Tesla shared the closest look yet at one of the Fremont Factory’s Giga Press machines, which produces the Model Y’s single-piece front and rear mega-castings. The short video, which was shared on the company’s official Twitter account, showcased the massive contraption up close as it casted the all-electric crossover’s underbody section. The electric car maker […]
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The Tesla Model 3 continued its domination of the company’s EV sales figures and the global EV market as a whole in 2020. New data shows that the Model 3 made up 72% of Tesla’s total deliveries during the year, and 12% of the global electric car market, continuing a tradition of domination that has […]
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Elon Musk was not kidding when he stated that Tesla does not make slow cars. From the Model 3 Performance to the absolutely bonkers Model S Plaid, Tesla’s cars are famed for their sheer fun factor, brought about in no small part by their handling, speed, and instant power. This is most represented in the […]
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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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Tesla has shared a rather rare look at Gigafactory Shanghai’s Model Y production line. The video, which was shared in the electric car maker’s official Weibo account, featured several elements of the Model Y’s assembly process in the China-based plant, including the use of single-piece megacasts for the all-electric crossover’s rear underbody. The EV maker’s […]
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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 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 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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Over the past couple of years, as Tesla rolled out a seemingly endless stream of new features for Models 3 and Y, folks have been saying that the two elders of the line-up were overdue for an update. Now Tesla has announced a sweeping new refresh for Models S and X, featuring an entirely new… Read more »
On its Q4 FY 2020 Update Letter, Tesla listed Gigafactory Shanghai’s annual vehicle production capacity at 450,000 Model 3 and Model Y, up from 250,000 in Q3 2020. This number is undoubtedly impressive, but if one were to look at recent reports and developments at the Shanghai-based site, it would seem that Tesla’s numbers for […]
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