Battery / Charging

Tesla Model 3: Austrian company will supply critical cabling for electric motor and battery

Austrian cable company [name removed] has secured a large order from Tesla for 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) worth of aluminum cabling that will be…

Tesla discontinuing Model S 60 and 60D on April 17, ahead of Model 3 ramp

Tesla will be discontinuing the Model S 60 and 60D sedan on April 17, 2017. The announcement made by Tesla…

Charging your Tesla could make a difference of 40% to power and acceleration

DragTimes has tested a Ludicrous+ Tesla Model S P100D at various states of charge (SOC) and confirmed that 0-60 times do indeed…

First Tesla Supercharger coming to the Carolina coast, Myrtle Beach

Teslarati has received engineering plans showing 10 new Supercharger stalls coming to a popular shopping mall near the Atlantic Coast in…

ChargePoint raises $82 million for buildout of European charging network

ChargePoint, one of the largest electric vehicle charging networks in the world with more than 30,000 charging stations in North America…

Tesla unlocks real-time Supercharger occupancy data on vehicle map

Tesla has activated a new feature that allows drivers to see real-time Supercharger occupancy information directly from the vehicle's onboard map. It's…

Don’t count on seeing a Tesla Model 3 P100D with 100kWh battery pack

Those hoping for a Model 3 P100D may have to wait a little longer now that chief Elon Musk has confirmed…

An inside look at Tesla’s P100D battery pack: more cells, 102 kWh capacity, backwards compatibility in mind

New details of Tesla's mysterious P100D battery pack, which Tesla CTO JB Straubel once described as having notable changes in battery…

Tesla announces new Supercharger pricing model: fee per kWh and tiered by power

Tesla has announced an update to its Supercharger program that involves a new pricing model billed per kilowatt-hour or through…

Tesla extends lock-in period for free unlimited Supercharging

Tesla started off the new year with an update to its existing Supercharger program: customers who place an order on a Tesla…

Small Canadian town convinces Tesla to install Supercharger station

Town officials in Fort Macleod have convinced Tesla to install one of their fast charging Supercharger stations in its small town…

Son gifts Tesla Dad with an awesome light up charging cable for the holidays

What do you give a Tesla owning Dad for the holidays that's unique and inspires him to charge up each night?…

Tesla enacts Supercharger fee based on idle time while plugged in

It didn't take long for Elon Musk to honor his word that Tesla would "take action" against Supercharger abusers. Less than…

Calling all Tesla Supercharger abusers: Don’t ruin it for the rest of us

  Model S owner and French entrepreneur, Loic Le Meur, reached out to Elon Musk on Twitter yesterday to bring to…

Tesla recalls charging adapters after two reports of plugs overheating

Tesla Motors, Inc. has voluntarily recalled approximately 7,000 charging adapters after two cases of melted plastic around the NEMA 14-30 charging plug…

Supercapacitor breakthrough suggests EVs could charge in seconds but with a trade-off

Supercapacitors may be providing an alternative to electric-car batteries sooner than expected, according to a new research study. Currently, supercapacitors…

Tesla aims to alleviate concerns over charging in China with new converter

China is an important market for every car maker simply because it is the world's largest new car market. Any…

Tesla partners with grocery chain on Midwest Supercharger expansion

Supercharger locations in the Midwestern United States are about to increase, thanks to a partnership between Tesla and the Hy-Vee…

Tesla really doesn’t want you to run out of battery

It's been a couple of years since we first inadvertently discovered what happens when a Tesla runs completely out of battery…

Watch this Tesla Model X charge a Model S by towing it [Video]

A new video put together by YouTuber and Tesla owner Bjørn Nyland highlights the ability for electric vehicles to convert kinetic…