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 »
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Tesla investor Ron Baron on BTC purchase: ‘I look forward to learning the rationale’
Longtime Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) bull and billionaire investor Ron Baron commented on the automaker’s decision to invest $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, releasing a statement on Monday morning. Baron said he “looks forward to learning the rationale” behind Tesla’s strategy to use Bitcoin, as it could become a payment method for the company’s products in the […]
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Tesla purchases using Bitcoin are coming as EV maker invests $1.5B in cryptocurrency
It appears that Tesla is indeed serious about allowing customers in the future to purchase their vehicles using Bitcoin. This was hinted at in a recently submitted Form 10-K that Tesla filed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. In its filing, the electric car maker revealed that it had acquired $1.5 billion […]
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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 ramps hiring for Autopilot data labeling team in Gigafactory New York
A recent post from Tesla’s official LinkedIn account has indicated that the company is looking to bolster its Autopilot team with a number of dedicated data annotation-related job openings. Quite interestingly, the pertinent job listings are for Buffalo, the location where Tesla’s Solar Roof and Supercharger factory, Gigafactory New York, is located. As per the […]
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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 Cybertruck warthog would be a ‘dream collab’ for Xbox executive
Xbox executive Aaron Greenberg saw that Elon Musk admitted his favorite console game was Halo and saw the opportunity for his “dream collab” with Tesla. Greenberg hinted at a possible IRL Cybertruck warthog project with Elon Musk and Tesla. “Sure feels like a Tesla x Halo collab needs to happen at some point!?” Greenburg tweeted, […]
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Tesla sold quarter of all global electric vehicle market in 2020
Tesla sold a quarter of all EVs worldwide in 2020, and will likely hold the upper hand for 2021.
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Tesla dashcam captures best of humanity as Model X owner, other drivers, protect woman ejected from car
The world could be exhausting at times. A look at news reports across the globe would show that there are a ton of things wrong in the world. But every so often, something happens that, at least to some degree, restores one’s faith in humanity. These instances, while far and between, prove that ultimately, there […]
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Tesla Model S owner makes in-car video conference calls possible in preparation for an autonomous future
As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout parts of the world, conference calls have become a staple in many people’s lives. In the midst of the pandemic last year, Elon Musk stated that video conferencing within a Tesla would “definitely [be] a future feature.” Well, Tesla Model S owner and Mass Luminosity CEO Angel Munoz decided […]
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