The Home Depot announced Thursday the addition of solar installations at 50 stores as it continues to expand its alternative energy portfolio, essentially creating mini solar farms out of unused rooftops. The Home Depot is working with General Electric’s Current unit on 20 solar installations at stores in New Jersey, as well as eight stores…
Tesla has pushed Autopilot software update ‘2017.32’ for cars equipped with the second generation hardware. While many are still waiting for the second generation hardware to achieve the “silky smooth” Autopilot control promised by the company, the current update offers only minor improvements. The most notable part of the update was rollout of the Auto…
TMC Member spectrablue pointed out last week that Tesla had started listing cars on third-party sites like Autotrader.com. Tesla previously only sold those cars on Tesla.com and a network of company-owned stores. The company’s “certified pre-owned” program has helped them control the market and keep resale prices above the industry average. There are now a significant enough…
Tesla plans to offer a “Home Charging Installation Program,” a $1,000 option available at purchase that eliminates the need for customers to source their own external electrician. The goal is to simplify the process of purchasing an electric vehicle. The service is currently only available to customers in North America. According to information on Tesla’s…
Tesla President of Global Sales & Service Jon McNeill is also an active TMC member. Monday he shared some of Tesla’s efforts to improve the customer service experience, particularly around responsiveness. McNeill wrote, “To make contacting the right person at Tesla easier, we’ve streamlined our contacts for you: For any customer issue, you can call…
Tesla is tugging a tiny house through Australia behind a Model X as part of a marketing effort to “educate the public on how to generate, store and use renewable energy for their home.” The ‘Tesla Tiny House’ is outfitted with the company’s energy products, including solar panels and Powerwall. According the the project’s website:…
TMC Member LoL Rick captured a photo of a white Model 3 sporting a white interior that has not yet been seen on a production car. “You can’t tell much from the picture, and I don’t know whether this is a release candidate or production car,” he wrote in his post. “But zooming in on…
There has been no shortage of enthusiastic investors willing to write checks to fund Tesla’s efforts to make electric cars mainstream. A Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows that the company sold $1.8 billion worth of eight-year unsecured bonds at a yield of 5.30 percent in a recent oversubscribed offering. Tesla initially targeted $1.5 billion,…
