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JULY 26, 2023

One of the greatest things about this new energy era is the ability to “drive on sunshine.” ” Anyone with solar panels on their roof and an electric car in their driveway likes to share with others that the solar energy they collect powers their electric car.

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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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APRIL 21, 2024

By that point my kids will probably take away my smartphone/key, or at least remove the Tesla App from. continued] The post I Plan To Keep My Tesla Model 3 Until I Die: How Can I Make My Battery Last That Long? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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JUNE 23, 2022

BYD achieves another record month Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. With the end of the covid lockdowns, plugins went back to the fast lane, growing 109% year over year (YoY). They scored over 403,000 registrations in May, with plugin hybrids (PHEVs) surging 187% year over year (YoY) […].

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MAY 24, 2023

Earlier this month, Tesla battery cell supplier Panasonic announced that it would delay the commercial production schedule of 4680 cells. Some wonder if the news could affect production of the Tesla Cybertruck, which is set to begin deliveries later this year.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Blake Fuller, who has set a number of racing records, including in Teslas, just published a fascinating comparison of the 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid, the 2015 Tesla Model S P90DL, and the 2018 Tesla Model 3 Performance in their stunning, record races up Pikes Peak.

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APRIL 29, 2024

China just reached 43% of new car sales being plugin cars! Full electrics (BEVs) accounted for 28% market share. continued] The post Booming Chinese EV Market, $7 Billion For Solar From Biden, Tesla Updates Galore — Top News of the Week appeared first on CleanTechnica. President Joe Biden just.

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MAY 10, 2024

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

After listening to the Q3 Tesla earnings call, there was one thing I noticed that Elon repeated 3 times, and it was the first time I’ve heard him say it. It is that Tesla plans to make a 1,000 GWh of batteries a year, vertically integrated, domestically. Let’s break down what that means: Tesla just […].

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Tesla has opened its first store in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día reports. This marks Tesla’s first official physical point of sale in the US territory, the article noted. The showroom opened in the Plaza Las Américas shopping center in the capital city of San Juan. If you are in the area, you can find […].

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JULY 20, 2022

In Tesla’s 2nd quarter report released a few hours ago, the company provided an update on vehicle delivery growth, rooftop solar installation growth, Supercharger growth, service center growth, mobile service fleet growth, and more. Tesla Model 3 & Y Production & […].

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Following up on my first article about race car driver, battery innovator, and serial entrepreneur Blake Fuller getting a brand new Tesla Model S Plaid, tearing it apart in less than a day, and prepping it for the Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race this coming Sunday, this article covers some of the tinkering that was […].

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APRIL 4, 2021

HyperChange’s Gali Russell (aka @GFilche on Twitter) released a video on why he thinks Tesla will be the world’s biggest company. Just last month, Elon Musk tweeted that there was a >0% chance that Tesla could become the biggest company, as an obvious joke, and later deleted it.

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JUNE 22, 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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JANUARY 15, 2022

Tesla has included a direct reference to the Model Y structural battery pack in an update to its Model Y owner’s manual. In the manual note, Tesla encouraged owners to check the vehicle itself for the exact location […].

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I don’t think I have ever been more curious about a Tesla investor day as the one coming up March 1st. There is so much speculation on what we are going to see, and I usually just read what others try to predict and then grab my popcorn and enjoy the live event, but this time […]

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

How long does a Tesla battery last in Australia? This is becoming more of a common question now that Tesla has doubled its presence on Australian roads. Teslas are everywhere! Someone recently commented that they are becoming as common as cockroaches and cane toads.

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MAY 22, 2021

The “EV Stock Channel” has published a video titled “European battery factory race (VW & Tesla).” ” It took a dive into how both companies are establishing electric vehicle battery factories and what it means for Europe.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Nikkei Asia has published an interesting read on Tesla’s patent numbers, which now number in the hundreds and cover a wide variety of topics. It seems like Tesla has a new patent for something every other day.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Tesla is now big enough that growth of 50% per year has […]. When you are very small, growth percentages can be astronomical. Going from one in your first year to three in the next year to 30 gives growth of 200% and 900%. But after these first few years, 50% growth is considered crazy high.

