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Umar Shakir
Umar Shakir
How do you get reimbursed for recharging the company electric car at home?

No need for a Kill-A-Watt — fleet management companies can deploy ChargePoint’s Home Flex residential charging stations to keep track, which can tap into cheaper residential electric rates, as well as save time and money on stops at chargers.

ChargePoint says its software can handle reimbursement at public charging stations, and integrate with other fleet management software thanks to an open API.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
More used Teslas are about to flood the market.

Hertz said in its first quarter earnings report today that it plans to sell an additional 10,000 Teslas, after committing to off-loading 20,000 of the electric vehicles earlier this year. That means the rental car company plans on selling 15 percent of the initial 200,000 EVs it said it was going to buy from Tesla and Polestar back in the heady days of 2021.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
How much would you pay to turn your Cybertruck into a mobile power generator?

Because this guy apparently was quoted at $30,000 to activate the truck’s bidirectional vehicle-to-home Powershare capabilities. That’s about twice the amount that GM said it would cost to do the same with the Chevy Silverado EV.

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David Pierce
The Mercedes G-Wagen, the ultimate off-road status symbol, goes electric

Mercedes’ box-shaped luxury off-roader finally gets an electrified makeover.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Elon Musk says it’s “time to reorganize” Tesla.

Tesla laid off over 10 percent of its workforce this month, but Musk says the cuts were needed for the company’s “next phase of growth:”

A company is kind of like a creature growing, and if you don’t reorganize it for different phases of growth, it will fail. You can’t have the same organizational structure.

Apparently, that next stage of growth also involves a $56 billion pay package for Musk.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Tesla’s Optimus robot will start performing “useful tasks” by the end of this year.

That’s what Elon Musk said during Tesla’s earnings call on Tuesday, adding that Tesla will likely be able to sell the humanoid bot “externally by the end of next year.” But don’t get your hopes up just yet — Musk says these timelines “are just guesses.”

Image: Tesla