Tesla Model Y with ‘Refreshed’ interior arrives at U.S. showrooms

Tesla’s “Refreshed” version of the Model Y crossover is hitting U.S. showrooms. The 2021 version of the all-electric crossover is equipped with many of the same features as the Model 3 “Refresh” that was rolled out last year. After initial revisions were spotted in China, the new-and-improved interior arrived at U.S. showrooms. Just nine months […]

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Tesla finally offers lease-to-buy options for Model 3 and Y, but it’s not available everywhere

Tesla is starting to offer the option to purchase its all-electric Model 3 and Model Y vehicles at the conclusion of a leasing period in some markets in Europe and Asia. For some time, Tesla has not allowed owners to purchase their cars at the end of a leasing period. The car is to be […]

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JP Morgan admits Tesla’s Giga Press advantage, but posts strangely low output estimate

The advantages of Tesla’s Giga Press machines have been acknowledged by JP Morgan in a recent analysis, with the Wall St firm noting that the massive contraptions could very well be a game-changer for the electric car maker. However, amidst the firm’s optimism, JP Morgan’s analysis did feature something quite strange, particularly on estimates about […]

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Tesla supercharges 4680 battery effort at Giga Berlin with new timeline

Tesla’s Giga Berlin production facility will revolutionize the electric automaker’s presence in the highly-concentrated European electric vehicle market. While Tesla holds considerable advantages in EV tech, pricing, range, and performance, it holds another considerably important element that determines a company’s ability to control pricing: battery production. With Tesla planning to manufacture its newly-detailed 4680 cells […]

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A sneak peek at Tesla’s new structural battery pack


One of the most significant innovations Tesla introduced with Model Y was the replacement of about 70 parts with two enormous aluminum castings. Now the company has taken this idea a step further by developing a battery pack that forms part of the structure of the vehicle, linking the front and rear underbody castings. The… Read more »

Tesla Giga Berlin employee hints at new colors from world-class paint facility

Tesla Giga Berlin is the home of a new, world-class paint facility, and an employee showed what new colors could be coming to the automaker’s lineup of all-electric vehicles. Senior Recruiter for Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin Lydia van de Laar shared a photo of what appears to be several die-cast models of the Tesla Model S […]

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Elon Musk and Sandy Munro talk Production Hell, megacastings, structural battery packs and much more


This is a meeting that promises to be fascinating for any EV fan—Elon Musk speaks to auto manufacturing expert Sandy Munro for over 45 minutes. Sandy has become something of an internet star of late for his insightful comments (both positive and negative) about Teslas and other EVs. In this new video on the Munro… Read more »

Tesla China sells 15,484 cars locally in January–and no, it isn’t due to a ‘demand cliff’

Figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) have indicated that Tesla sold 15,484 vehicles locally in the first month of 2021. Interestingly enough, data from CLS and other Chinese automotive agencies have indicated that the 15,484 figure only accounted for the Made-in-China Model 3, which represents the majority of the company’s local sales in […]

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Tesla commands nearly a quarter of the world’s EV sales in 2020, and it’s still just getting started

Tesla’s domination of the electric vehicle market has continued in 2020, with the Silicon Valley-based EV maker accounting for nearly one quarter of electric car sales worldwide. This was despite the company’s Fremont and Shanghai plants experiencing shutdowns due to the pandemic, as well as the fact that the company’s highest-volume vehicle, the Model Y, […]

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Tesla produces one Model Y every 2 minutes, media finds after Giga Shanghai tour

Chinese motoring outlet Pacific Automotive Network was recently granted limited access to the Phase 2 area of Gigafactory Shanghai, which produces the Model Y. Over the course of its exclusive tour, the media outlet observed several interesting tidbits about the state of the electric car maker’s Model Y production line. One of these is the fact that […]

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