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Giga Germany deliveries, coal rebounds, filling up gas vs. EV: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla makes its first deliveries from Giga Berlin. And more coal is in the mix. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Yesterday Tesla delivered its first cars from its new factory in Germany, nicknamed Giga Berlin. EVs cost even less to “fill up” vs. gasoline vehicles as pump prices surge.

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Tesla owner highlights need for Model 3 HEPA filter after encountering coal-rolling “blockade”

Teslarati

A Tesla Model 3 owner has highlighted the need for a HEPA filter on the all-electric sedan, similar to those used in the Model Y, Model X, and Model S following a rather tense experience with a pickup truck “blockade” on the road. Really wish I had a HEPA air filter right now,” the Tesla owner wrote in a Twitter post.

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Tesla Megapacks to help grow 560 MW/2,240MWh battery in Australia

Teslarati

Tesla Megapacks will help expand the Collie Battery into a 560 MW/2,240 kWh system–the biggest in Australia. The French renewable energy and storage developer is teaming up with Tesla and UGL to expand the Collie Battery. Collie is a coal town, but its coal generators are expected to shut down within the next five years.

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Desperate coal company CEO slammed Tesla electric cars as 'fraud'

Green Car Reports

energy policy took a dramatic turn last month when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk squared off against the CEO top privately-owned U.S. coal producer Murray Energy. In an interview for the CNBC show "Squawk Box," Robert Murray called Tesla and its electric cars a "fraud." The debate over U.S.

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Australian Coal Baron Backing the Next Winners (EV Startups), or “Follow the Money”

CleanTechnica EVs

Trevor St Baker is one of the smart billionaires in Australia who is investing serious money in the transportation sector to promote the changeover to EVs despite his history and vocal support for coal-fired power stations. He is a coal baron who drives a Tesla Model 3, and he is building an EV ecosystem. After […].

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Tesla sales, VW chargers, coal pollution, used electric values: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla released sales numbers for the last quarter of 2018. Volkswagen has developed a mobile juice pack for electric cars. The EPA continues to roll back regulations on coal plants to allow them to emit more pollution. For the first time dramatic depreciation on electric cars has begun to reverse.

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Tesla Megapack Factory in China to start construction 

Teslarati

Construction started at Tesla’s Megafacotry Shanghai site in March 2024. Tesla Giga Shanghai’s resident drone operator, WuWa, recently provided an update on the company’s Megapack Factory in China. politician Tesla announced its new Megafactory in Shanghai in April 2023. Since then, very little has been built on the site.

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