Tesla Powerwalls Survive Hours Underwater In Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 11:10:30 +0000

Tesla Solar Roof and PowerwallThis Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall stood up to the challenge of Hurricane Ian in Florida last week. And how about those hot new Virtual Power Plants?

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Fun in the Sun: Cane Island Is a Central Florida Treasure

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:18:00 +0000

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You must be a power guy or gal to consider a generating station an attraction. If you are, you won’t find a better place to visit than the Cane Island Power Park. The facility is in a picturesque location

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Apparently We Need To Talk About Evacuations & EVs (Part 2)

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:00:50 +0000

Continued from Part 1… Would Charging Time Kill You? Another common lie about EVs is that they’d take forever to escape the danger zone because they don’t go very far and take 8+ hours to charge. This has led to idiotic posts saying that it would take a week to get out of Florida in […]

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Apparently We Need To Talk About Evacuations & EVs (Again)

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:47:44 +0000

It seems like every time there’s a natural disaster or severe storm that involves cars, the anti-EV FUD comes out in force on social media and conservative traditional media. Hurricanes knock out power, and therefore EVs are useless for evacuation. Some people got stuck in a snow storm on the highway, and you’d freeze to […]

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Florida’s Hurricane Shows How Climate Can Severely Hurt Disaster Response

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:00:03 +0000

As Hurricane Ian makes its way toward Florida, people are on edge. Will it lose strength and become a “no big deal” storm? Will it pick up strength and blow people’s houses down? Or, will it dump more rain than expected, and do unusual damage for a storm that’s technically a lower category based on […]

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More Than 2.5 Million Without Power in Florida Due to Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:29:00 +0000

More than 2.5 million electricity customers in Florida were without power early Sept. 29 as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and continued to cause damage with high winds and heavy rain, even after being downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm, which made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday […]

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Florida Women Think They’re Interesting Enough For Drones To Spy On Them

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:30:36 +0000

New technologies always bring out skepticism in people, and among the particularly ignorant, it brings out paranoia, hatred, and violence. Few know this better than Tesla owners, especially those who’ve experienced vandalism (often by people stupid enough to not know they’re on camera). I don’t understand why people think it’s ok to vandalize others property. […]

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Tesla Community To Convene For 1st-Ever “TeslaCon” Event In Sunny Florida

Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:57:34 +0000

Tesla Owners Florida, in partnership with Tesla and The Electrified Garage, invites the Tesla community to attend TeslaCon Florida 2022. A weekend of fun on the Florida Space Coast with celebrity guests, education sessions, exhibitors (including EVANNEX), great food, and friends, this exciting event is open to members of Tesla Owners Florida (join here) and other sanctioned Tesla Owners clubs. […]

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Electric Airplane Flights Coming to Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean — in 2027

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:13:11 +0000

Eviation Alice electric airplane interior seats layout designElectric aircraft are all the rage, and they have been for several years, but when are we going to see actual commercial electric airplane options for normal people? Soon! Well, sort of soon. The electric aircraft “Alice” from Eviation Aircraft has been getting real orders lately, including from a young airline based in Florida. There’s […]

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TeslaCon Florida — Be There

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 23:30:03 +0000

One Earth climate solutions electric vehicles solar powerTeslaCon Florida 2022 is coming up, and aside from some other top presenters who have been confirmed, I can now say that I will be there presenting as well. Tesla Owners Florida is putting on the conference, with the support of The Electrified Garage and Tesla itself. Presenters include the venerable Sandy Munro, the prolific […]

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