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WattsCharging Weekly EV Newsletter
December 2, 2025 l Past Issues
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WattsCharging This Week:
(2 min read)
- We finally visited the Tesla Diner in LA—80 Superchargers, drive-in movie screens, and food you can order from your car
- BYD's new Flash Charging can go from near-empty to 50% in under 5 minutes, and it's coming to Europe
- The world's largest Supercharger site is now live in California with 164 stalls, 11 MW of solar, and enough battery storage to charge EVs when the sun goes down
- Lucid's $79,900 Gravity Touring just landed with Tesla Supercharger access
Let's dive in.
Top Charging News
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This is not your regular old Tesla Supercharger location. Tesla is now in the food business because, in addition to the 80 EV charging stalls, this site has a full diner with a decent menu.
If that wasn't enough, there are two gigantic LED movie screens for a drive-in movie experience, and an upstairs patio (for when it's not raining).
Only Tesla has the vertical software integration to make something like this happen. On your way to the Tesla Diner, your car will automatically precondition for fast charging, and the trip planner allows you to order your food ahead of arrival.
Otherwise, you can pop inside the diner to order food and drinks on a self-serve touch screens. The Tesla Diner location in LA is also open to EVs from other brands. I was really impressed, and can't wait until more of these are built.
You can watch Roman's tour here.
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BYD is hiring people across Europe to deploy its Flash Charging network, which can deliver up to 1 megawatt of power— twice as powerful as the top EV chargers in the United States. That means going from low battery to over 50% in under five minutes on compatible EVs. Only cars on BYD's new Super e-Platform can hit those speeds, though other EVs can still use the chargers at their own max rates.
BYD plans to install 300 fast chargers across the UK by the end of next year, with more rolling out across Europe.
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Lost Hills, California, is the home of the largest Supercharger location in the world. This much-needed location is just off the busy I-5 highway and has the capacity for the future.
What is even more impressive is that this location was built in 8 months and is fully sustainable. There is 11 MW of solar on site, and 39 megawatt-hours of battery storage, so drivers can charge even when the sun doesn't shine.
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Other EV News
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The Gravity Touring starts at $79,900, with an EPA range of 337 miles and a native NACS port for Tesla Supercharger access. This puts Lucid squarely in the ring with the Rivian R1S, BMW iX, Polestar 3, and Model X.
The tradeoff, however, is that this model has less power, a smaller battery, and slower charging speeds compared to the Gravity Grand Touring.
Out of Spec also recently ran a charging test, and the results showed that going from 10% to 80% would take about 23 minutes, and speeds drop after that. Here's the full test. More on InsideEVs.
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Thanks for reading. See you next Tuesday!
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