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California home batteries set a new 745 MW record, with Tesla Powerwalls supplying most of it
Sunrun reports home batteries sent 745 MW to California's grid on October 6. Electrek reports Powerwalls supplied most of it.
Your Tesla can’t use the carpool lane solo anymore, and hasn’t been able to for a year.
California’s Clean Air Vehicle decal program ended for good in 2025. Here’s what that means for a Tesla owner commuting solo today.
Tesla and Sunrun’s home batteries sent a record 580 MW to California’s grid during a heat wave.
On September 9, 2026, more than 140,000 home batteries — most of them Tesla Powerwalls — sent a record 580 megawatts to California’s grid during a heat wave, and owners were paid for it.
Tesla to run public Megachargers at four California truck depots
Tesla will operate public Megachargers at three new Forum Mobility truck depots in California, adding about 30 MW of heavy-duty charging capacity for the Tesla Semi.
California will pay some Uber and Lyft drivers up to $20,300 toward an EV.
California’s new RIDE program pays qualifying rideshare drivers up to $20,300 toward a new EV like a Model Y, plus yearly charging help. Here’s who qualifies and what’s still unconfirmed.
PG&E will pay you up to $4,000 to turn your EV into a home battery.
PG&E’s expanded V2X pilot pays California customers to let an EV back up their home. Here’s what qualifies, and where a Tesla actually fits.
Tesla burned through its California EV rebate money in five days.
California’s $3,500 MyFirstEV rebate for Tesla buyers ran dry less than a week after it opened. Here’s what that means if you were counting on it.
California will knock $3,500 off your first Tesla, while the funding lasts.
California’s MyFirstEV program takes $3,500 off a qualifying Model 3 or Model Y for first-time EV buyers, but the money is limited and Tesla is only one of more than a dozen automakers splitting it.
California’s new EV incentive exempts Rivian and Lucid from a price cap that applies to Tesla
A newly passed California law caps most EVs at $50,000 to qualify for a state purchase incentive but exempts “California-headquartered” automakers, a carve-out that benefits Rivian and Lucid but not Tesla, which moved its headquarters to Texas in 2021.
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