Energy

Tesla makes push for New Zealand buyers with new regional promo video

Tesla is making a push for customers in New Zealand through a new local promotional video posted to the company's YouTube channel.…

Tesla adds private SpaceX Tour as prize to its latest referral program

Tesla updated details for its latest Referral Program, the eighth since the company first launched the incentive program nearly two years…

Tesla Top 5 Week in Review: Solar Roof, P100D Race Car Composites, Model 3 sighting, and more

The top articles of the week at Teslarati revolved around some of the Biggest Tesla Stories for 2017, with solar roof production…

Musk bets against Australian billionaire: 100MWh Tesla Powerpack in 100 days

Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to a challenge to install a 100MWh Powerpack system in South Australia in less than 100…

Tesla Model 3 spotted testing along Hyperloop track outside of SpaceX

Tesla tuner Unplugged Performance caught a rare glimpse of a Tesla Model 3 testing in the wild today near the Tesla…

Tesla locks in 20-year deal to provide solar electricity to Kauai Island Utility

Tesla has completed a 52 MWh Powerpack 2 system combined with a 13 MW SolarCity solar installation on the island of…

Tesla gears up for Solar Roof production at Gigafactory 2, Panasonic will have major role at plant

As Tesla gears up to begin production of high-efficiency solar cells and solar roof tiles this summer from its $900 million factory…

Tesla celebrates first deliveries in New Zealand with launch party

With red lights casting an alluring glow and enormous paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling, Tesla celebrated its official launch…

Tesla solar plant dubbed “Gigafactory 2”, locations for Gigafactory 3, 4 and possibly 5 this year

Tesla used the fourth quarter earnings call and full year 2016 update to not only share financial performance but also…

Tesla on track to generate $500M from SolarCity merger, Solar Roof launch slated for second half of the year

In November, shareholders approved a deal for Tesla to buy SolarCity Corp. in a transaction worth approximately $2.6 billion. Since that…

UK energy storage startup takes on Tesla Powerwall 2 in home battery market

Tesla, Inc.'s CEO Elon Musk has made his company's mission to help the world to transition away from reliance on fossil…

Tesla completes 22 Powerpack installation for PG&E outside San Francisco

Tesla has completed the installation of a 2MWh Powerpack system for Pacific Gas & Electric in Browns Valley near San Francisco, making…

Elon Musk’s vision for the world’s transition to sustainable energy

Energy is fundamental to economic systems and, indeed, to all life. Elon Musk has always insisted that Tesla’s ultimate purpose isn’t…

Tesla Powerwall advocates fight proposed ban on in-home lithium ion battery storage systems in Australia

Battery storage systems are exceedingly popular in Australia, which has some of the highest energy costs in the world. Battery…

Tesla Energy reveals the utility grid of the future containing 396 Powerpacks

A new video from Tesla gives us a glimpse into the utility grid of the future. The video describes how…

Panasonic looks to expand Tesla partnership into self-driving technology

The relationship between Tesla and Panasonic continues to deepen after the Japanese electronics maker announced today that it will shift…

Brewing company integrates Tesla Powerpack and solar with beer-making

The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company has installed a 1 megawatt-hour commercial scale Tesla Powerpack battery system and a 2 megawatt solar system…

Tesla dumbs down Powerwall 2 offering but it actually comes in two versions

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed in October that the second generation of its residential storage battery -- the Powerwall 2…

North Carolina creates state’s first microgrid laboratory, using Tesla Powerpacks

On a bitterly cold day in March 2015, power was interrupted from mainland Hatteras, North Carolina to an offshore island,…

First grid-scale Tesla Powerpack sites unveiled across England and Ireland

Two grid-scale Tesla Powerpack energy storage systems have been unveiled in Europe, one in England and the other in Ireland.…