Tesla’s Tenuous Hold On EV Market May Mean Opening Up South Asia

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:22:12 +0000

Tesla is planning to send a team of people to scout for locations in India this month. The broad brush strokes of the upcoming discussions reportedly will affirm the company’s investment plans in the South Asia nation — including setting up a manufacturing facility and increasing purchases of auto parts … [continued]

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Tesla Model Y & Model 3 Cost $10,000 Less Than Average New Car Price

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:22:04 +0000

Much recent discussion around Tesla has been about a lower-cost, smaller Tesla (“Model C” or “Model 2,” as it is often called). In particular, there was the shocking news that Tesla reportedly killed the project in order to focus on a Tesla robotaxi vehicle. It seems that the majority of … [continued]

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Teslas For India, At Last

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:10:08 +0000

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is making headlines as it gears up to produce right-hand drive (RHD) vehicles for the Indian market—a first for the German plant. Traditionally, Tesla’s RHD production has been managed by Giga Shanghai, serving countries like Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom. However, this strategic shift indicates that … [continued]

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Details Of NM NEVI Charging Build-Out Finally Come Out

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:57:54 +0000

A few weeks ago, I covered the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s announcement of NEVI charging sites. For those unfamiliar, the NEVI program is the federal program that gives money from the Infrastructure Bill to states to spend on charging infrastructure. The first of these stations are supposed to go … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck Can’t L2 Charge While Powering A Camper, Yet

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:36:41 +0000

A recent video at the Butter_EV YouTube Channel shows that you can do some really cool things with large EV batteries at campsites with a travel trailer, like power an RV’s air conditioning and other systems. This would be especially useful for “boondocking” — camping away from utility connections at … [continued]

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Rivian Gets Supercharger Access

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:55:46 +0000

Unless you were living under a rock or just got into EVs recently, you probably know all about the industry moving from CCS1 to Tesla’s NACS standard in North America. Starting with Ford, nearly every major automaker selling or planning to sell EVs in the United States decided to move … [continued]

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ChargePoint Taking Orders For NACS Cable Retrofit Kits

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:44:26 +0000

When it comes to the transition to NACS in North America, access to Tesla’s Supercharger network has been the main topic of discussion. This comes naturally, as the Supercharger network has not only proven itself to be very reliable, but to generally just have a lot more locations in a … [continued]

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1st Impressions of Tesla FSD v12.3 from Beta Testers (Videos)

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:17:31 +0000

Tesla (TSLA) started rolling out FSD Beta v12.3 (2023.44.30.25) to non-employee beta testers on Tuesday. First impressions testing videos of this new Tesla Full Self-Driving build have started to surface on social media platforms like X and Facebook. The majority of early beta testers are reporting that the new v12.3 … [continued]

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Tesla FSD Beta v12.3 at Challenging Unprotected Left Turns

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:01:05 +0000

Tesla’s latest FSD Beta release v12.3 is generally getting good feedback from beta testers except for a few hiccups here and there. FSD Beta version 11 was struggling at unprotected left turn (UPL) scenarios. Although Tesla kept improving the algorithms, V11 did not improve significantly. Tesla Model 3 owner and ex-US Air … [continued]

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Legacy Automakers Downplay The Value Of EVs While They Play Catch-Up

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:38:45 +0000

Zero emission electric vehicles (EVs) play a central role in radically cutting carbon dioxide emissions. As the dominance of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles wanes, legacy automakers are negotiating an existential transition. After all, they’ve been entrenched in decades of ICE production, and they need to pivot — quickly. Their … [continued]

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