Tesla Gigafactory 3 battery facility gets roof trusses as Model 3 fleet is spotted onsite

Recent footage of the Tesla Gigafactory 3 complex in Shanghai reveals that the roof trusses of the electric car maker’s battery facility are nearly complete. Images of what appear to be Model 3 trial production units at a parking lot also hint that the massive electric car production facility is ready to start building vehicles […]

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Tesla Solar Roof V3 shows a more cautious Elon Musk, and that’s a good thing

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has previously stated that 2019 will be the year of the Solar Roof, the company’s flagship solar product. This prediction almost seemed like it was forgotten for some time, until now, with the electric car maker launching its Solar Roof V3 (now named Solarglass) last Friday. Solar Roof V3 appears to […]

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Tesla Model Y bashed by auto veteran: ‘It’s terminally ugly. I don’t know who’s gonna buy that’

The Tesla Model Y is expected to be the company’s highest-volume vehicle yet, with Elon Musk noting during the recently-held third-quarter earnings call that he expects the crossover to outsell Model S, Model X, and Model 3 combined. Former GM vice chair Bob Lutz, on the other hand, has some doubts, and a lot of […]

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Tesla Model S Plaid: What we know so far – performance, features, versions and more

Elon Musk remarked during the recently-held third-quarter earnings call that Tesla is continuing the production of the Model S more for “sentimental reasons.” The vehicle, after all, is a niche product compared to the best-selling, reasonably-priced Model 3. Yet, the Model S remains Tesla’s flagship car, and it will remain so, if Musk’s statements are […]

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VW CEO corrects TSLA critics: ‘Tesla is not niche. The Model 3 is a large-series (car)’

Less than a month after Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to share his support for Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess, the German auto executive responded in kind, setting the record straight with some reporters at the company’s recent event for the new Golf.  While speaking to several reporters in the event for one of […]

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Tesla overtakes GM as US’ most valuable carmaker as TSLA shorts feel $1.4B burn

Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) ended Thursday’s trading on a strong note, rising over 17% and ending just shy of the $300 mark at $299.68. With this recent movement, Tesla has taken its place as America’s most valuable carmaker while giving its short-sellers a $1.4 billion burn in the process.  By ending the day with a market […]

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Tesla Model Y with Model S/X ‘Slipstream’ wheels spotted long range testing in MI

A Tesla Model Y has been spotted over 2,400 miles away from Fremont, CA, with an electric car enthusiast capturing a photo and video of the upcoming vehicle in Bay City, MI. Particularly interesting in the recent sighting were some components of the Model Y; namely, its wheels and front air intake.  Previous Model Y […]

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Tesla Model Y with Model S/X ‘Slipstream’ wheels spotted long range testing in MI

A Tesla Model Y has been spotted over 2,400 miles away from Fremont, CA, with an electric car enthusiast capturing a photo and video of the upcoming vehicle in Bay City, MI. Particularly interesting in the recent sighting were some components of the Model Y; namely, its wheels and front air intake.  Previous Model Y […]

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Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2019 earnings and return to profitability: Here’s Wall Street’s reaction

Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) spiked as high as 20% on the heels of its Q3 2019 earnings release, with the company posting a GAAP net profit of $143 million and a non-GAAP profit of $342 million, as well as earnings per share of $1.91. The results pretty much blew away Wall Street’s expectations, particularly as analysts […]

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2019 earnings call updates

Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) third-quarter earnings call comes on the heels of a blockbuster earnings report that saw the electric car maker prove its critics wrong by posting a surprise profit and showing earnings per share of $1.91, far beyond Wall St’s expec. By beating Wall Street’s estimates, Tesla appears to be on the cusp of changing […]

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