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WattEV opens US’s largest electric truck charge depot at nation’s largest port

Electrek

WattEV has opened a 26-port charging depot directly at the Port of Long Beach to charge electric trucks at the United States’ busiest container port. It’s the nation’s largest heavy-duty public access charging station to date.

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Abandoned Tesla Roadsters removed from crates and headed to U.S.

Teslarati

The estimated arrival date to the Long Beach port is 8/17. They advised that the process shouldn’t take long, maybe 2 days unless customs decides to put a random hold and request a physical inspection. .” You can also reach me on Twitter @KlenderJoey , or if you have news tips, you can email us at tips@teslarati.com.

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SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket for first California Starlink launch

Teslarati

As of now, Starlink 2-1 is tracking closer to a mid-September launch with a Falcon 9 booster landing several hundred kilometers downrange on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY), which returned to Port of Long Beach just a few days ago after a mysterious trip to a Mexican dry dock.

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving regulation process to be further examined by California DMV

Teslarati

. “Recent software updates, videos showing dangerous use of that technology, open investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the opinions of other experts in this space prompted the reevaluation,” the DMV said in the letter to Lena Gonzalez, a Senator from Long Beach, California.

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Major truck OEMs form PACT to advocate for EV infrastructure development – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

WattEV opened a charging depot at the Port of Long Beach last May, and at least a dozen more charging sites are in the construction phase—but it’s true that many more will be needed.) The latest DOE data indicates that at the moment, there are only 9 public DC fast charging stations capable of serving Class 6-8 trucks in the US.

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SpaceX schedules first West Coast Starlink launch after a quiet July

Teslarati

Since then, the United States’ Eastern Range has been eerily quiet – as if in the eye of the storm that is SpaceX’s 2021 launch manifest. All are part of an effort to prepare for an even busier second half of 2021.

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Vertical Flight Society hosting first hydrogen aviation symposium in US

Green Car Congress

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), a non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, is holding the first public event in the United States on the use of hydrogen and fuel cells for aviation applications. The event, the 1 st H2-Aero Symposium & Workshop , is being held 29-31 March 2022, in Long Beach, California.

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