Most often, we see Tesla Autopilot being tested on the highway (or city streets) where there are plenty of clear road markings. However, in a recent video, a bunch of Tesla owners tested Autopilot on a race track driving a Model Y Performance.
The Tesla Model S Long Range Plus is the first EV to receive an EPA range rating of over 400 miles.
Tesla will buy more cobalt from Swiss mining company Glencore to use in both Giga Berlin and Giga Shanghai, according to fresh reporting. This provides a boost to Glencore, which faced a bit of a slide over the past two years as the price of cobalt has dropped.
A new report says that Tesla is negotiating “possible incentives” with Travis County, Texas, in hopes of bringing a new factory to the area. It could be Gigafactory 5 or even Terafactory 1.
The most popular stories on CleanTechnica last week involved Tesla sales in Norway and Norway’s EV market evolution, the efficiency of a battery electric car versus a hydrogen car versus a gasoline car, an explanation of why the plug-in hybrid phase should be exiting, and much more. Scroll down below to see the top 20 stories of the week.
DreamCase is an innovative product that aims to connect 21st century mobility with nature. Tesla enthusiasts love going on road trips, and this is the perfect accessory for hardcore no-hotel road trips.
Escalation is the word that describes best what happened in recent weeks within Volkswagen, and it’s an escalation that is not helpful for CEO Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen Group, our society, Germany, or the environment.
Alongside the electromobility and renewable energy revolutions, there’s a major shift going on in the computer industry: the transition to cloud-based infrastructure. Revolutions always encounter resistance, and many of the problems that are slowing down the inevitable migration of applications to the cloud will sound quite familiar to those of us struggling to accelerate the adoption of EVs.
The city of Shenzhen in China has long been an electric vehicle leader. Its bus fleet went 100% electric in 2017, and its taxi fleet followed in 2018. Now, it is pushing electric vehicle sales (including Tesla sales) just in time for the end of Q2 2020.
A Tesla Model Y has been spotted in Europe. The photo was taken at the Dordrecht Supercharger in the Netherlands. In the photo, you can also see a Tesla Model S Ranger.