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JUNE 24, 2021

Tesla signed an agreement with Alset EHome, a home building company, to make sure that an entire community will be built with Tesla’s solar roofing panels, TeslaNorth has reported. The community […].

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MARCH 1, 2023

Tesla had an Investor Day event at its gigafactory in Austin, TX, today. Somehow, during this event, Secret Master Plan #3 got leaked to some people. It even appeared on a website that did not understand the nondisclosure agreement (NDA). Or is there some ambiguity in “secret.”

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Tesla has entered into an agreement with Indonesia to purchase $5 billion worth of nickel over the next 5 years.

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JULY 4, 2021

There have been more details released about the recent Tesla Model S Plaid fire, including who owned the vehicle. Although I believe we should wait on the results of the investigation, there are some questions that a few Tesla owners and shareholders have taken to Twitter […].

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APRIL 11, 2021

Based on the analysis I did of ARK Invest’s Tesla bull and bear cases, here and here, I decided to create my own financial model for Tesla growth. Tesla has a lot of moving parts, and Elon has famously said Tesla is made up of more than a dozen startups. In true agile fashion, I […].

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

CFACT, a nonprofit organization with a mission that is focused on prospering lives, promoting progress, protecting the Earth, and providing education has published an article that one would not expect from a supposedly environmentally oriented nonprofit — “Electric Cars Will Eventually Get Us Nowhere.”

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JULY 15, 2021

It seems that battery makers are hoping that Tesla will choose them to produce its 4680 tabless battery cells. The Korea Herald has reported that Samsung SDI and LG Energy Solution have completed the development of samples of the 4680 battery cells. This is an effort to win Tesla’s heart, or at least win a […].

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JULY 22, 2021

LG Energy Solutions is feeling the “Tesla effect” thanks to Tesla’s success with its made-in-China Model Y sales. The Tesla Model Y enabled LG Energy Solutions to dethrone CATL as the world’s top battery vendor.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

The latest Impact Report from Tesla says the company is making sustainability a central part of all its business operations.

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JULY 26, 2021

As always, we are putting together a thorough livestream video for the second quarter (Q2) Tesla shareholder call later today. You can find it embedded YouTube video below (or click here) and set a reminder to watch it at 5pm ET/2pm PT/11pm CET later today when it goes live. Aside from including the audio on […].

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JANUARY 2, 2023

A few repeat topics included Tesla Model 3 long-term reviews, heat pump water heaters, solid-state batteries, and Tesla topics in general. Looking backward for a moment before charging on ahead again, let’s run through the most popular stories on CleanTechnica last year. Check out the full list below. Top 30 […].

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JULY 13, 2022

Tesla has been building a dual motor version of the Model Y with the new 4680 battery pack that is a structural component of the car for a few weeks now — enough time for people to run some charging tests and begin tearing them down to understand how they are put together. Tesla Model […].

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APRIL 23, 2021

Under the leadership of Elon Musk, Tesla made a 4D chess move that Solving The Money Problem’s Steven Mark Ryan pointed out no one seems to have noticed. This move can also be seen as a secret Trojan horse of sorts. The video (below) is inspired by some of Elon Musk’s tweets. Steven explained: “An […].

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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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JUNE 4, 2023

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is reporting that Tesla and Panasonic are expected to receive about $1.8 That will put the two companies far ahead of the estimated $480 million that General Motors and LG Energy Solution are expected to receive. billion in Inflation Reduction Act production tax credits this year.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

As always, CleanTechnica will be streaming the quarterly Tesla conference call live later today with all the bells and whistles you have come to expect from our previous livestreams. Here is the link to our coming livestream. It is also embedded below. Just make sure to click that “Set reminder” button, and if you haven’t […].

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MARCH 11, 2023

The Tesla 4680 battery is struggling to get to the production levels needed to fulfill its promise of higher energy density and lower costs.

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