Tesla has started building its next-generation Megapack 3 grid battery, with the first units rolling off the line at the company’s new Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas. The plant went from groundbreaking to production in 16 months and is designed to build 50 GWh of Megapack 3 a year. That’s the Read more
The automaker sold just 2,065 EVs in the U.S. last month, most of them being Mustang Mach-E crossovers.
The entry-level AMG four-door EV uses one fewer motor than the GT 63, yet still makes 536 hp and hits 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
The city is also installing 92 new fast charging points and nearly 200 Level 2 plugs at its parking fields and garages.
The company’s smallest EV to date is expected to cost around $50,000, opening up a much more lucrative market for the startup.
SpaceX and Terafab representatives sat across from Grimes County residents for the first time on Wednesday, telling a packed Commissioners Court room that the $55 billion chip manufacturing project is now a done deal at the Gibbons Creek Reservoir site. The meeting followed a $10 million check SpaceX sent the Read more
Skyfly Technologies is making the electric propulsion system it built for its own aircraft available to other aircraft manufacturers through the secondary market, and has unveiled a separate hybrid propulsion system for unmanned aircraft that use distributed electric propulsion. The electric system is the one powering the company’s production-spec Axe, Read more
President Trump went on another rambling tangent about electric cars at a Las Vegas rally Wednesday night, telling the crowd he “ended the electric mandate” and mocking EV owners for worrying about range – claiming they have a “disease.” Out of the entire unhinged rant, Trump did say one accurate Read more
Tesla Megapacks are now helping support the Texas grid at Ørsted’s new 250 MW/500 MWh Old 300 battery storage project.
EVgo-branded Superchargers will start hitting its stations this fall, capable of delivering 500 kW.