Tesla Model S ‘Refresh’ test vehicle interior: New Steering Wheel, Touchscreen, HVAC system

The first images of the Tesla Model S “Refresh” have landed online, after a person in Toledo, Ohio, spotted the newly-designed sedan at the Toledo Service Center. After speaking with Service Center employees, it has been confirmed that this is a test vehicle. However, images show that the Model S interior is here, and preliminary […]

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Tesla Model Y arrives in South Korea

Tesla’s new all-electric crossover, the Model Y, is now available in South Korea. Tesla’s international expansion has been a focus of the automaker ever since the Giga Shanghai production plant began construction several years ago. With Tesla now building the Model Y at the Chinese production plant, South Korean consumers now have access to the […]

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Tesla’s institutional investors are making big moves with the EV maker’s stock

Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) major institutional investors are making big moves with their holdings of the EV powerhouse’s stock. New reports show that at least three large firms are modifying their TSLA holdings, either adding or selling shares after a massive 2020. Major Tesla investment firm Baillie Gifford has sliced its holdings of the electric automaker’s […]

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Tesla’s manufacturing advantage lies in legacy auto’s stranded assets

Tesla’s focus on manufacturing has solved a vast number of issues that the electric automaker has encountered in its first few years of mass-scale vehicle production. With only two operational vehicle production facilities and several more on the way, Tesla’s biggest advantage in production doesn’t necessarily come down to efficiencies and solving bottlenecks. Instead, it […]

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Tesla’s bitcoin investment is starting to bear fruit amid cryptocurrency’s rise

Earlier this month, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) made waves when it announced that it had invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin. The investment was practically unprecedented, with even some ardent TSLA bulls raising their eyebrows at the company’s cryptocurrency purchase.  Yet if bitcoin’s recent rise is any indication, it appears that Tesla’s investment is already bearing fruit. Even […]

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SpaceX completes $850M equity funding round, raising valuation to ~$74B

SpaceX has completed another massive equity funding round of $850 million last week, effectively bringing the company’s valuation to about $74 billion. The update was related by a number of individuals reportedly familiar with the financing.  Elon Musk’s private space enterprise raised new funds at a rather interesting price of $419.99 per share, just 1 […]

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Elon Musk walks the walk by consuming far less carbon than other billionaires

Elon Musk may be trading places with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos these days for the title of the world’s richest person by net worth, but the Tesla and SpaceX CEO also holds a unique place among his fellow billionaires. Based on estimates from anthropologists from Indiana University, Elon Musk may very well be one of […]

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas site surprises with cryptic Boring Company equipment

A recent flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory Texas site has revealed something rather interesting and unexpected: amidst the growing number of machinery on the location lay some equipment labeled with the logo of Elon Musk’s tunneling startup, The Boring Company.  An image of the rather cryptic Boring Company equipment was shared on YouTube by drone […]

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Tesla shares stunning photo of Giga Texas covered in rare Austin snow

Tesla shared a stunning photograph of its Giga Texas production facility covered in snow, a rare sight for many who call the state’s fourth most-populous city “home.” Austin isn’t a place that snow is seen on an annual basis. With its snowiest month usually being January with an average snowfall of just .2 inches per […]

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Lucid’s SPAC deal with Churchill Capital nears after Tuesday rally

Lucid’s SPAC merger with Churchill Capital IV is all but confirmed after the fund’s stock spiked during Tuesday trading hours. For weeks, speculation has persisted that Lucid, an all-electric car manufacturer, will merge with CCIV in a deal that will take the company public ahead of the first production push of its vehicles. Widely considered […]

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