Tesla has continued its ongoing expansion with the construction of its new Distribution Center in Lathrop, California. The facility sits just over 50 miles from its Fremont factory.
The top 20 articles of the past week on CleanTechnica included a Tesla solar + Powerwall experience, reflections on the scary & concerning aftermath of California wildfires from the sky, yet another jarring wake-up call on global scorching and potential climate collapse, climate action via Tesla consumerism, the ongoing jockeying for a Tesla gigafactory in the various corners and centers of Europe, a raffle to win a Tesla while supporting climate action, and much more.
PG&E proposed a new set of rate plans to the California Public Utilities Commission that would offer a new subscription model for commercial electric vehicle charging.
In August, 1 out of 10 (9.90%) new vehicles purchased in the state of California were EVs (PHEVs + BEVs), according to the latest numbers from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Advanced Technology Vehicle Sales Dashboard.
From China to North Carolina to California, advances in EV charging are being announced almost daily, helping to drive the electric car revolution forward.
Electric three-wheeled “fun utility vehicle” manufacturer Arcimoto and HULA Holdings recently announced that they were partnering on a new project to deliver a full-service charging station for EVs, dubbed the EV Oasis.
Tesla is taking its message on the road again with new pop-up events in Southern California. Tesla brings its Model S and X out to locations with poor coverage to allow customers to see and experience the cars in the flesh. The aim: stoking sales of its larger vehicles.
The EPA has announced it will freeze vehicle fuel economy standards and rescind the waiver that allows California to set its own transportation emissions standards. Car makers are jubilant, even if they won’t admit it publicly.
California and the UK both report significant drops in their greenhouse gas emissions, due in large part to large decreases in the amount of coal used to generate electricity. That’s the good news. Now the hard work begins.
California might be on the leading edge of renewable energy and electric mobility, but sometimes even the Golden State bows to industry pressures and powerful lobby arms. The highly successful access greener drivers get to dedicated high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on California roads are now being pulled away from those greener drivers (drivers of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. EV drivers aren’t being kicked out of the lanes immediately, but the same usual carmaker suspects have apparently been successful in lobbying for anti-EV changes — they only get three years in the lanes.
