Philippines President Opens Tesla Service Center

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:36:26 +0000

Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) highlighted his administration’s support for sustainable transportation and ongoing efforts to transition towards more electric vehicles (EVs) by gracing the launch of the Tesla Service Center at the Tesla Experience Center in Uptown Mall Bonifacio Global Center yesterday morning. “No one is more … [continued]

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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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WTF Is Actually Going On With Elon Musk?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:48:36 +0000

I just had a long chat with a good friend who was basically an OG in Tesla world. We talked about all kinds of Tesla topics trying to understand where Tesla would be going in 2025 and beyond. We covered a variety of topics, pros and cons, opportunities and risks. … [continued]

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Musk & Right Wing Trumpsters Are Already At Odds

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:48:52 +0000

The Economist says that petty spats among billionaire Elon Musk, other tech tycoons, and the MAGA crowd may be “a sign of a much deeper rift” within the right wing incoming US executive office. The policy team of once-and-future President Donald J. Trump has “disparate, sometimes contradictory goals,” with the … [continued]

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Electric Truck News — Feds Say No To Tesla, California Rolls Back Electric Truck Rules

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:56:06 +0000

High power electric truck rules in California have been taken off the table prior to the arrival of the next administration.

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7 Tesla Good News Stories You May Have Missed

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:47:57 +0000

A handful of Tesla stories have come up in recent weeks that I almost covered, that seemed worth covering, but in the end that just didn’t stimulate enough for a full story. After running across several more stories, I decided I’d just briefly cover them all in a couple of … [continued]

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Why the Car Industry Will Not Pay €15 Billion in Penalties in 2025

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:44:04 +0000

The debate on one of the EU’s most important climate regulations is being distorted by bogus claims about high fines. Analysis has been circulating in the European Parliament estimating that car manufacturers would pay €15 billion in fines for not meeting the EU’s car CO2 targets in 2025. This echoes similar … [continued]

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Li Auto CEO Thinks Autonomous Cars Need Lidar in China

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:47:49 +0000

It’s a longstanding and vigorous debate — will robotaxis need lidar, or are cameras alone adequate? Of course, we have several companies now operating robotaxis in China, the US, and elsewhere. Those all use lidar. However, Elon Musk has said for about a decade that robotaxis shouldn’t need lidar, and … [continued]

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Electric Vehicle Sales Leaders — Best Selling OEMs, Part 4 of 4

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:42:47 +0000

A closer look at the best-selling PEV automotive groups — edition 4 of 4 This is the fourth and final edition of a series looking at the top selling OEMs in terms of plugin vehicle sales. To check out the other ones, please click here, here, and here. In this … [continued]

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BYD Running Away from Tesla on Vehicle Sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:57:45 +0000

We’ve now got Tesla’s quarterly sales numbers through 2024 and BYD’s quarterly sales numbers through 2024 (after crunching some numbers). So, it’s time for an updated look at the biggest EV sales rivalry of the past decade. I’ll start with comparisons of BEV sales, and then I’ll get into a … [continued]

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