Why I Don’t (& Won’t) Call Tesla’s Charging Plug “NACS”

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 03:00:40 +0000

For the last couple of months, something has really been grinding my gears, but I figured it was a fad that was going to go away. When Tesla renamed its charging connector and called it the “North American Charging Standard,” Tesla fans adopted the NACS acronym overnight. My initial reaction was that it was a bad […]

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Arizona’s EV Plan Gives Us A Clue About Tesla CCS Charging

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 03:13:47 +0000

Last year, I shared details that came out of an online Arizona DOT meeting about its plan for federal Infrastructure Bill funds, also known as funding from the NEVI program. Since then, the state has narrowed down its choices for EV charging sites to meet federal requirements, and it reveals something interesting that’s probably happening […]

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EV Charging Stations In The US, Ranked

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 17:35:40 +0000

More options than ever are available these days for EV public charging. Several companies have established themselves as the top go-to charging sites when you’re on the road.

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“Petrol Forever!” In New Zealand!

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:16:37 +0000

Petrol ForeverElectric vehicle owners in New Plymouth, New Zealand, are out of luck if they want to charge their cars in the city’s town centre. The New Plymouth District Council voted against the report of its own staff to support the installation of a Tesla Supercharger station in town, with one councillor interjecting “Petrol forever” and […]

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Tesla In 2022 — Stats, Factory Progress, Milestones

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 04:47:11 +0000

2022 has been a big year for Tesla, with the automaker surpassing some key milestones despite a bear market. Tesla is heading into 2023 with newly and substantially increased production output, a growing charging infrastructure and energy sector, and firm financials to back these milestones up. Gigafactory Progress Tesla opened two new factories this year: […]

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Massive Tesla Supercharger Buildout in Response to Massive Sales of Model Y, 3, S, & X

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 18:50:14 +0000

I picked up my new Tesla Model 3 in October 2019 at the Salt Lake City Delivery Center. Since then, I’ve been very pleased with the Tesla Supercharger network that allows me to travel cross-country on Interstate highways with only a little inconvenience compared with my previous trips in gas-mobiles. I’m particularly pleased with the […]

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You’re Planning On A Non-Tesla EV Purchase For Cross Country Trips — Seriously?

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:03:53 +0000

You have your eye on an economical Bolt EUV, or your dream battery-electric car, a BMW i7 or Porsche Taycan, but you are planning frequent or even infrequent cross country trips. For this, ideally you will need functioning, unoccupied CCS chargers at 100 mile intervals along your proposed routes. No way! For most proposed cross-country […]

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Tesla Temporarily Leaked 340+ Upcoming Supercharger Stations

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:12 +0000

One of the main barriers to widespread electric vehicle adoption is the need for growth in the charging infrastructure available. Fortunately for Tesla drivers (and soon others, too), the Supercharger network is fairly large already and is always expanding — with a recent update even leaking the locations of several of the automaker’s upcoming charging […]

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Tesla Creates Energy Use Breakdown For Drivers! And Opens 10,000th European Supercharger.

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:00:16 +0000

A couple of years ago, cleantech research scientist and Tesla enthusiast Danny Parker wrote a series of articles for CleanTechnica requesting that Tesla “tell us the condition of our craft.” It was a brilliant series of articles and I highly recommend all 4 parts (linked on the bottom of this article). At the core of […]

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