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The Rise of Tesla’s Superchargers

Guest Contributor — Tue, 30 May 2017 18:39:49 +0000

The fast pace set by Tesla Inc. in the design, production, marketing and selling of its vehicle has brought the company to the eyes of most customers and investors, leading it to dominate the niche market of the electric vehicles. In addition, the company has also planned to increase the number of charger and superchargers […]

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Geneva’s Electric Buses Will “Flash-Charge” in Just 15 Seconds

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:36:59 +0000

Geneva’s new electric bus network will outpace Tesla’s Supercharger by five times as much energy. In a contract with Switzerland-based ABB, Transports Publics Genevois (TPG) will add “flash-charging” buses along a route from Geneva’s airport to Praille-Acacias Vernet. The 12 TOSA (Trolleybus Optimisation Système Alimentation) buses and 13 “flash-charging” stations will service over 10,000 passengers […]

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How Small Engine Turbo Improves Fuel Economy

Benji Jerew — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:06:52 +0000

Typically, even a low-boost small engine turbo can deliver 25% more power than its non-boosted sister. That means that even a tiny turbocharged i3 can perform just as well as a large i4, or a small supercharged i4 can outperform a V6 or V8. It may seem obvious that, to improve fuel economy, you reduce […]

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Tesla Announcement: 98 Percent of U.S. Supercharger-Enabled by 2015

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 31 May 2013 07:19:40 +0000

Following a long period of suspense, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors revealed yesterday his plans for expanding the Supercharging network across the U.S.. Musk said Tesla would install 25 Superchargers by the end of June in California, the Pacific northwest, Texas (to connect Dallas, Austin and Houston), Illinois, Colorado, and on the east coast. […]

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Elon Musk Interview: Supercharger Network Plans in Europe & More

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:45:17 +0000

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, has given us the privilege of answering our questions directly, again. This time, I asked him about plans to expand the Supercharger network not only in Western European countries, but also in Eastern countries like Romania or Bulgaria. He also told us details on how the Supercharger does […]

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Tesla Motors Drops Tesla Model S 40kWh, Sort Of, Adds Something for Nothing

Benji Jerew — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:45:13 +0000

The Tesla Model S sales have been steadily increasing, but barely 4% of those are for the baseline 40kWh version, so it doesn’t make much sense to produce it. Instead of dropping the 40kWh version altogether, Tesla Motors has done something pretty interesting with the baseline Tesla Model S. The 40kWh version of the car […]

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