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Despite Elon Musk’s foolishness, auto industry shouldn’t give up on NACS

Baua Electric

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is causing chaos in the EV industry by firing Tesla’s entire charging team, which may lead some automakers to reconsider their plans to adopt the NACS plug. But NACS is just a better standard, and the industry should move forward on it, even if Tesla waffles with its commitment.

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Tesla’s $25,000 car to be built at Giga Texas, then Giga Mexico: Elon Musk

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared some new details about the automaker’s plans for its next-generation, $25,000 electric vehicle (EV), including that it will be built first in Austin, Texas. On Tuesday, longtime auto industry veteran Sandy Munro shared a new interview with Musk, held following the Cybertruck delivery event.

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Canadian Minister confirms talks with Tesla about a factory

Teslarati

Canada and Tesla are having a conversation about building a factory, according to its Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. Minister Champagne told reporters in Vancouver that he’s talking with Tesla as well as all of the automakers around the world, Reuters reported. Her full statement is below. “We

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Tesla Giga Berlin targets 5k cars per week by Q1 2023

Teslarati

Tesla Giga Berlin aims to produce 5,000 cars per week by Q1 2023. Tesla held an open-door event in Grünheide on Sunday, September 11. It also provided information on the factory’s road and rail infrastructure, forest conversion, battery cell production, and training/studies at Giga Berlin. Tesla Giga Transportation.

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

Green Car Congress

A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. In the Crown Victoria, the proof of concept powertrain conversion systems improve fuel economy from 80%-200% from the base 4.6L

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Elon Musk considers South Korea for next Tesla Gigafactory location: report

Teslarati

South Korea’s presidential office revealed that President Yoon Suk-Yeol and Elon Musk conversed about Tesla in a video call on Wednesday, November 23. During the video call, Elon Musk reportedly told President Yoon that he considered South Korea one of the top candidates for a Tesla factory in Asia, reported Reuters.

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Apple veteran launches fleet management platform for Teslas and all other EVs

Teslarati

Electric vehicles such as Teslas work great as fleet vehicles. This is especially the case with Tesla’s current vehicle offerings, which is one of the reasons why they are now being used in fleets. In a conversation with Teslarati , Hodge explained the rationale behind the creation of Standard Fleet.

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