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Tesla Supercharger vigilante gets idle fee revenge on “EVholes” in China

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Over the years, EV owners have dealt with ICE-ing incidents , which involve a combustion-powered car deliberately or accidentally blocking access to an electric vehicle charging stall. It’s annoying, inconvenient, and at times, even dangerous, at least when the driver of the vehicle blocking the charging stall is aggressive.

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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For the study, the authors analyzed a comprehensive dataset of the real-world usage patterns for plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe, North America, and China. The lowest UFs were for China at 26% for private vehicles, Germany with 18% for company cars and 43% for private vehicles, and the Netherlands with 24% for company cars.

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Tesla re-launches lifetime Supercharging transfers for a limited time

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Most recently, Tesla enabled the ability to transfer the unlimited lifetime Supercharging perk last year, though it was only available to those who took delivery of their Model S, X or Y vehicles by December 31, before the automaker re-launched the promotion with the updated 2024 timeline.

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Zeekr’s game-changing Golden Battery is world’s fastest mass-produced battery that adds 500km of range in just 15 minutes

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Chinese car-making giant Geely’s new Zeekr brand has revealed its latest battery technology that will raise the bar for fast charging when it launches early next year. The only catch is you’ll have to find a charging post that can deliver a 500kW charge.

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Tesla China announces R&D center, shares teaser for Tesla Bot project

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Tesla China has formally announced its newly completed Research and Development (R&D) center in the Gigafactory Shanghai complex. Interestingly enough, Tesla China’s announcement video for its R&D center also included a rather interesting reference to a future product. . We will let it roll recently.

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Jay Leno on Elon Musk & EVs: “I think he should get a certain amount of credit for leading the charge”

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“I think he should get a certain amount of credit for leading the charge because before Elon, [people would say] ‘it’s a golf cart,'” Leno told Yahoo! “ People would joke about electric [that] they’re slow and whatever it might be. Finance that his interest in EVs was partially sparked by Elon Musk.

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Tesla Superchargers to adopt time-based pricing for non-Teslas EVs

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Users would then have to indicate which stall they would be charging in, before plugging in their electric vehicles and initiating the charging session. If the charge rate is super slow, then somebody will be charged more because the biggest constraint at the Supercharger is time, how occupied is the stall.

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