Tesla reduces Solar + home battery pricing following California blackouts

Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) shutoff of electric supply to residents in California’s Bay Area has caught the attention of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who has announced that he would be offering a price reduction of approximately 10% for a solar panel and Tesla Powerwall battery installation. The discount will be available to […]

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Tesla Sentry Mode captures another keying incident, this time in Canada

Police in Surrey, British Columbia are trying to solve another case of vandalism on Tesla vehicles. They are currently seeking help in identifying a suspect that keyed a Tesla Model 3 in September. The keying happened in a parking lot of a movie theater and sushi restaurant in Surrey sometime on September 15. Dannie Chang […]

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Tesla patent paves way for compact battery systems that are easier to produce

Tesla’s use of batteries for its electric vehicles are crucial to their function. The company’s battery systems are the industry standard as they offer more range and density than their competitors. But despite this lead, a recently submitted patent for an aggregated battery system could put Tesla’s batteries head-and-shoulders above the rest of the pack, […]

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Tesla raffle looks to raise money to fight climate change as presidential administration stalls on reform

While the current Presidential administration and the federal government have taken its focus off of climate change, Climate XChange continues its fight to shed light on carbon pollution and push state legislators to act on building policies that would put our nation on a new course for climate reform. For the fourth consecutive year, Climate […]

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Amazon to help boost oil production amid Climate Pledge, Rivian van orders

Just a few weeks ago, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that his company would be purchasing 100,000 Rivian electric vans to deliver its packages, as well as provide more eco-friendly packaging after pressure from employees demanded he take the necessary steps to reduce the carbon footprint the e-commerce giant was causing. Bezos complied, alleviating the […]

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Tesla Smart Summon starts rolling out to Canada owners

Tesla owners in Canada have begun reporting that the electric car maker has begun rolling out Smart Summon in the country. Canadian Tesla owners have been patiently awaiting the release of the convenient feature, as the Silicon Valley-based automaker waited for the approval of Smart Summon from Canadian authorities. CEO Elon Musk announced on October […]

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Tesla Sentry Mode captures crazy parallel parking incident on camera

Tesla’s Sentry Mode recently captured an odd incident on camera involving a car flipping over while trying to parallel park between two Model 3 vehicles in Vancouver. The incident happened on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, when the driver of a Honda Accord was trying to pull into a parking space on one of the city’s […]

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Elon Musk-funded water filters for Flint schools to be usable in coming weeks

Schools in Flint, Michigan that have been affected by the city’s ongoing water crisis received water filtration systems on behalf of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation in October 2018. The systems are currently undergoing testing and should be available for use in the coming weeks. In October 2018, Musk donated […]

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Dyson scrapped their electric vehicle plans: Here’s why

In 2017, Sir James Dyson of the well-known Dyson Vacuum Company launched a project to produce an electric car. But recently, the company has unfortunately decided to scrap the project after determining that it was “not commercially viable.” Dyson and its engineers had developed a “fantastic electric car” according to the company’s founder, but the […]

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Tesla’s upcoming emoji keyboard can open the way for in-car messaging feature

For better or for worse, emojis are here to stay. And soon, an emoji keyboard will be coming to a Tesla’s in-vehicle touch keyboard. Amidst conversations about the addition of “Caraoke” to software V10 and adding that “it is quite fun,” Tesla fans on Twitter were wondering what song CEO Elon Musk was fond of […]

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