Elon Musk announced that Tesla plans to start adding ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on their ‘safety score’ starting next week.
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Ford announces giant new electric pickup truck factory plus 3 new battery gigafactories
Ford made a massive new announcement today about accelerating electric vehicle production with a giant new factory to produce electric pickup trucks and 3 new battery gigafactories.
The massive new project is called ‘Blue Oval City’.
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Tesla Cyberquad is alive, new trademark application for the electric ATV
We haven’t heard anything about the Tesla Cyberquad since it was unveiled, but it is apparently still alive as the automaker applied for a new trademark application for the electric ATV.
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Tesla tells Full Self-Driving beta testers to share ‘selectively’ and ‘a lot of people want them to fail’
In a new report revealing Tesla’s non-disclosure agreement with Full Self-Driving beta testers, we learn that the automaker tells them to be “selective” with what they share publicly and warns them that “a lot of people want Te…
Polestar is the latest electric car company to go public
Polestar, an all-electric car brand that spun out of Volvo, announced that it is going public through a SPAC.
It becomes the latest of many electric car companies that have chosen to go that route over the last year.
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Elon Musk: ‘This will be Tesla’s (TSLA) most intense delivery week ever’
Elon Musk said that this week will be Tesla’s (TSLA) “most intense delivery week ever” in a new email to employees.
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Podcast: Tesla Megafactory, Audi Q4 e-tron, Toyota/Honda signing their death warrants, Rivian and more
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the new Tesla Megafactory, Audi Q4 etron launching in the US, Toyota and Honda singing their own death warrants, and more i…
Ford Mustang Mach-E passes Michigan State Police test
Ford Mustang Mach-E, or rather the ‘Ford Pro all-electric police pilot vehicle’ based on the Mach-e, has passed the Michigan State Police test. It became the first all-electric vehicle to do so.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is confident the chip shortage will be solved short term
Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed that he is confident the chip shortage is going to be solved in the short term, despite many disagreeing.
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Mercedes-Benz partners with Stellantis to make battery cells for electric cars
Mercedes-Benz announced today that it will join Stellantis and Total Energies as equal partners in Automotive Cells Company (ACC) to make battery cells for electric cars.
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