The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) is moving forward with its consideration of distributed energy resource pilot. This is prompted by Tesla’s virtual power plant (VPP) proposal. The initiative is led by Commissioner Will McAdams who shared his view on how the PUC should proceed, according to Energy Choice Matters. Tesla’s U.S. Energy Markets Policy Lead,…
Prefabricated Tesla Superchargers were spotted near a PepsiCo Beverages facility in Indio, California. The prefabricated Superchargers were loaded on trailers that held Megapack batteries and a rather impressive number of charging stalls. A Teslarati reader shared photos of the chargers, initially speculating that they were for Pepsi’s Tesla Semi trucks. Tesla has installed Megachargers for the Semi at Frito…
Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have started adding users to their virtual power plant (VPP) in California. Earlier this month, Tesla and PG&E announced the launch of the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) for homeowners, allowing them to send electricity from their Powerwall to the grid when it was necessary. The program offered monetary…
When Tesla unveiled the Megapack, the company positioned it as a battery that had the potential to render traditional coal and gas-fired peaker plants obsolete. Since their introduction in 2019, Tesla Megapacks have been deployed across the globe, and they are starting to live up to their promise. Being grid-scale batteries, Megapacks could perform tasks…
Tesla’s self-inscription of its name atop Gigafactory Texas with solar panels continues on. The company has officially started making some serious progress to the letter ‘T’ in the design and is nearing completion just months after the factory started production of Tesla’s electric vehicles. On Thursday, Gigafactory Texas drone operator Jeff Roberts captured images of the solar…
Tesla and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) are working together to launch a virtual power plant (VPP) program that would allow homeowners with a Powerwall battery to send electricity to the grid when the need arises. Powerwall owners will be given a monetary incentive for participating in the initiative. With their combined capacity,…
Tesla’s headcount optimization has reportedly reached China, with local reports stating that the company had begun its efforts to lay off some of its workforce in the country. The initiative does not involve positions related to the production of the company’s all-electric cars, however. During his virtual appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday, Elon Musk…
The Biden Administration turned to Tesla for help on its renewable fuel policy reform. The updated policy is expected to include benefits for electric vehicles from the United States’ renewable fuel subsidies. Reuters reviewed the emails from the Biden Administration to Tesla. Based on the emails, the Biden Administration contacted Tesla on its first day of…
In a new plan from the Texas Department of Transportation, the state is setting aside $408 million for electric vehicle charging infrastructure over the next five years. Since Tesla moved its headquarters to Texas late last year, the state has made strides in EV adoption. Many towns are investing in Tesla Model 3s as police cars, Austin and…
Tesla announced late last week that its new production facility in Germany, Gigafactory Berlin, achieved a production rate of 1,000 cars in a week. The facility was commissioned for production in March, meaning the 1,000 run rate is a huge step in the right direction, especially in terms of the plant’s production ramp. Tesla’s Twitter…