Electrek

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Tesla has confirmed that Gigafactory Berlin has reached a new production rate of 3,000 electric cars per week – just after Texas reached the milestone. The post Tesla announces Giga Berlin reached 3,000 electric cars per week appeared first on Electrek.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 15, 2024

We also chat with Matthew Guy about the car ramps he uses at home and what happened in the NASCAR race at Martinsville (yes, I know, there was a Texas race in between. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our newsletter. As well as here.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Texas-based solid-state EV battery innovator Solidion plans on accelerating the vehicle electrification movement with new materials and a radical new battery architecture. The post Texas-Based Solid-State EV Battery Startup Lays Out Oil-Killing Plans appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 10, 2022

Aside from other issues, setting up Tesla’s new global headquarters in Texas was always weird since Texas has always had anti-Tesla laws in place that prevent easy, convenient in-store sales for Tesla buyers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 28, 2021

Tesla welcomed the University of Texas at Austin to its new gigafactory in Texas today. Beth Beagles, Director of Corporate Relations at the University of Texas at Austin, shared a photo on LinkedIn with the following caption: “A best in class tour of a best in class facility, thanks to Omead Afshar.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2018

After a three-year hiatus, Texas has reinstated purchase rebates for plug-in electric and other alternative-fuel vehicles. Texans who buy electric cars after Sept. Buyers of fuel-cell cars.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 8, 2014

Texas will soon become the latest state to reward electric-car buyers with a check. The Lone Star State will implement a rebate program, announced last fall, that will give $2,500 rebates to owners of plug-in cars, Charged EVs reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2023

Recently, we did a story about the 2023 NADA convention and goat roping in Dallas, where Slate correspondent Alexander Sammon got a chance to speak to Buzz Smith, a former car salesman turned blogger who bills himself as The EV-angelist. Smith was giving a presentation entitled “Selling EVs Is Easy, Even in Texas!”

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Electrek

JULY 12, 2022

Tesla is trying to help Texas’s electric grid again amid another heat wave with its electric cars until it can with Powerwalls as it lobbies for some rule changes. The post Tesla tries to help Texas grid amid heat wave with its cars until it can with Powerwalls appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

California officially sold 1 million electric vehicles this month, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC) Chair David Hochschild. California is home to many EV automakers, including Tesla, the leading pure electric car manufacturer in the market today. “It’s really from the bottom up.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2014

As the land of big pickup trucks and Big Oil, Texas would hardly seem like the kind of place where electric cars could thrive. Yet the Lone Star State is one of the friendliest for plug-in cars which, according to a recent Navigant Research post, have a powerful ally there: utility companies.

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EV Central

APRIL 9, 2024

Tesla had planned to launch a low-cost entry EV rumoured to be dubbed the Tesla Model 2 as soon as the second half of 2025, with production already assigned to the car-maker’s plant in Texas. Top selling electric car slashed up to $8500; could it outsell the Ford Ranger? READ MORE: Tesla Model Y cheaper than ever!

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 14, 2017

Ah, Texas, the state that was formerly a nation and continues to do things slightly differently. Its politics is bare-knuckle, its hats are big, and so are its ranches. It also generates more renewable wind energy than any other state in the union. Its auto-dealer lobbyists, however, are equally large and powerful.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Preparation of Tesla Model Y production at the automaker’s Gigafactory Texas has gained momentum lately. A few images from inside Giga Texas have leaked via a local observer, Joe Tegtmeyer. These images show that a test vehicle production line is now functional at this car manufacturing plant. Article courtesy of Tesla Oracle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 24, 2023

continued] The post Texas DPS Is Less Amused With The “Model Y Superheavy” Than We Are appeared first on CleanTechnica. Recently, videos of a Tesla Model Y doing something insane have been popping up on social media. We’ve seen plenty.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 14, 2022

Tesla recently gave representatives from Austin-based universities a tour of Giga Texas. The University of Texas–Austin’s McCombs School of Business shared a post on LinkedIn giving a “Texas-sized thank you” to Tesla for welcoming Dean Lillian Mills and the University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that Gigafactory Texas could have an event similar to the “Giga Fest,” a County fair-style event that the automaker held at Gigafactory Berlin this past weekend. Tours, another rave, and some famous Texas BBQ would be ideally the perfect scenario, and Musk seems to be on board with the party idea.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 26, 2021

Back in March, reports from Texas emerged stating that a brand new Model Y had caught fire and took down a garage as a result. The news spread in social media quickly, with Dallas Texas TV even noting that the blaze, which “everybody saw all over Dallas,” was caused by a Tesla “basically exploding.”

