Archive: Tesla News

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 26, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share <!– Share –> Email Comments Details from Tesla’s new patent suggests that the company is coming up with a way to make its battery packs safer. Using what the electric car and energy company describes as an “Energy Storage System,” Tesla would be […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 26, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share <!– Share –> Email Comments With Tesla ramping the production of its residential battery and solar products, Solar Roof installations are bound to become more commonplace. Being a new type of PV system, Tesla’s solar shingles could provide challenges to emergency personnel and […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 24, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share <!– Share –> Email Comments The island nation of Samoa is continuing its effort to convert from diesel-reliant powerplants to 100% renewable energy with the help of Tesla’s scalable Powerpack battery storage solution. Over the past year, the California-based electric car and energy company […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 18, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share <!– Share –> Email Comments Amid rising competition in the residential solar market from rivals such as SunRun, Tesla CTO JB Straubel stated that Tesla is ramping up its efforts to bolster its energy business. According to Straubel, the reception of the public […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 18, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share <!– Share –> Email Comments A high-profile developer connected to Tesla’s solar factory in Buffalo, NY was convicted last Thursday of rigging the bids for several state-funded contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. During his sentencing last week, former SUNY Polytechnic Institute […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 16, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share <!– Share –> Email Comments Tesla recently posted the first teaser of its virtual power plant project in South Australia, providing a brief overview of the initiative, the resources it will entail, as well as its benefits to residents in the region. Tesla’s […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 22, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla is closing around a dozen of its solar facilities across nine states in the United States. The closures of the solar sites are reportedly part of the company’s ongoing restructuring, which is set to lay off 9% of Tesla’s workforce. […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 24, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla’s proposed 250 MW/650 MWh virtual power plant using rooftop solar and Tesla Powerwall 2 units in South Australia is pushing through. In a speech at the Australian Energy Storage Energy Conference, Energy Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan stated that the […]

By Isaac Banks Posted on May 22, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Elon Musk has teased the release date of Supercharger V3, the company’s next-generation charging stations. Responding to Teslarati‘s Christian Prenzler while announcing information about the Model 3 dual-motor AWD specs on Twitter, Musk stated that the next-generation Superchargers will likely be […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 8, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments After clashing with Tesla last month over the electric car maker’s alleged mislabeling of workplace accidents, Reveal is now citing nine “serious” safety citations directed at the Elon Musk-led company, amounting to $110,863 in fines. In lieu of the new report, […]