PV5. The PV5 is “the first of Kia’s dedicated Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) models.” I can’t say I’m a huge fan of this PBV label — beyond vehicle? I know companies … [continued]

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