Moss Landing Battery Storage Fire Perspectives

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 06:45:35 +0000

We are going to have to talk about battery storage and the Moss Landing fire. The fire was located to the Vistra Storage facility within a building that was formerly a natural gas generation unit. Tesla has a storage facility nearby, but not within the same building. You know I … [continued]

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US Focus On Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain Pushing Tesla to Move Supplies from China to US

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:05:38 +0000

The most critical element of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the broad effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, and especially cleantech blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the fast growing EV, battery storage, and solar industries. We’ve never had such serious and impactful reshoring … [continued]

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Tesla Is Secretly Recalling Cybertruck Batteries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:48:13 +0000

Something interesting has been going on with Tesla Cybertrucks. Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them. At least since September, Tesla has been swapping out Cybertruck battery packs for new ones when they are brought in for other maintenance issues. The first report we’re … [continued]

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Tesla To Get Into LFP Battery Production — As Max Holland Predicted 4 Years Ago

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:31:03 +0000

I recall in the early days of the modern electric vehicle era when the Tesla Model S and the BYD e6 were top selling electric cars. The BYD e6? Well, if you know, you know. If you weren’t around back then, or even if you were and need a refresher, … [continued]

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Tesla Has Gotten Tremendously More Support From Democrats

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 03:57:32 +0000

A big part of this story was originally going to be about why Elon Musk has turned on Democrats, focusing particularly on he and Tesla getting slighted by Joe Biden in a press conference that really didn’t matter or mean anything. However, going into all of that probably doesn’t matter … [continued]

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Elon Issues One Of His Famous Ultimatums On Dry Coating 4680 Technology — Fix It Or Forget It

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:48:21 +0000

Dry coating of cathodes and anodes is what Tesla expected when it bought Maxwell Technologies but results remain elusive.

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Another Tesla With Over 400,000 Miles On One Battery

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:16:32 +0000

A week ago, I wrote an article about a guy in the UK with two high-mileage Tesla Model S sedans that are still using their original batteries. One has about 430,000 miles on its battery and the other has around 375,000 miles, also on one battery. They are both still … [continued]

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Tesla Model S Has 430,000 Miles On One Battery

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:03:18 +0000

One of the many false claims EV critics, trolls, and FUD-whackers make is that somehow EV batteries just magically and suddenly stop working after a while. Their falsely claimed “die-off distance” might be when the EV has about 50,000 or 70,000 miles. A second part to their false claim about … [continued]

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EV Battery Replacement Costs? Meh — Tesla Batteries Designed To Outlast Their Vehicles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:54:56 +0000

One of the bigger concerns many consumers have had about buying electric cars is that the big batteries that power the cars will need to be replaced after a few years, at very high cost. That may have been a legit concern initially, especially because without electric cars that had … [continued]

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10 Tesla Highlights from Shareholder Meeting

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:33:46 +0000

Last night, I discussed two extremes that could be the future of Tesla depending on how the company’s current “big bet” turns out. It’s been no secret that Tesla’s #1 focus is now AI and robotics, and that’s now where it will either massively succeed or fail. However, there were … [continued]

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