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Tesla’s Supercharger production facility in Shanghai goes online

February 3, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla’s Shanghai Supercharger production plant has gone online, the company announced today. “Today, with the strong support of Shanghai governments at all levels and Tesla’s rapid advancement, the Tesla Shanghai Supercharging Pile Factory was officially completed and put into production, representing the industry’s leading third-generation Supercharging pile (V3) was officially off the assembly line,” Tesla’s […]

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The Boring Company gets approval for LVCC Loop extension to Resorts World

February 3, 2021 Maria Merano Syndicated Comments Off

The Clark County Board of Commissioners recently approved a license and maintenance agreement that allowed The Boring Company (TBC) to use a portion of the right-of-way in Las Vegas Boulevard. It also allowed TBC to construct, maintain, and operate a point-to-point underground tunnel transit system between the Las Vegas Convention Center and Resorts World. On […]

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Tesla cancels Model Y Long Range RWD variant, honors FSD price from pre-order date

February 2, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla enthusiasts who pre-ordered the Model Y Long Range Rear Wheel-Drive variant are being told to choose another configuration of the company’s all-electric crossover. Tesla is honoring its Full Self-Driving suite’s price from the date of the pre-order, however, giving a slight discount to owners who planned to equip their LR RWD Model Y with […]

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Tesla Insurance eyes imminent entrance in Texas

February 2, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla is eyeing an entrance into Texas with its insurance initiative, which could make it the second state to welcome the electric automaker’s exclusive vehicle coverage program. New documents submitted to the Texas Department of Insurance indicate that Tesla Insurance could be entering a joint venture with Texas-based Redpoint County Mutual Insurance. Redpoint County Mutual […]

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Tesla Model 3 single-piece casting will come, but not anytime soon, Elon Musk says

February 2, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla will “likely” switch the Model 3 sedan to a single-piece casting design in the future, CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with Sandy Munro. However, the design will not be on its way anytime soon, as Musk said the Berlin and Texas Gigafactories need to have production efforts well underway to sustain demand […]

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Tesla agrees to recall 134,951 Model S and X vehicles after request from NHTSA

February 2, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla is agreeing to recall 134,951 Model S sedans and Model X SUVs after a mid-January request from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall has to do with touchscreen display issues, ultimately leading to the loss of some safety features. Model S cars built between 2012 and 2018 and Model X SUVs […]

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink to start human trials this year, as long as ‘things go well’

February 2, 2021 Simon Alvarez Syndicated Comments Off

Following an appearance on audio drop-in service Clubhouse where he briefly discussed some Neuralink projects involving monkeys playing games, Elon Musk has stated that the brain-computer interface startup is looking to accelerate its pace to enable human trials as soon as possible. Provided that things go well, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO remarked that human […]

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Orbit for all: SpaceX, Shift4 reveal private Crew Dragon launch and ticket raffle

February 1, 2021 Eric Ralph Syndicated Comments Off

SpaceX and financial company Shift4 have announced what could become the world’s first private orbital astronaut launch into orbit – and two of Crew Dragon’s four seats are up for grabs in a public raffle for charity. Spearheaded by US billionaire and Shift4 founder/CEO Jared Isaacman, the venture has been deemed Inspiration4 and is closely […]

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Elon Musk gets Robinhood CEO to ‘spill the beans’ on trade restrictions

February 1, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla CEO Elon Musk convinced Robinhood frontman Vlad Tenev to “spill the beans” regarding spontaneous trade restrictions on stocks during a Clubhouse meeting on Sunday evening. Tenev has been under heavy fire from retail investors who use the Robinhood platform for trading ever since subreddit WallStreetBets has caused several publicly traded companies to skyrocket in […]

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Tesla’s 4680 Kato Rd. facility has a top 10 capacity, and it’s not even close to finished

February 1, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed some details about the electric automaker’s 4680 cell plant last week. After stating that the facility is “probably in the top 10 battery cell factories on Earth despite being a pilot plant,” speculation began about how massive Tesla’s new facility that sits just across the street from the Fremont production […]

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