All posts tagged "Battery / Charging"
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14.4KTesla Model STesla Model S Cold Weather Battery Indicator Bar
The Tesla Model S battery indicator bar is color coded green, yellow and red based on the percentage of charge remaining in the...
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10.8KNewsA Peek into Tesla’s Battery Swap Station at Harris Ranch
Less than a week after Tesla’s official announcement of its battery swap pilot program, I decided to pit stop at Harris Ranch, CA, site...
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6.5KNewsPictures Reveal Tesla Motors Battery Swap Pilot Program
Tesla Motors released details about its battery swap pilot program last Friday and confirmed that the location is Harris Ranch, Calif, off...
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7.8KNewsTesla Battery Swap Stations in Beta Between SF and LA
Travelers making the journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles this holiday might be in for an early holiday surprise. Elon Musk...
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15.2KNewsSolid State Battery Technology, a Tesla Gigafactory Killer?
With 2014 coming to an end, automotive battery news has been trickling out and solid state battery technology appears, again. In early...
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15.7KLifestyleS in the City: Model S Owner Experience in the Big City
Whether you live or work in the city, or drive in for entertainment, there are notable nuances with driving a Tesla Model S into a...
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30.2KDIYTesla UMC Extension Cord via Camco 50 AMP 30′ PowerGrip
The gas crowd has a leg up on us. There, I said it. Every time they go to fuel up their cars...
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11.9KLifestyleTesla Road Trip Battery Range Planning
My Tesla road trip down to NJ was a success, for the most part, but it didn’t come without some high stress range situations...
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13.9KDIYTesla Destination Charging Tips
I learned a lot from my first Tesla road trip – mainly to enjoy the experience, decide how much charge you’ll need at each leg...
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44.2KLifestyleTop 5 Tips to Maintaining EV Battery Life
Electric vehicles are a joy to own but this new technology using advanced Lithium-ion battery packs requires a different type of maintenance than your traditional gasoline engine. We...
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14.5KLifestylePowerHydrant Charges Tesla Using Robotic Arm
We’ve been obsessed with wireless inductive charging lately because from a technology standpoint, it just seems so magical. Hands-free charging with zero...
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16.7KNewsTesla Expanding Charging Network Beyond Superchargers
A source of ours close to Tesla Motors in Silicon Valley has informed us that the electric vehicle carmaker is in the process...
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18.6KDIYTesla Model S Delivery Preparations
Preparing for the delivery of the Tesla Model S
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24.7KNewsHow to Build a Tesla Supercharger Station
The pace in which the Tesla Supercharger network is growing has really propelled adoption of electric vehicle mobility in a Model S, and paving the...
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20.8KLifestyleReview: Tesla Model S J1772 Charger Lock
Driving a Model S is a terrific experience but it does come with new territory from time to time. Things that you...
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27.4KLifestyleEV Basics – What’s a kilowatt hour?
So what’s a kilowatt hour or shall we ask Watts a Kilowatt hour? As more car buyers take the plunge into owning an...
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15.4KNewsWhat Happened to the Tesla Battery Swap?
It’s hard to imagine that over a year ago Tesla Motors was drumming its Tesla battery swap system on its Model S....
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13.1KNewsTesla Battery Technology is Years Ahead of the Competition
Watching JB Straubel, Tesla’s Chief Technical Officer deliver the keynote speech at the 2014 Energy Storage Symposium, gives us a clearer insight...
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14.3KNews[Video] Tesla Model S Battery Replacement Service
As luck would have it, shortly after our story comparing Tesla’s battery technology against the competition, we received a message from our...
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23.4KTesla Model SComparing Tesla battery technology against the competition
I bought my Model S for many reasons, but battery efficiency was not one of them. The question of whether Tesla battery...
