Island in the sun There are challenges to living on a remote island – from food scarcity to destructive weather – and the lack of affordable, reliable power is among the greatest. The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, located more than 4,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States, is no stranger to power rationing and outages….
Jameson Dow, Electrek.co, Nov 3, 2016 On a recent Saturday afternoon, Kim Reynolds from Motor Trend brought a Chevy Bolt to a Tesla meetup in Orange County, California, to see what a group of local Tesla owners thought about Chevy’s new entry into the market. “How many of you have Model 3 reservations?” I ask. Eleven out of 19 hands rise. “Now,…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, Oct 28, 2016 We were live at Universal Studios in Los Angeles today for Tesla’s unveiling of its new integrated energy solution with ‘solar roof and Powerwall’. For the event, Tesla and SolarCity retrofitted with the new solar roof solutions a bunch of houses used for film and tv sets by Universal Studios. The company surprised everyone…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, October 17, 2016 We were quite surprised when Tesla and Panasonic announced a new deal to collaborate on the manufacturing of solar cells and modules at the SolarCity Buffalo factory. And that’s not only because it was announced at 11pm on a Sunday night, but because of the implications it has on the solar cells and…
Tesla Blog, Oct 19, 2016 Self-driving vehicles will play a crucial role in improving transportation safety and accelerating the world’s transition to a sustainable future. Full autonomy will enable a Tesla to be substantially safer than a human driver, lower the financial cost of transportation for those who own a car and provide low-cost on-demand mobility for those who do…
Fred Lambert, Electrek, September 22, 2016 A new study shows that Tesla is successfully building its brand in Canada. The University of Victoria released its second-annual Gustavson Brand Trust Index (GBTI), which ranks national brands per industry sectors by measuring consumers’ level of trust based on a survey of 6,384 people. Surprisingly, the results placed Tesla has the most trusted car brand…
Tesla to deploy ‘largest li-ion battery project in the world’ with 80 MWh in Powerpacks Fred Lambert, Electrek, September 15, 2016 Yesterday, we reported on 1.5 MWh Tesla Powerpack project at the Brea Mall. If you think that it’s an interesting project, wait until you hear about Tesla Energy’s latest energy storage contract with Southern California Edison. Tesla announced today…
Saturday September 10, 2016 was the 5th annual Esquimalt Car Show, and the Victoria EV Club was in attendance with 13 electric vehicles, a band with instruments powered by a LEAF, two visiting dogs and many members helping out! We had 8 LEAFs, 2 Teslas, 1 MiEV, 1 Kia Soul EV, an eSmart and a Bradley Electric. For hours…
Tesla (TSLA) wins FTC approval for the SolarCity (SCTY) acquisition Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, August 26, 2016 Since SolarCity’s board of directors accepted Tesla’s $2.6 billion acquisition offer earlier this month, the companies have been in a 45-day ‘go shop’ period ending on September 14, 2016. The deal is still contingent on regulatory approvals and a shareholders vote. Tesla received…
Fred Lambert, electrek.co, August 25, 2016 Understandably, everyone is focusing on the incredible acceleration of Tesla’s new Model S P100D – 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds – but what is even more interesting, to me at least, is that the Model S is now the first all-electric car with over 300 miles of range. We are talking…
