A Tesla Semi Megacharger mobile charging unit has briefly shown up at the Tooele, Utah Supercharger. Images of the mobile Tesla Semi Megacharger made the rounds on social media before the charging unit was reportedly removed from the site.
The Tesla Semi is equipped with a very large 1000-volt battery. In the company’s Master Plan, Part Three, Tesla included a table that outlined its present and future vehicles. These included the Semi, which was listed with a 500 kWh LFP battery for its “Light” variant and an 800 kWh high-nickel battery for its “Heavy” variant. It remains to be seen if Tesla is already rolling out these battery sizes for the Semi’s current iteration.
Tesla has deployed a Tesla Semi truck mobile charging station in Utah. https://t.co/MoGNVrlgHL pic.twitter.com/BdYNFGhkgr— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) August 21, 2024
Considering that the Semi has a very large battery pack, the Class 8 all-electric truck is charged with its own dedicated Megacharger, which includes a different and much larger plug than the company’s regular Superchargers, which use the North American Charging Standard (NACS).
This was confirmed as much in the Megacharger sighting in the Tooele, Utah Supercharger, as the mobile charging unit featured a much larger non-NACS plug. The Megachager mobile unit also looked like it was built similarly to the prefabricated Superchargers that are produced at Giga New York. Strangely enough, the whole charging unit was reportedly gone from the site when members of the Tesla Owners Club Utah decided to visit the Tooele Supercharger.
It’s gone, no sign of the charging station. For what it’s worth, that location is horrible for a semi, so logically it didn’t make any sense to have a charger there.— Tesla Owners Utah (@TeslaOwnersUtah) August 21, 2024
While Tesla has not provided any context behind the sudden appearance and disappearance of its Tesla Semi mobile Megacharger at Tooele, the location is roughly 490 miles away from Giga Nevada. As such, the mobile Megacharger unit might have been set up at the Tooele Supercharger as part of long range road tests for the Class 8 all-electric truck.
Overall, the brief presence of the mobile Megacharger is quite exciting, as it hints that Tesla is looking at solutions that could quickly build out a dedicated charging infrastructure for the Semi across the United States. And that, ultimately, is one of the ways that Tesla could make the Semi into a legitimate competitor in the long haul trucking industry.
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Tesla UK celebrates momentous delivery milestone
Tesla just delivered its 250,000th EV in the UK, marking a major milestone! The lucky owners? A family of four who got a Model 3.

Tesla recently delivered its 250,000th electric vehicle (EV) in the United Kingdom (UK). The American EV maker delivered its 200,000th car in the UK on March 28, 2024.
The 250,00th Tesla vehicle delivered in the UK was handed over to the Cotters, a small family of four with two children. The Cotters received a Tesla Model 3, showing that it still has a place among families.
Tesla UK sales increased by over 20% in February, with almost 4,000 units sold. Last month, the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y ranked second and third, respectively, as the UK’s most popular cars. The Mini Cooper was the UK’s most popular car in February.
Tesla’s brand in the United Kingdom appears untainted by the recent controversy surrounding Musk, leading people in the United States to vandalize Tesla vehicles, stores, and Superchargers.
In the United States, the FBI has created a task force to squash Tesla attacks and end the acts of “domestic terrorism.” At least four people have been arrested related to Tesla attacks, one of which drove a car into a group of people protesting in front of a Tesla store. The other three allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at Tesla vehicles, stores, and Superchargers.
Wall Street analysts have acknowledged the adverse effect anti-Tesla sentiments could have on the company stock. However, the Tesla attacks have little to no impact on analysts’ recent Tesla target price estimates or predictions.
A few analysts have reduced their Tesla price targets as the first quarter ends. Wells Fargo’s Colin Langan cut Tesla’s price target to $130, while RBC slashed it to $320. However, some analysts maintained their price target, like Canaccord Genuity.
“Our estimate is informed by our opinion that some consumers are delaying vehicle purchases to access the new Model Y and 4Q24 earnings call commentary regarding Model Y-related factory retooling limiting production…We wonder whether purchase decision delays and production limitations are being misinterpreted as halted overall momentum for Tesla,” Canaccord analysts noted.
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Here’s where Waymo is launching autonomous robotaxis next
Waymo has its sights set on three new U.S. cities in the months to come.

