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With an assist from Tesla, Ford has just added fire to existing EV charging fragmentation and confusion. In a move that came from left field, Ford announced that its EVs would now be compatible with Tesla’s…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Ford shocked almost everyone in the automotive world when it announced that it would adopt Tesla’s NACS charging plug standard starting on 2025 EV models, an announcement made on Twitter jointly with Tesla CEO…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
With headlines involving Tesla being dominated over the last few month’s with CEO Elon Musk’s distraction with his Twitter acquisition, the Tesla bears are coming out of the woodwork proclaiming the end of…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
My colleague here at The Watt Car Phil Royle wrote a post “A Disingenuous Offer – Tesla’s NACS is Not What it Seems,” in which he asserted that Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) is yet another attempt…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s taking incredible self-restraint not to call Tesla’s NACS “standard” a sham – a hollow offering that merely benefits Tesla. Make no mistake, Tesla’s goals are not altruistic. Rather, its naming of, and encouraging others…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Politics is a funny thing. A hero one week is the villain the next. Just within the past week, Texas governor Greg Abbot hailed Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his investment in Texas, and then just as quickly…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
People driving their EVs on road course racetrack has become commonplace. That is to say, Teslas are becoming commonplace at the racetrack. Other EVs – not so much…
BY PHIL ROYLE
In many parts of the world, and still in some parts of the U.S., Tesla vehicles are a relatively rare sight. This was the case about a decade ago…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Earlier this week, I had the side repeater cameras replaced on my 2019 Tesla Model 3. While they still technically “worked,” they had an extremely annoying side effect of having blowout glare at night…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
At Tesla’s quarterly investor’s meeting this week, held at the still under-construction Gigafactory Texas near Austin, Tesla boss Elon Musk confirmed what many had speculated…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s no secret that Tesla and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and its state-level organizations have been at odds over the legality of selling cars factory-direct…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Nearly every other day, a press release or story comes out about the latest “green” initiative or carbon-neutrality goal announced by a major automaker…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
I will preface this post by saying that this is not an engineering or technical analysis of what was revealed at Tesla’s AI Day…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
For decades, performance has been characterized by cubic inches, forced induction, close-ratio transmissions, and loud, boisterous exhaust notes. Then along came Tesla…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
On Aug. 5, 2021, President Joe Biden held a ceremonial event at the White House signing an executive order setting a target of half of all new vehicle sales being plug-in vehicles (BEV or PHEV) by 2030…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Although arguably a completely apples-to-oranges analog, we’re seeing a similar format war play out today with EV plug standards between CCS1 and Tesla in the U.S…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This is an unexpected twist in the saga of the Tesla Cybertruck. Since its official unveiling, it has been assumed the Tesla Cybertruck will be called just that. However…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Cars.com just released its 2021 American-Made Index Report, and for the first time in the report’s history, an EV made the top spot, the 2021 Tesla Model 3. The term “Most American” is fraught with peril…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Tesla and Elon Musk, never the pair to shy away from controversy, has the industry abuzz with their stubborn insistence on pushing the “yoke” style steering wheel to market…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
With last week’s introduction of the Tesla Model S Plaid, some may wonder why a new version of a model that’s been out for nearly a decade is receiving so much attention…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
