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Polestar Charge gives access to almost 700k chargers in Europe

Car manufacturers are rapidly working on the electrification of their cars, but the number of charging stations is not keeping up with their growth. Tesla is the largest investor in electric vehicle infrastructure and the owner of 50,000 Supercharger charging stations, and now Polestar has announced that with the company Plugsurfing, it is launching a charging service in Europe called Polestar Charge.

Polestar Charge is an application that gives access to almost 700,000 chargers with a single charge service on the largest charging networks on the old continent. This is the first time Tesla Supercharger has given app access to its chargers.

This feature will be available before Polestar starts delivering the Polestar 3 and Polestar 4 in Europe. The app will be integrated with Google Maps to make it easier to find chargers.

“We know that an important part of owning an electric car is the possibility of convenient charging. With access to the largest networks in Europe and smart integration into Google Maps, we’ve made it easy for Polestar drivers to enjoy life with an electric car instead of worrying about where they’ll find their next charge,” comments Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar.

Source: Polestar

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Tesla officially started paid advertisements for the first time

Tesla is an all-electric car manufacturer whose CEO Elon Musk has always been against advertising their models, but now that has changed as well. On the social network X, it was announced that Tesla officially started paid advertisements on Instagram for the first time.

Instagram has over 2 billion monthly active users, or ~25% of the global population, and Tesla’s first advertisement was announced with a short video of Model Y. The car is offered at a special price of 36,490 USD.

For some, this may come as a surprise because Tesla has operated successfully for years without advertising its cars. At every event organized by the company, the focus was on Elon Musk.

Instagram is not the only social network where Tesla advertises. They did the same on TikTok and YouTube. The company did not reveal further plans, but it can be sensed that the personality of Elon Musk is not giving the expected results and the focus is slowly shifting to advertising.

Source: Sawyer Merritt via X

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Tesla Model Y as a two-seater

France has about 6.5 million commercial vehicles, so Tesla decided to offer French businessmen a car that offers an additional alternative for transporting goods or as an emergency vehicle, the Tesla Model Y.

Some European countries have different taxes that apply to different types of vehicles, so manufacturers try to adapt and offer a car that will fall into the category of commercial vehicles with zero emissions. The new version of the Model Y, without the rear seats, does just that. “Tesla has developed the Model Y as a two-seater with a cargo volume of 2,158 liters and a range of 565 kilometers. This model meets the requirements for commercial vehicle taxation. This ecological and efficient solution offers an additional alternative to professional mobility, either for the transport of goods or as an intervention vehicle,” Clement Maguet posted on LinkedIn.

Tesla is not the first brand to turn a four-seater into a commercial vehicle. Other manufacturers do the same to avoid higher taxes. It is not known how much the vehicle will cost.

Source: Clement Maguet via LinkedIn