Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2015

Tesla Motors is head and shoulders above any other electric-car maker in providing a network of charging stations for its drivers to use during their travels.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The future of electric cars for practical transportation relies to some degree on the future of DC fast charging, and how it develops over the next decade. As in other spheres of electrifying transport, Tesla Motors has pointed the way to one vision of the future with its expanding network of Supercharger fast-charging sites.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2015

There are currently three major DC fast-charging standards for electric cars. Tesla Motors has its own Supercharger standard, while other manufacturers use either CHAdeMO or the Combined Charging Standard (CCS).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased a new generation of the company's unique DC fast-charging stations, suggesting that a future "version 3" Supercharger would deliver as much as 350 kilowatts of power. Unsurprisingly, he did it via Twitter, his preferred medium for communicating with the world.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2016

We already know that Tesla Model 3 owners may not get to use the company's network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations for free. Unlike the pricier Model S and Model X, CEO Elon Musk has indicated that owners of the $35,000, 200-mile Model 3 will have to pay for use of the stations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Tesla Motors opened its first Supercharger station in Switzerland today; the Lully station is about 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Geneva on the A1 motorway. With more Supercharger stations opening soon in Germany and Austria, Model S owners will be able to drive through Germany to Switzerland and Austria this winter, Tesla said.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Tesla Motors'' steadily-growing network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations for its electric cars recently hit a significant milestone. The Silicon Valley carmaker recently announced that its 200th Supercharger site is now open, in Oxnard, California--about 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 15, 2014

government, the Tesla Motors network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations for electric cars was paid for using "money that has come.' Every so often, an auto executive will say something that raises an eyebrow or two.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, we have a video road test of the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, a new report claims Toyota will launch a battery-electric car, and Tesla Motors will begin charging for use of its Supercharger DC fast-charging stations. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2014

For more than a year, Tesla Motors has promised to open battery-swapping stations. Instead, the electric-car maker has aggressively expanded its Supercharger network of DC fast-charging stations. It first demonstrated the technology over year ago, but little progress has been seen since then.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

These electric vehicles can be booked from €8 (US$10) per hour through the website [link] using the special Italo discount code, and will be powered at charging units provided by Enel, Italy’s largest electric utility. Electric vehicles in Rome have free of charge access to designated parking areas and no ZTL (city center zone) limits.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2014

The system features one or more AccuDyne AC motoring dynamometers; a high-voltage DC battery simulator; and a DynoLAB PT data acquisition and control system. The testing system has been used extensively by major HEV manufacturers, including Tesla Motors, UQM Technologies, and Magna Electronics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2016

When it comes to encouraging electric-car adoption, the availability of charging infrastructure can be as important as the cars themselves. And infrastructure is something Tesla Motors takes seriously.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2016

By now, the Tesla Supercharger network has provided a superb cast study showing the importance of a comprehensive nationwide network of DC fast-charging sites to make electric cars practical for long-distance trips.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 10, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors mulls opening up its Supercharger DC fast-charging standard to other manufacturers, we drive the 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI, and there''s a confusing new MINI Cooper with five doors. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 13, 2017

Tesla announced in November that it would end free unlimited use of its Supercharger DC fast-charging stations. The new rates take effect for buyers who ordered a Tesla electric car after January 15, a deadline Tesla extended from its.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 9, 2015

Green DC Rapid Charging Tesla Motors Tesla Supercharger charging infrastructure plug-in cars road trips' Rated by the EPA at 265 miles, that range compares to ratings of 62 to about 90 miles in less expensive plug-in electric cars. And the Model S vehicles offers even.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 5, 2014

At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Tesla Motors revealed the nest phase of its European expansion plans, which center on the installation of more Supercharger DC fast-charging stations and opening many more service centers. Tesla will install more Supercharger stations to.'

