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Tesla is rumored to host a visit from Canadian minister of industry amid factory talks

September 15, 2022
Tesla is rumored to be hosting a visit from Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s industry and innovation minister, amid talks of the automaker building a factory in Canada. Over the past few months, we have been reporting on mounting evidence that Tesla has been looking at a potential location in Canada for its next Gigafactory. Tesla plans to ramp up production to 20 million electric…
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Tesla opens Supercharger network to all electric vehicles in Iceland

September 15, 2022
Tesla has opened its first Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric vehicles in Iceland as part of its pilot program. Over the last year, we have been reporting on Tesla ramping up its effort to open the Supercharger network, its extensive global network of fast-charging stations, to electric vehicles from other automakers. In November 2021, we saw Tesla take its first step in that direction…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 14, 2022

September 15, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Lightyear 0 solar EV dethrones GM’s EV1 as the most aerodynamic production car ever made

September 15, 2022
As it sits mere months away from bringing its first solar EV to market, Lightyear is once again showcasing the potential of its Lightyear 0. Following a series of drag-coefficient tests in Germany under WLTP conditions, the Lightyear 0 SEV should hit the market as the most aerodynamic production car ever built. Its test numbers shatter a title held by GM’s EV1 dating back to the late…
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Tesla manages to squeeze a lot more energy in a single Megapack

September 14, 2022
Tesla has updated the Megapack and managed to squeeze a lot more energy in a single battery system for large-scale energy storage projects. Back in 2019, Tesla launched the Megapack; it was Tesla’s third stationary energy storage product after the Powerwall and Powerpack. A single Megapack unit is a container-sized “3 MWh battery system” with integrated modules, inverters, and thermal…
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