Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla is acquiring more land in Austin, Texas for future expansions – potentially a battery factory? After months of going through the process to secure approval from the local government, Tesla announced in July that it selected a site outside of Austin to build its next Gigafactory in the US. Much has been said about the size of the piece of land. The 2,000-acre land is Tesla’s largest…

Motley Fool did a Deep Dive Webinar on Tesla and interviewed Electrek’s Fred Lambert for it Here’s the interview. Years ago, Lambert used to write articles about Tesla for Motley Fool back when the company was newly public and people were wondering if it would survive. Now we are going full circle with Motley Fool interviewing the now Electrek Editor-in-Chief about Tesla as the company is now…

Tesla is launching a $2,000 ‘Acceleration Boost’ upgrade for Model Y Dual Motor AWD vehicles — shaving half a second off the 0 to 60 mph acceleration. For a few years now, Tesla started selling vehicles with upgradable software-locked capabilities, like 75 kWh battery pack software-locked at 60 kWh, or higher power outputs enabled through software updates. Starting last year, they even made…

Ring, Amazon’s home security company, is launching a new car product that will work with Tesla’s Sentry Mode and also with a new USB hub. Tesla’s Sentry Mode is an integrated surveillance system inside Tesla’s vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car. The system detects when there’s a “threat,” which basically consists of anyone or anything approaching the car, and…