Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. By some estimates , upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? Given the increased future dependency on renewables, the grid as a whole needs to be much more reliable and flexible than it is today. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Teslarati

JUNE 18, 2024

We design our manufacturing processes to use less water per vehicle than the industry average, and for the third year in a row, we power our Supercharger network with 100 percent renewable energy. I mean, for reference, the auto industry is roughly 100 million vehicles per year. Safety is good in the factory.

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