Google parent company Waymo has announced plans to bring its self-driving robotaxis to yet another U.S. city, adding to the list of those it plans to deploy the service to in the next several months.
On Tuesday, Waymo announced in a press release that it will be bringing its autonomous ride-hailing vehicles to Washington D.C. in 2026, after it recently announced plans to start deploying the services in Atlanta, Georgia, and Miami, Florida, sometime in 2025. The D.C. services will utilize the Waymo One app, unlike some of the cities which will roll out through a partnership agreement.
“Waymo One is making fully autonomous driving a reality for millions of people across the U.S.” said Tekedra Mawakana, Waymo Co-CEO. “We’re excited to bring the comfort, consistency, and safety of Waymo One to Washingtonians, those who work and play in the city every day, and the millions of people from around the world who travel to the District every year.”
The company says it plans to continue working closely with legislators on regulations needed to operate driverless vehicles in D.C. Additionally, Waymo says it’s currently operating over 200,000 fully autonomous, paid driverless ride-hails per week, as Tesla and others aim to enter the commercial robotaxi space in the coming months.
This video shows the strength of Tesla's vision-based approach.👀🤖
There are very few, if any, advanced driver-assist systems today that will be able to navigate a road like this without specific training.pic.twitter.com/sSAUhjYp7V
— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 5, 2025
Gonna be pretty tough to do the Waymo approach in a road like this.
— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 5, 2025
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“I’ve experienced firsthand how safely the Waymo Driver operates around pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users,” writes Jonathan Adkins, the CEO of the Governors Highway Safety Association. “Waymo has worked with GHSA and our first responder network as they’ve expanded their service, always putting safety first. As someone who walks to work almost every day, I’m excited to share the road with Waymo in Washington, D.C.”
Waymo also recently launched its robotaxi services will deploy in a partnership with Uber in Austin, Texas, where Tesla also has a so-called Gigafactory and plans to roll out its own robotaxi services later this year. The company currently operates paid driverless ride-hailing or early testing in the following cities, primarily in the U.S.:
- San Francisco, California
- Larger San Francisco Bay Area Metro, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Austin, Texas
- Miami, Florida (early pilot testing)
- Tokyo, Japan (early pilot testing)
The news also comes as Tesla aims to roll out its first unsupervised drives with its in-house Full Self-Driving (FSD) software this summer, along with rolling out initial robotaxi ride-hailing services. While the company doesn’t currently operate any paid ride-hailing like Waymo One, the company’s vehicles can generate real-time training data from drivers with FSD Supervised engaged.
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Tesla Superchargers open to Hyundai’s EVs in the U.S.
Hyundai and Genesis are the latest brands to gain access to Tesla’s charging network.

Tesla’s Superchargers are now officially open to Hyundai’s electric vehicles (EVs) across the U.S., adding to the wave of auto brands that can now charge on the once-exclusive network.
In a press release on Tuesday, Hyundai announced that owners of the Kona electric, Ioniq hatchback, Ioniq 5, Ioniq 5 N, and Ioniq 6, can charge at Tesla Superchargers in the U.S. using a CCS to NACS adapter, which the company is offering complimentary to owners. The news is set to give access to roughly 20,000 Superchargers in the U.S., as Tesla continues to roll out access to non-Tesla EV brands across the industry.
Hyundai says that those who purchased their EVs prior to January 31, 2025 will begin receiving emails on how to claim the free NACS adapters starting the week of April 7. The news also comes after Hyundai was the first automaker to debut a native NACS port with the Ioniq 5, beginning late last year.
🚨 Starting today, U.S. owners of the current Hyundai KONA Electric, IONIQ Electric hatchback, IONIQ 5, and IONIQ 6 models equipped with a CCS port gain access to 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in the United States using an NACS adapter. pic.twitter.com/3xLfwCIXsc
— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 25, 2025
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“Starting today, more Hyundai EV customers will have access to 20,000 Tesla Superchargers across North America, doubling their fast-charging options,” says Olabisi Boyle, Hyundai North America’s SVP of product planning and mobility strategy. “This move improves the public charging experience by giving our customers even more choice. It’s a vital part of our commitment to ease America’s transition to electric vehicle ownership.”
Currently, the news only applies to Superchargers in the U.S., though one spokesperson from the automaker told Teslarati that more details are expected to come about the launch of access in Canada later this year.
Tesla now lists Hyundai, and its subsidiary Genesis, on its website as EV brands that are able to charge at its Superchargers, along with several others which have been added in the past several months such as Polestar, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Lucid, and Rivian, among others.
Hyundai also had record auto sales in the U.S. in 2024, with general retail sales up 4 percent and EV sales up 13 percent year over year.
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