Originally published on EV Obsession. The Tesla Motors battery swap lives! Pack swap now operating in limited beta mode for SF to LA route. Can swap battery faster than visiting a gas station. Tesla blog out soon. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2014 Honestly, the Tesla Motors battery-swapping pilot … [continued]
This is the 11th broadcast of CleanTechnica’s weekly news show. This week’s show covers Tesla Autopilot, Tesla Supercharging, new EV incentives in the Netherlands and Germany, oil spills, The Boring Company, and more.
Time for another EV news roundup. I’m breaking it up into sections this time. Enjoy! Tesla Battery Swap Dead End: Tesla hasn’t hitting its battery-swapping rolling target (which was about 7 months ago) and it hasn’t mentioned it. Has battery swapping hit a complete dead end? Fully Charged Tour: A Tesla tour … [continued]
Tesla just about 14 hours ago announced via email to reporters that it would be performing a live battery pack swap demo tomorrow (Thursday, June 20) at 8:00pm (doors opening at 7:30pm) at Tesla’s Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. Actually, as with many things Tesla, Tesla CEO and Chairman Elon Musk … [continued]
The Chinese automaker and battery-swapping enthusiast Nio is adding the new L60 electric car to its electric vehicle lineup under the Onvo brand.
Researchers discover one weird trick at the end of the EV battery manufacturing process that saves time and money while extending battery life by an average of 50%.
Continuing on from Part 1 of this series on electric car & truck charging, here is Part 2. More Power Required for Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging than for Cars Fast charging heavy electric trucks is a much different proposition than fast charging electric cars. Car charging stations are typically equipped … [continued]
We all know that NIO is one of the more popular “new” EV-only car companies from China. (“New” is maybe not the best term now, since NIO is almost a decade old and there are many much newer companies.) It is well known not just for its cars but for … [continued]
A million-mile EV battery is one step closer to your new electric car, and Mercedes-Benz is among the automakers ready to pounce on it.
Tesla tried battery swapping a long time ago. Sort of. Maybe. In any case, it didn’t last long and there were only a couple of battery swap stations trialled. Better Place tried battery swapping for real in Israel, but then the company went bankrupt. NIO decided it would include battery … [continued]
