April 2022

Ford starts F-150 Lightning production, confirms second electric pickup model for 2024

Ford on Monday announced the start of “full production of 2022 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, part of the massive Detroit Rouge Complex that builds non-electric F-150 trucks. Ford said in a press release that it has 200,000 reservations for the Lightning. In response to greater-than-expected demand… Source: Green

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Tesla is making Australia’s largest Virtual Power Plant even bigger

Tesla has announced that it will be expanding its virtual power plant in Australia to New South Wales, southeast Queensland, and the Australian Capital Territory with the Tesla Energy Plan. The update was announced on the company’s official LinkedIn page.  While Tesla did not provide many details about its Australian virtual power plant expansion, its

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SpaceX aces seventh astronaut launch in less than two years

SpaceX has successfully completed its second astronaut launch in less than three weeks, sending a batch of professional NASA and ESA astronauts on the way to the International Space Station after ferrying the first all-private astronaut crew to and from the same orbital outpost in the weeks prior. Shrugging off a 12-day delay caused by

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Tesla adjusts delivery estimates after select Model Y variants sell out for 2022

Tesla adjusted delivery estimates of select Model Y variants in the United States. The Pearl White and Midnight Silver base Model Y Long Range with 19” Gemini wheels is sold out for the remainder of 2022, with delivery estimates expected between February 2023 and May 2023.  Base Model Y LR variants in Deep Blue, Solid

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Ford teases second EV pickup truck during F-150 Lightning launch event

Ford CEO Jim Farley teased a second electric pickup truck during the launch event for the F-150 Lightning recently.  “I wish we could bring you all down there, but we’re already pushing dirt down in Blue Oval City in Tennessee for another electric pickup truck that’s different from this one,” Farley teased.  Farley referred to

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Tesla bill opponent in CT: ‘I don’t see the need to advance Elon Musk, who is already ruler of the world’

On Tuesday, April 26, the opposition to legislation that would allow direct sales of electric vehicles discussed the ongoing efforts to pass the so-called “Tesla bill” in Connecticut.  The proposed bill would conflict with Connecticut’s franchise law which requires car manufacturers to sell their products through third-party dealerships. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union, CT

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Lucid Group, Saudi Arabia agree to 100,000 EV fleet deal

Lucid Group announced today that it had reached an agreement with the Government of Saudi Arabia to purchase up to 100,000 electric vehicles from the automaker over ten years. The deal will start with an initial commitment of at least 50,000 vehicles with the option to purchase 50,000 additional cars over the same period. “Delivering

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