Tesla Giga Shanghai will add another shift to improve its production output: report

Tesla is reportedly looking to ramp Gigafactory Shanghai’s vehicle production output from May 16. The company would be accomplishing this goal by adding another shift at the China-based electric car plant.  Since resuming vehicle production last month, Tesla Giga Shanghai has been operating with only one shift. According to an internal memo from the company, […]

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Elon Musk secures $7B more for Twitter buyout, Larry Ellison pitches in $1B

It appears that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is gathering more help for his impending buyout of social media platform Twitter. As per an SEC filing on Thursday, Musk has been able to secure $7.14 billion more in new financing commitments for his Twitter bid.  Among the most notable parties who opted to help Musk are […]

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Tesla Cybertruck becomes mobile refreshment unit for Giga Texas’ workers

The Tesla Cybertruck may not be in production yet, but it is already being used around some of the company’s facilities. While updated alpha prototypes of the all-electric pickup truck are being developed and refined in California, the Cybertruck’s first alpha unit seems to have found its home in Giga Texas.  It’s not just on […]

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Bill Gates is skeptical about Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter: “He could make it worse”

During The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stated that he has reservations about Elon Musk’s motivations for purchasing Twitter.  With social media being used as an avenue for misinformation, Gates noted that platforms such as Twitter should be used to prevent the spread of misinformation. This is where Gates’ reservations lie.  “He […]

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Tesla’s Elon Musk gets invite to UK Parliament to discuss $44 billion Twitter buyout

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has received an invitation to appear before the UK Parliament so he could talk about his upcoming $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. The letter was penned by Julian Knight, the Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee.  In a statement on Wednesday, Knight […]

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Elon Musk shares ideas for one of Twitter’s potential monetization strategies

Elon Musk has not presented a detailed plan as to how he would run Twitter, but he sure has shared a number of ideas. Among these is a potential way to help the social media platform monetize its services by charging corporations and government users. Musk, however, clarified that these charges would not be affecting […]

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Tesla Model S swivel display sighted in Taiwan as new owners report feature

It appears that Tesla is now rolling out some improvements to the Model S and Model X’s 17″ infotainment screens. As per reports from new vehicle owners and sightings from a Tesla Store in Taiwan, the company’s flagship vehicles now seem to have a swiveling display.  Photos of the feature were clearly visible in photos […]

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Environmentalist group calls for Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s operating license to be revoked

The Green League, an environmental group, has asked the Oder-Spree district to revoke Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s operating license. The group pointed to an incident regarding the facility’s paint shop as a reason behind its request.  Last month, reports emerged that Giga Berlin had faced a potential crisis when about 15,000 liters of a paint mixture […]

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has about 150k daily users in Ukraine, confirms official

Roughly 150,000 people are using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system in Ukraine every day, according to Digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov. To date, Starlink has provided Ukraine with stable internet access despite Russia’s efforts to disconnect the country from the World Wide Web.  The update on Starlink’s users was shared by Fedorov on Twitter. The […]

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Tesla China got assistance from authorities during Giga Shanghai’s reopening: report

Tesla received substantial help from authorities during the lead-up to Gigafactory Shanghai’s reopening. Dated May 1 and addressed to local authorities in Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area, Tesla’s letter provided some details about the help it received as it reopened its China-based electric vehicle factory.  Tesla expressed its thanks to Lingang officials for their support in […]

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