Tesla is pre-approved to expand Giga Berlin’s footprint for storage purposes

Tesla has received a new pre-approved permit for its Giga Berlin production facility. The pre-approval will allow Tesla to expand the footprint of the facility by 80 hectares for storage purposes. Tesla has been working for several months to clear an additional 80 hectares of land from the forests surrounding the Giga Berlin production plant […]

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Volkswagen is buying credits from Tesla to meet China’s environmental standards: report

Volkswagen may be lauded today as a leader in the electric vehicle movement, but the German automaker still seems to need some help in meeting China’s strict emissions targets. As indicated in recent reports, a Volkswagen joint venture in China has reportedly agreed to purchase green car credits from Tesla in an effort to meet […]

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Tesla’s partner IDRA shares insights on the Cybertruck Giga Press’ potential

Tesla’s next generation of vehicles will be built on the back of the Giga Press, a machine capable of producing massive, single-piece casts for critical components like an electric car’s rear underbody. In a recent video, IDRA, the company building the house-sized die-casting contraptions, shared some insights on the daunting machine’s development, its advantages, and […]

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Tesla receives further preliminary approvals for Giga Berlin

The Brandenburg Ministry of the Environment has granted Tesla another preliminary approval for its factory construction in Grünheide. This involves further work on an area of around 80 hectares that has already been cleared. In the past months, Tesla had cleared the additional forest area on the site of the future electric car factory in […]

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Tesla Megapacks to be deployed at Apple’s California solar farm

In an announcement on Wednesday, tech giant Apple revealed that it is building a big battery storage project at a Northern California solar farm. The project, which was approved by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors last year, will store up to 240 MWh of energy, and be used to help power the company’s corporate […]

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Elon Musk makes good on Tesla’s promise to bring thousands of middle-skilled jobs to Texas

When Tesla pitched a Gigafactory in Texas, it promised to bring at least 5,000 middle-skill jobs to the state that would fit a targeted economic development need. Elon Musk’s recent tweet about Giga Texas seems to make good on that promise.  “Over 10,000 people are needed for Giga Texas just through 2022!” Musk tweeted recently. […]

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Tesla Model Y joins a new Police Force, and incentives made it an affordable purchase

The Tesla Model Y has officially joined the Ipswich, Massachusetts Police Department, and its price tag wasn’t all that bad considering the multiple incentives that were applied by local groups. Teslas have become some of the newest additions to several police departments across the United States, and in some other regions of the world as […]

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Tesla and other EV stocks boost with Biden’s $174B aid plan

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is one of several electric vehicle stocks that gained a boost on Wall Street following the announcement of a $174 billion aid package that would assist the growth of EV companies. On Wednesday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden was planning to assist the United States’ rollout of electric vehicles […]

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