ExxonMobil CEO dismisses electric vehicles: ‘What’s the point?’

Exxon CEO Darren Woods recently expressed his doubts about the transportation sector’s transition to electric vehicles. In comments during the 2019 Oil and Gas Climate Initiative meet, the CEO extended a rather blunt dismissal of EVs, suggesting that the zero-emissions vehicles will serve little purpose if they remained charged by a coal-powered grid.  Woods’ comments […]

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Tesla expands further in Eastern Europe

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said Tesla will open stores in Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia and most Eastern Europe states by early next year. Meanwhile, Model 3 has arrived in Australia, and back in the company’s home country, a judge in Delaware, USA orders Tesla to defend Elon Musk’s potential payout.  Firstly, Tesla is apparently going […]

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SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 rocket shares a surprising connection with Tesla EVs

First noticed by NASASpaceflight.com forum member “exilon”, SpaceX appears to have selected off-the-shelf Tesla battery packs as the power storage method of choice for its Starship Mk1 prototype, currently in the midst of a busy period of integration Potentially taken directly from Tesla Model S/X powertrains otherwise headed for recycling, SpaceX technicians have spent the […]

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Tesla Model 3 ramps presence in Australia despite government’s questionable EV stance

Tesla is scheduled to deliver over 2,400 units of its Model 3 to Australia this month, making it one of the top-selling cars for the month of September. Earlier in September, Teslarati reported that the Model 3 was leading the way in terms of popularity of electric vehicles in Australia, but the new numbers are […]

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Tesla Model 3 passes Model X as 6th all-time best-selling EV in Norway

The Tesla Model 3 is making its mark in Norway as it has already become the 6th highest-selling Battery Electric Vehicle in the country despite only being on sale for seven months. The car the Model 3 surpassed for sixth place was its larger stablemate, the Tesla Model X. Elbilstatistikk.no, a website that tracks EV […]

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Cars & Coffee group responds to Tesla owners after members block Supercharger en masse

The organizers of Cars & Coffee Yorktown, NY have issued a pledge for change to Tesla owners after a recent meetup among its members resulted in a Supercharger getting mass-blocked by non-Tesla vehicles. The update comes as images made the rounds online depicting a multi-stall charging station being completely taken over by muscle cars and […]

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Tesla battery supplier for China starts mass production of Model 3 batteries: sources

Industry sources have suggested that LG Chem, a company reportedly tapped by Tesla as one of its battery suppliers for its Shanghai-based factory, has begun the mass production of 2170 cells for the Model 3 in its Nanjing factory.  According to South Korean tech publication THEELEC, LG Chem is producing NCM 811 battery cells for […]

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Tesla’s Dog Mode helps Model S owner win animal cruelty lawsuit

A man in Ireland has recently been cleared of animal welfare charges thanks to Tesla’s Dog Mode after local police were called on him for leaving his dog in his Model S on a hot day. Ross Hunt, of Blackrock, Dublin left his Poodle, Loki, in his car during a lunch meeting at Roly’s Bistro […]

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Tesla’s Model 3 assembly line in Gigafactory 3 begins trial runs

It appears that Tesla has started conducting trial assembly runs of its Model 3 sedan in Gigafactory 3. The recent update comes through a leak posted in Chinese social media platform Weibo, which depicted a partially-built white and blue Model 3 passing through a section of the Shanghai-based facility’s assembly lines.  The recently leaked image […]

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