Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

Drawing from a 2012 BMW patent application showing one embodiment of a proposed method to increase the efficiency of an electric motor. The 50 kg electric motor powering the BMW i3 generates a maximum output of 125 kW for a specific power (SP) of 2.5 AC induction motors contain no permanent magnets. Click to enlarge.

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InsideEVs

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It has 300 horsepower from a Tesla motor and 33 kWh-worth of batteries on board, giving it a range of 150 miles on one charge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Well, add one more name to the queue of luxury carmakers planning to compete head-to-head with Tesla Motors and its electric cars. According to Britain''s Autocar, Range Rover is now in the planning stages for a crossover vehicle that could target the upcoming Tesla Model X electric SUV.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Tesla Motors announced today that it has prototyped a "Roadster 3.0" package, which Roadster owners will be able to purchase in the future to update the battery pack, aerodynamics, and tires of their 2008-2012 Tesla Roadster electric sports cars.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Within the last week, we wrote that not one major automotive media outlet had independently tested the less-expensive and higher-volume Tesla Model 3. That changed on Monday, when Motor Trend published the first instrumented test of Tesla's affordable electric car.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

At this week’s WasteExpo2016, Mack Trucks, one of North America’s largest manufacturers of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks, engines and transmissions, will showcase Wrightspeed’s The Route turbine-based extended range electric powertrain ( earlier post ) applied in a refuse truck. Route 1000 powertrain applied in a Class 8 refuse truck chassis.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2012

That's why, even though Tesla Motors claims a range of 265 miles for its 85 kWh Model S, we've been eager to see how far it can go in realistic day-to-day driving. Thanks to Motor Trend, we now know. Whether you drive gas, electric or anything else, there are dozens of different factors that affect your car's efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Under the terms of the deal, Wrightspeed will provide its Route 500 heavy-duty range-extended electric powertrain technology to NZ Bus. The Wrightspeed Route is a Range-extended Electric Vehicle (REV) replacement powertrain that can be customized to fit a variety of heavy-duty platforms, replacing both the engine and the transmission.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

The automotive industry is facing a wide range of quality problems, a phenomenon not seen in the 37-year history of the IQS The industry is at a major crossroad and the path each manufacturer chooses is paramount for its future. Nissan Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co., PP100 this year as the market penetration rate grows to 76%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2012

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., kWh Li-ion pack, offering an expected driving range rating of approximately 100 miles (161 km). The RAV4 EV—22 months in development—combines a Tesla Motors-designed and -produced battery and electric powertrain with Toyota’s most popular SUV model. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Turns out nothing ignites the Internet quite like a rapid-fire online spat between Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and The New York Times, the Grey Lady of establishment journalism.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2014

Now, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the Silicon Valley electric-car maker will offer a replacement battery for the 2008-2012 Tesla Roadsters that were its first production cars. Musk''s.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 27, 2017

Along with price, the top-line statistic cited for any battery-electric car is its rated range. Until last month, the only electric cars that exceeded 200 miles in that metric were made by Tesla Motors.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2012

Friday will be a big day for startup electric carmaker Tesla Motors. But a couple of days beforehand, the EPA has issued the eagerly awaited range and efficiency numbers for the high-end.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2024

Apart from fully-uncovered units of the new Model 3 Performance being spotted in the United States and abroad, the all-electric sedan’s order page from Great Britain was also observed to feature details about the vehicle in its source code, as noted by members of the Tesla Motors Club.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Tesla V4 Supercharger details: Charging Speed and Cable Length However, a new Development Proposal submitted by Enzygo (via u/RealPokePOP on r/Tesla Motors ) shows Tesla has officially confirmed the V4 Superchargers to have a power of 350 kW, as many cars were still topping out at 250 kW.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

Wrightspeed’s Geared Traction Drive integrates an electric motor, a two-speed gear box and an inverter. CEC also awarded $1,815,123 to Zero Motorcycles; $10 million to Tesla Motors; and $2,230,595 to Quallion LLC out of the same program. The Route retrofit drive system includes: Range-extending generator.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

Tesla Motors reported Q1 vehicle deliveries of more than 4,750 Model S units—exceeding the 4,500-unit Q1 target provided in the mid-February shareholder letter. As a result, Tesla is amending its Q1 guidance to full profitability, both GAAP and non-GAAP. —Elon Musk, Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Recently, Tesla Motor Club (TMC) member jebinc reported that Tesla officially stopped its Model S factory lines in the United States for a “refresh changeover.” Tesla will reportedly restart refresh Model S Long Range deliveries within days or weeks, depending on when the Fremont Factory’s lines resume operations.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 19, 2015

