Supercharging

Tesla has confirmed that it is working on a NACS to NACS extension cable to fix the issues with Supercharging different electric vehicles with different charge port locations. With Tesla opening Superchargers to non-Tesla EV owners, starting with Ford, it is creating a new problem at charging stations. In North America, Superchargers were previously exclusively charging Tesla vehicles, which all have their charge ports at the same location: the back of the driver’s side. The Supercharger stalls…

Tesla has increased its end-of-quarter delivery incentive to offer 10,000 free Supercharging miles to Tesla owners who trade in for a new vehicle by the end of the month. It has become standard for Tesla to offer extra incentives for customers to take delivery by the end of every quarter. These incentives are now often referred to as “end-of-quarter incentives”. Sometimes, they take the form of direct discounts or free features, like a 3-month subscription to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package or free…

Tesla announced plans to greatly expand the Supercharger network in Iceland through a partnership with a gas station chain. Iceland is perfect for the massive adoption of electric vehicles. The island’s electricity generation is already almost 100% renewable, which makes EVs super clean, and being a remote island, petrol is expensive. Albeit being sparsely populated with only ~350,000 people, there’s a significant concentration of population around Reykjavík, and people have relatively short…

In essence, AI is becoming a valuable tool for building AI applications. Tools such as generative AI, GitHub Copilot, AgentGPT, and Azure Machine Learning Studio cover many aspects of the developer job, from code generation to testing. Also: Why open-source generative AI models are still a step behind GPT-4But how do these tools fit into the workflow, collaboration, and management of the software lifecycle? Here, AI is emerging as a means to keep people closer together, in sync, and boosted by automation. The…

Tesla is bringing back the capacity to transfer your Full Self-Driving package and/or free Supercharging on a new vehicle despite Elon Musk saying it would be a one-time deal in the past. For years, Tesla owners who bought the up-to-$15,000 Full Self-Driving Capability package were asking for the capacity to transfer it when trading-in their vehicles for a new one. The logic was sound: Tesla never delivered the self-driving capacity as promised. It only makes sense to allow owners to transfer…

A study involving DRI, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals a projected increase in wildfire risks and longer seasons in the U.S. due to climate change. By examining past wildfire data and future climate models, it provides essential insights for effective wildfire management. Credit: SciTechDaily.comScientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous U.S. to assess the impact of climate change on future wildfire risk and seasonality.Wildfires are some of the most…

As a sort of public service announcement, if your Tesla vehicle starts “smoking” while Supercharging, it might only be steam. Most Tesla vehicles are now equipped with heat pumps, which help with efficiency in cold weather, but they also can produce steam, which can be alarming to some. With many new Tesla owners experiencing a winter with their cars for the first time, there have been a few instances of Tesla owners calling emergency services because they thought their cars were catching on…

After a tough quarter, Tesla is now offering 6 months of free supercharging for all new Model 3 and Model Y orders that get delivered by the end of the year in North America. Tesla is gearing up for another “end of quarter push,” attempting to boost sales before the quarter and year close out. It has already discounted new vehicle inventory by up to $3,000, but now it’s offering another incentive for new buyers: free supercharging. According to Tesla’s website, you can now get 6 months of…

To get there, scientists and startups are working on ways to tweak natural processes that already suck up carbon to enhance their utility as a carbon sink. Some dream that these techniques will form part of a giant new industry that pulls enough carbon dioxide from the air to dial down the planet’s temperature. But the proposals come with environmental risks, and measuring the benefits is a challenge. One natural process that sequesters carbon is known as rock…

Tesla has added a discount to new inventory Model S and Model X vehicles and three years of free Supercharging for deliveries by the end of the quarter. With the end of the quarter approaching, Tesla is looking to deliver better-looking financial results by not ending it with many vehicles in inventory. To achieve this recently, Tesla has regularly applied special discounts or incentives to take delivery of new inventory vehicles by the end of the quarter. We reported that Tesla recently…