Rocket Lab has selected Virginian island to host the first launch site, factory, and landing pad for its next-generation Neutron rocket. In a move reminiscent of SpaceX’s Starbase Starship factory and launch sites, Rocket Lab plans to build and launch its Neutron rocket in more or less adjacent facilities within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requests public comments on proposed new safety updates to its 5-Star Safety Ratings Program, also known as the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The NCAP program provides star ratings for crash protection and rollover resistance. It also recommends advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and identifies the vehicles with ADAS technologies…
Tesla battery partner Panasonic has decided to acquire a factory site in the United States for “high capacity lithium-ion batteries,” according to the Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. As per the NHK, a person familiar with the matter revealed that Panasonic wanted to acquire a factory site to bolster its production system for high-capacity…
Prior to the rise of Tesla, conventional wisdom held that it would be practically impossible for a startup company to challenge the behemoths of Big Auto. When economics professors explained the concept of barriers to entry, the auto industry was usually example #1. Selling cars in volume requires not only massive industrial resources, but a highly…
Tesla Service Centers in Oklahoma are in jeopardy following the unanimously passed HB3994 that aims to make manufacturers unable to service or sell cars directly to consumers in the State. The bill will now move to the House following its way through the House Business and Commerce Committee last night. HB3994 is a House bill that…
2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in and deployment of clean energy, battery storage, and EVs in the US, according to the “2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook” published today by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE). According to the study, growth was fueled by strong consumer demand; unprecedented injection…
Hoping for a Tesla Model S with 500 or 600 miles of range? We’ve got bad news: It’s probably not coming. A Tesla fan commented on Lucid’s recently launched 500-mile Lucid Air electric sedan on Twitter, claiming that Tesla will be the first to mass-produce a car with such a range. Musk, however, replied that the company could’ve made…
Siemens and Tesla are both working on ways to reduce the time it takes to install fast chargers by using pre-fabricated systems. Not only do pre-fab techniques reduce construction times, they lower costs as well. The VersiCharge XL concept — developed in partnership with Nexii Building Solutions — builds on proven power distribution technologies similar to those used…
The Biden administration wants to spend $7.5 billion to construct a more robust EV charging network for electric car drivers in the United States. The Tesla Supercharger system is by far the largest high speed charging network in America. With 1278 charging plazas and more than 13,000 chargers, it controls 58% of all the DC fast…
Tesla’s Fremont Factory could have its production capacity increased, according to CEO Elon Musk. Tesla is “considering expanding [Fremont] significantly,” Musk said in a Tweet last night. Following Musk’s heavily publicized jab at President Joe Biden on Tuesday night for not mentioning Tesla in the State of the Union Speech with the likes of Ford…