Earlier this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased us Model S owners with a tweet promising to “end range anxiety.” Elon Musk Navigation Tesla Motors plug-in cars range anxiety Tesla Supercharger'

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 8, 2013

I''ve been surprised and delighted by how efficiently my new 2013 Tesla Model S has been running at higher speeds. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] hammers home the message that high speeds can drastically reduce the range of any Model S.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In 2016, Tesla created a fever pitch over its Model 3 promise: $35,000 with a range of 220 miles. The company claimed more than 450,000 reservations were made for the Model 3, at $1,000 each, in part because of that low price and high range.

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Miles Range Standards Tesla 157

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2014

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced in a blog post that the company is opening up access to its patents; Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use the company’s technology. Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

FF says it intends to develop a range of 100% electric vehicles that offer “intelligent, seamless connectivity to the outside world” and “unique ownership arrangements”. Among FF’s automotive team are: Nick Sampson, Senior Vice President – Former Director of Vehicle & Chassis Engineering, Tesla Motors.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Tesla Motors plans to offer a $1,000 adapter to enable Model S EVs to use CHAdeMO fast charging stations for those Model S units with Supercharging already enabled. Tesla calculates that the 50 kW CHAdeMO fast chargers will charge the Model S at the rate of approximately 150 miles of range per hour of charge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

In Chapter Six (“Model 3 Performance”), for example, Pressman runs through an easy-to-read run-down of BEV architecture, chargers, batteries, motor and torque, control electronics, regenerative braking, performance and vehicle dynamics. One thing we’ve noticed is that Tesla Motors operates on “Tesla Time.”

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2014

We already know that in the next few years, we''ll see a slew of mid-size SUVs offered with plug-in hybrid powertrains--most from luxury brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, and Range Rover. But the German luxury marques are making plans to compete more directly with Tesla Motors and its Model S all-electric long-range luxury sedan.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2016

After several years of dismissing the Silicon Valley carmaker, established German luxury carmakers now seem to be taking Tesla Motors seriously. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche are each planning long-range electric cars aimed at combating the American upstart.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

There’s been a lot of confusion recently about the official EPA-certified ranges of certain electric cars. In November, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced, with great fanfare, that the new all-wheel-drive P85D version of the.'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors, Inc. During Tesla’s Q4 earnings call in February, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had noted that because Panasonic is Tesla’s primary partner on battery production, the “default assumption” was that Panasonic would continue to partner with Tesla in the Gigafactory. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2018

Amidst all the coverage on Wednesday of the Tesla Model 3 production numbers, we realized we'd forgotten one piece of the Model 3 saga. That would be the official EPA range and efficiency ratings for the 2017 Tesla Model 3 Long Range version.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2014

A fully electric car with a 500 mile range might sound like a pipedream, but according to Tesla CEO, Elon Musk it would be possible for the near future. Tesla already has the highest density batteries in the world, developed with its battery partner, Panasonic, which have twice the capacity of mod[.].

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 8, 2015

Leave it to electric-car maker Tesla Motors to spring another surprise on the world. The Tesla Model S 70D is an all-wheel-drive Model S with a 70-kilowatt-hour battery pack, rated at 240 miles of range and priced at $75,000. all-wheel drive plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) P85D 70D'

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Tesla Motors announced that the Tesla Factory will begin customer deliveries of the Model S on 22 June. Blankenship also reported that the 85 kWh version of the Model S has completed range & efficiency testing and “ exceeded expectations ”. Owners will be able to adjust brake regen to suit their driving styles.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The first deliveries of the Tesla Model X electric crossover are to take place next Thursday, September 29, and Tesla plans to unveil its less-expensive Model 3 sedan next year. But while Tesla Motors works to diversify its products and add more technology, it also.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Tesla Motors has launched a new business leasing program for the Model S. The Tesla business lease is available through Tesla Finance, a new subsidiary set up especially to offer this new product to business customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

a developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains ( earlier post ), has partnered with AxleTech International, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty specialty drivetrain systems. Wrightspeed Inc., Click to enlarge.

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