Category: News
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California is scrambling to avoid blackouts. Your refrigerator could help
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sometime next summer, there’s a decent chance a heat wave will bake the American West, and California’s power grid will again be stretched to its limits. As the sun sets, solar panels will start generating less electricity even as temperatures remain high. Power plants that burn natural gas will fire up…
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Apple Reportedly Considered Canoo Purchase To Help With Car Ambitions
Apple might have been a lot closer to getting to the electric vehicle market sooner than initially anticipated. Rumors have already been confirmed that Hyundai and Apple had participated in discussions about a partnership regarding an electric vehicle, but it now appears that Hyundai wasn’t the only vehicle manufacturer that Apple had been in talks…
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Tesla’s most searched Google terms of 2020: Stock, Net Worth, and Baby Names
Statistics from Google shows that Tesla was one of the most popular automotive-related search phrases in 2020. Those interested in the all-electric automaker or its own renowned CEO Elon Musk searched for terms far and wide, relating to this firm ’s stock spike, its own Coronavirus operations, its new Model Y crossover that launched in…
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SpaceX backup Starship reaches full height after nosecone installation
SpaceX has installed a second Starship’so called nosecone, all but finishing the 2nd full-size prototype a matter of days until the first fully-assembled Starship’s risky launching debut. Over the previous two months, SpaceX has successfully set Starship amount 8 (SN8) through an almost nonstop collection of tests, finishing at least four separate cryogenic evidence tests,…
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Tesla China steps up marketing on Model 3 as competition heats up
Tesla China is stepping up its marketing campaign for its Model 3 as competition in the country gets more strong. While the Model 3 was the hottest EV at China in 2020, there is a healthy flow of competition as 2021 rolls round, and Tesla is sharing official firm videos of the upgrades that it…
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Tesla factory locations: Where they are and could soon be
As Tesla’s stock currently continues to rise along with its current market cap valuation approaching $800 billion, it’s safe the say the American EV automaker is doing okay. Tesla currently produces four electric vehicles at its various factory locations around the world. These Gigafactories also produce battery and solar technologies for the brand. With a…
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Waymo To Stop Calling Their Technology “Self-Driving,” Criticizes Automakers Who Do
As autonomous driving technology becomes more prevalent, the distinctions between various systems are increasingly important. SAE International has been a driving force behind this as their definitions for automation were first released in 2014. They’ve been updated since then, and now range from relatively ‘dumb’ cars at Level 0 to fully autonomous Level 5 vehicles that…
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Fluidfreeride offering big savings, free electric scooters (and planting 100 trees per sale!)
Miami-based Fluidfreeride is one of my favourite scooter distributors in the US. I’ve seen their headquarters, analyzed at least a half dozen of their scooters, and I highly suggest the business. And now they are making it even easier to encourage them not only providing a terrific ancient Black Friday sale including a choice for…
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Tesla Model 3 dominates December in Norway, halts VW ID.3 winning streak
The Tesla Model 3 dominated the Norwegian electric vehicle sales figures in December, selling 4,232 units, nearly 2,000 more than the second-place VW ID.3. Norway is one of the most heavily-concentrated EV markets in the world, with 54% of all vehicles sold in the country in 2020 being a battery electric vehicle (BEV). With the…
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Tesla Supercharger occupied by Dodge 4×4 pickup that identifies ‘as a Prius’
One of the greatest things about owning a Tesla is your Supercharger Network, which permits EV owners to take long trips in a convenient and affordable way. It might then be quite an inconvenience if you were to use a Supercharger and its charging plug turns out to be covered in soot. Regrettably, some Tesla…