This week, we’re breaking down next-gen charging solutions, a Tesla self-driving across the United States, and the first 600-plus range record — plus lots of other news you need to know about clean machines right now:
NYC’s new charging hub will work entirely off-grid
Trendy NYC neighborhood Williamsburg will be the first in the city to have a large-scale EV charging hub with power that doesn’t come directly from the grid, but instead from an array of battery-integrated chargers serving 88 spaces.
Vertical EV-charging parking decks are coming to the U.S.
If there’s one thing the United States’ dense urban areas lack, it’s parking spaces. And if there’s another, it’s charging places.
Enter Stak, a company that has engineered a variant on the city parking carousel that can vertically accommodate up to 14 EVs in a two-car parking bay — and charge them while they’re in there.
The company claims to have 400-plus spaces in operation right now, with another 600 in the design phase.
A Tesla driver just traveled across the entire country in self-driving mode
Pioneering Tesla driver David Moss posted on X that he managed a fully autonomous coast-to-coast drive using Tesla’s Full Self Driving mode. If corroborated, it would be the first journey of its kind…