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Tesla may be releasing the Model Y sooner than expected

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Tesla allegedly wants to accelerate the launch of its Model Y. When the model was presented, Tesla had announced that it would be launched in autumn 2020, but according to a media report it could be half a year earlier. While Tesla’s corporate website still reports a planned production start from “early 2021”, “CleanTechnica” reports, […]

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Tesla loses another production manager

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Tesla lost another important manager this month: J. Eric Purcell. Purcell spent almost seven years with Tesla and was most recently responsible for production quality at the Fremont plant. During his tenure at Tesla, Purcell held various positions in Fremont, including Head of Car Body Manufacturing, Punching and Tooling. He has been Director of Manufacturing […]

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JB Straubel leaves Tesla for consultancy

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Elon Musk announced in the context of the latest quarterly figure announcement that Tesla co-founder JB Straubel will withdraw from the operational business as Chief Technology Officer and will in future only work in an advisory capacity for Tesla. The new Tesla CTO will be Drew Baglino. In his position as Senior Advisor, Staubel says […]

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Tesla Model 3 available with CHAdeMO in the USA

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The CHAdeMO adapter from Tesla is now also compatible with the Model 3. This means that the latest Californian vehicle model can also use the CHAdeMO connection on columns if required. Meanwhile, preparations for the production of the Model Y seem to be underway in Fremont. While CCS has established itself as the DC charging […]

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Tesla working to steady Model 3 output at 1,000/day

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Tesla has achieved a production rate of 1,000 Model 3 a week and now it is all about steadying that flow. Elon Musk said he had walked the line bit by bit last month and asked employees to make keeping the production rate their “top priority”. The email to Tesla employees was obtained by Electrek […]

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$25,000 Tesla in three years, says Elon Musk (video)

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The Tesla CEO sat down for a tech talk, not on his new couch but inside the Fremont factory. When asked about production, he ventured into economies of scale and made a rather astonishing announcement: Tesla may build a 25,000-dollar electric car in three years. Given they are working “very hard,” the Tesla boss added. […]

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Tesla urges Model 3 holders to put capital where mouth is

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When closing a critical quarter, the pressure was on Tesla to present numbers that speak of potential profitability. The company thus urged Model 3 reservation holders in North America to configure their car Bloomberg suggests. But there are more substantial numbers too. In light of 420,000 outstanding reservations specified in Tesla’s latest production results it […]

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Official: Tesla Model 3 production results in Q2

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Data had been trickling out of Fremont with an occasional leak on Twitter but now it became apparent. Tesla has reached their Model 3 production target of 5,000 a week and is gearing up for 6,000 units next month. Also the overall results for Q2 are looking good. Tesla has released the official production results […]

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