September 2022

Tesla’s California VPP is proving its mettle yet again

Tesla’s California VPP is proving its mettle yet again, supporting the grid with more than 20MW of energy amid a scorching heat wave.  Multiple Tesla Powerwall owners participating in the Virtual Power Plant in California have reported another VPP event currently taking place. Teslarati’s Powerwall system is doing its part, too.  As of this writing,

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Lucid Motors is looking to raise $8 billion more in planned mixed shelf offering

Luxury electric car maker Lucid Motors is looking to beef up its working capital. To accomplish this, the company filed for a new offering of up to $8 billion earlier this week. The funding should help Lucid keep its operations going as it continues to ramp the production and deliveries of its flagship Air sedan. 

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Over 80% of Twitter accounts are likely bots: Former FBI security specialist

Amidst the ongoing legal jabs from both Twitter and Elon Musk’s legal teams, it becomes pretty easy to lose the narrative. But while media coverage would likely give the impression that Musk is simply trying to weasel out of a $44 billion deal, the two parties’ conflict is actually based on a key issue: Twitter

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Norway Tesla owners go to extreme lengths to make Elon Musk aware of their complaints

Some Tesla owners in Norway are going to extreme lengths to get Elon Musk’s attention about their vehicles’ issues. So dedicated was the group to its cause that the Tesla owners went on a hunger strike to express their displeasure about a number of problems they have been experiencing with their vehicles.  On its official

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Tesla FSD Beta tester parodies Dan O’Dowd’s anti-FSD ad

A Tesla Model 3 owner and FSD Beta tester has filmed a parody (of sorts) of Dan O’Dowd and The Dawn Project’s debunked anti-FSD ad, which claims that the advanced driver-assist system will indiscriminately “mow down children.” Ironically enough, the parody of O’Dowd’s ad actually ended up being accurate.  Tesla owner Jon Herrity has been

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Tesla California Virtual Power Plant crosses the 3,500-home mark

Tesla’s California Virtual Power Plant (VPP), which is comprised of homes equipped with Powerwall batteries, just crossed an important milestone — the system has passed the 3,500-home mark. The findings became evident following the California VPP’s second event on August 31, which saw the system provide up to 24 MW of power to support the

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