Tesla CTO JB Straubel at Vancouver Tech Conference

March 11, 2017 Tesla co-founder and Chief Technical Officer J.B. Straubel will be speaking at the sold-out  BC Tech Summit taking place March 13-14, 2017 in Vancouver, BC.  He is scheduled for Tuesday morning to present “Electric Vehicles and the Sustainable Energy Revolution.” From Wikipedia: Jeffrey Brian “JB” Straubel (born December 20, 1975) is part of the founding team and…

Tesla Solar Roof: Panasonic’s involvement in the manufacturing process at Gigafactory 2

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co March 8, 2017 After the Model 3, Tesla’s ‘solar roof’ is probably the company’s most anticipated product of 2017, which brings some scrutiny to its plans for production – not unlike the Model 3’s production program. The recent release of information from Tesla and Panasonic led to some confusion over the production of the product at Gigafactory…

Video: Emirates Electric Road Trip | Fully Charged

March 10, 2017 bobbyllew, Electrek.co   The Emirates Electric Road Trip was an amazing experience. A combination of educational exercise, motivation to open new charging stations throughout the Emirates and a wonderful tour of an incredible area of the world. The Emirates are investing more in renewables than you can literally poke a stick at. They extract huge amounts of…

Tesla announces fan-made commercial competition

Recently, grade 5 student wrote (and her father tweeted) Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggesting that Tesla hold a fan-made commercial competition.   Elon Musk tweeted back:   And Project Loveday is born on the Tesla website. If you are interested, see the Tesla Blog site to read more.   Previous Tesla Fan-made Commercials are:     and 10 more here……

Tesla confirms retooling of factory for Model 3 this month, will ‘pause’ Model S/X production for a week

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, February 8, 2017   Tesla confirmed in a statement to Electrek today that it plans to “pause” production for a week this month at the Fremont factory in order to install equipment for Model 3 production. The company doesn’t expect that it will affect its production for the first quarter 2017 since it “added production days to compensate.” There…

NHTSA is closing investigation of fatal accident on Tesla Autopilot without finding any defect [confirmed]

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, January 19, 2017 Update: NHTSA confirmed the news that the Autopilot was not at fault – Tesla’s crash rate was reduced by 40% after introduction of Autopilot based on data reviewed by NHTSA Following the tragic death of 45-year-old Joshua Brown in a collision with a truck while using the Autopilot of his Tesla Model S in Florida back in…

Tesla introduces $0.40/minute idle fee for Superchargers to incentivise owners to move when charging is over

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, December 16, 2016 That was quick. Last week, CEO Elon Musk warned that Tesla will “take action” against Tesla owners leaving their vehicles at Supercharger stations after charging is over. He said: “Supercharger spots are meant for charging, not parking”. Today the company took action and introduced a new $0.40 per minute idle fee for the entire Supercharger network. The fee…

Victoria Royals vs Kelowna Rockets – Jan 13

Jim Henshaw, ECO Night Event Co-ordinator December 11, 2016 It is with great pleasure that the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club announces its Fourth Annual ECO NIGHT on Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena starting at 7:05pm. Those attending get to see Victoria’s Royals take on their arch-rivals, the Kelowna Rockets. Last year’s final game between these two…