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2013

One of the features associated with the 2013 Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sport sedan is the dedicated Supercharger network of DC quick-charge locations. Now Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is planning to open more.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2016

Since launching the Supercharger DC fast-charging in 2012, Tesla Motors has steadily worked to increase the number of stations across the world. But in a few cases, the existing network may no longer be able to keep up with demand from concentrations among the tens of thousands of Tesla Model S cars sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2016

Tesla continues to expand its network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations in the U.S., The company remains committed to offering a nationwide network of free-to-use fast-charging stations for its customers, and to expanding that network. making it easier for owners to complete longer journeys in their electric cars.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2016

Tesla continues to expand its network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations, and that means finding new places to put those stations. Which is why the company is in talks with a major gas station and convenience-store chain to place electric-car charging stations.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2015

Tesla Motors has been opening its Supercharger DC fast-charging stations at a dizzying pace lately, with 175 U.S. But Tesla battery swapping? sites operating, and almost two dozen more either in construction or permitted. Ah, that''s a different.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 9, 2015

While it continues to expand its network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations, Tesla Motors is looking at ways to improve those stations. The company is testing a prototype charging station with a snake-like cord that automatically plugs into a waiting electric car. DON'T MISS: Are These Tesla Model 3.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors has rapidly been opening Supercharger DC fast-charging stations throughout the U.S. DON''T MISS: Tesla To.' and outside the country. That''s about to change.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

The converted RAV4 is the result of the partnership between Toyota and Tesla Motors announced in May 2010; Toyota has contracted for 2,600 units. kWh of useable energy at full charge. The RAV4 EV has two charge modes: Standard and Extended. Extended Mode allows the battery to charge to its full usable capacity of 41.8

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla Motors laid out the template with its Supercharger network, which now numbers 327 sites in the U.S. With a slew of 200-mile electric cars planned for 2018 and later, the question of how their drivers will be able to make long-distance trips is coming to the fore in a big way.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 2, 2016

In the beginning, the use of Tesla's nascent network of Supercharger DC fast-charging sites wasn't going to be free. Not for owners of the less-expensive Model S 40 and 60 versions, at least: if they wanted to use the Supercharger network, they paid a $2,500 fee up front.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 29, 2014

After all, my Nissan LEAF — now with 60,000 miles on the clock — can quite happily manage any trip in the UK with enough time and a few stops a CHAdeMO DC quick charging stations alon[.]. Electric cars Nissan Tesla Motors Weekly Column Editor Pick'

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

A decade later, in the 2010s, the battery EV began an astounding reversal of fortune, thanks in no small part to the engineers at ACP, whose electric-drive technology informed the development of the Roadster, the car that launched Tesla Motors. In such an emergency, a bidirectional EV with charge to spare could come to the rescue.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2023

Ford Motor Company reached an agreement with Tesla Motors that will provide Ford electric vehicle customers access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the US and Canada—doubling the number of fast-chargers available to Ford EV customers—starting Spring 2024. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2015

A pair of Danish drivers claim to have set a new record for Tesla Model S electric-car range. miles), after a marathon drive beginning and ending at the Supercharger DC fast-charging site in Rødekro, Denmark. Over the weekend, the pair covered 728.7 kilometers (452.8 The drivers claim to have used 77.5

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2015

Instead of “free forever” (the phrase the company has used since the beginning), Musk said the Supercharger promise is now “free long-distance travel forever” Superchargers, the free ultrafast Tesla-only DC chargers spaced along.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2011

All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. Surprising to many, including I suspect Tesla Motors itself, they found that about half the charging of Roadsters at home in the U.S. Despite the fact that it takes 38-60 hours to charge a Tesla from empty to full at 120V. Need it cost this much?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released the preliminary design study for what he call “The Hyperloop”—a new high-speed electric transportation system targeted for the the specific case of high-traffic city pairs (e.g., Click to enlarge. San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Total range per charge of Battery Electric Vehicle is its AER. All-Electric Range of PHEV is the range in charge depleting mode. All Wheel Drive (AWD) : An electric vehicle whose all wheels are powered from electric motors (either from a single motor or multiple motors). One Ah is equal to 3600 Coulomb.

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