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Teslarati

JANUARY 5, 2022

In a recent report, the Austin Business Journal noted that Tesla is already gathering the necessary paperwork to ensure that Giga Texas could be launched smoothly. . State filings have indicated that Gigafactory Texas will measure 4.28 Tesla has not issued a comment about Giga Texas’ permits.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2023

Tesla announced a week ago that Giga Texas (its large factory just outside of Austin, Texas) had produced 10 million of the company’s new 4680 battery cells. That sounds like a lot! Well, let’s be honest, that is a lot! However, it’s probably not as many as you’d think on the surface. You have to […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2022

US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh was recently given a tour of Giga Texas by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The visit preceded the planned Giga Texas grand opening, which is scheduled for April 7. The gigafactory is also Tesla’s new headquarters.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2022

Tesla’s Giga Texas will be building the Model Y Standard Range All-Wheel Drive. During the grand opening of Giga Texas, TeslaRaj explored one of the new Model Ys — the one that I mentioned in a previous article that was beautifully wrapped with the Cyber Rodeo logo emblazoned on the front. Troy Teslike notes that […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2022

Tesla is gearing up for its “Cyber Rodeo” at Gigafactory Texas tomorrow, and new images from those near the new electric vehicle production facility appear to show the automaker plans to make it a day to remember. Tesla begins inviting 15,000 guests to ‘Cyber Rodeo’ at Gigafactory Texas.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Tesla is closer to delivering its Giga Texas–made Model Ys. Tesla has produced several Model Y all-electric crossovers at Giga Texas, and the EPA told Teslarati that once it approves the Texas-made Model Y, Tesla will be able […].

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Tesla may be quite silent about the progress of its 4680 cells and structural battery packs, but recent sightings of Model Y test bodies in Gigafactory Texas suggest that the rollout of the innovative technology may be closer than expected. Watch Joe Tegtmeyer’s recent drone flyover of the Giga Texas site in the video below.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: We drive the sexy 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid, we learn the U.S. price of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, and Toyota moves to (not very green) Texas. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Toyota will.'

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Today, one owner describes what it's like to buy an electric car in Texas, the 2017 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck is set to launch next month with a new 10-speed automatic transmission, and we have more details on the new Kia Rio debuting at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 8, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors recorded 6,457 Model S electric-car deliveries in the first quarter of 2014, new research says diesel-car emissions still pose a significant health hazard, and Texas plans $2,500 electric-car purchase rebates. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2018

Texas has reinstated rebates and incentives for electric cars. And we ask what electric car readers would purchase after Tesla's federal tax credits expire. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. The Toyota Prius Prime has been recognized for its low environmental and social impact.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2023

The city of Austin, and specifically its public transportation agency, made one of the most exciting EV announcements of the past year, while the state of Texas went out there and pushed to […] It’s ironic — this week’s Cleantech Leader of the Week is the capital city of this week’s Cleantech Laggard of the Week.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 7, 2023

New battery management system technology from Texas Instruments can help maximize range and charging performance.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 21, 2023

Tesla has been looking to expand Gigafactory Texas since its opening, but the scope of the electric vehicle automaker’s plans hasn’t been exactly clear. A filing dated […]

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Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2021

Recent reports have indicated that Taiwan’s Pegatron has selected a site in El Paso, Texas, for an upcoming production facility that would provide parts for American electric car maker Tesla. The post Tesla supplier Pegatron is building a parts plant in Texas appeared first on TESLARATI.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Lucid is challenging the Texas dealer franchise law in federal court, arguing that it is anti-competitive and unfair to consumers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 28, 2021

The Texas legislative session is coming to an end, and a bill that would have allowed Tesla (and other EV manufacturers) to directly sell vehicles in the state died in committee. This means that Tesla will be in the absurd position of having to ship made-in-Texas vehicles out of the state and then ship them […].

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Baua Electric

APRIL 23, 2024

Tesla announced that it is changing its product plan to introduce cheaper electric cars to be built on its current production lines. Tesla has been working on its ‘next-generation vehicle platform’ that is expected to enable a new manufacturing process called “unboxed” that should produce cheaper electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2022

Tesla is planning to expand the Gigafactory Texas general assembly area by 500,000 square feet, as revealed in a permit filed by the automaker with the city of Austin, Texas. Public records from the Austin Build + Connect (ABC) website show that Tesla has applied for an expansion of Giga Texas by 500,000 sq. ft. […].

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