Tesla’s $25k compact car may see real-world road tests sooner than expected

Tesla is now at a point where the company is on the verge of becoming a mainstream automaker. Its Model 3 sedan is currently one of the world’s best-selling electric cars, and the Model Y, its newest EV, is poised to become an even more popular vehicle. Amidst this momentum, all Tesla needs to do […]

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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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Tesla is paying its Palo Alto HQ employees who bike to work over parking lot issues

Tesla’s Palo Alto headquarters is experiencing a unique problem. It currently has about 6,000 employees at the site, but only enough parking spaces for 4,500 workers. This means that on a normal workday, practically every foot of the headquarters’ parking area is covered with vehicles, thanks to a good number of employees having no parking […]

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Tesla Model Y Giga Press up close and in action [Video]

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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Tesla submits proposal to Indonesia for battery and energy storage project: report

Reports have emerged that Tesla has submitted an investment proposal to Indonesia for a possible battery facility in the country. The update was shared in a statement to reporters on Friday by Septian Hario Seto, Indonesia’s deputy head for investment and mining coordination.  Indonesia boasts one of the world’s largest nickel reserves, which happens to […]

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas gets first robot shipment as Giga Press setup continues

A recent drone flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory Texas site revealed what appears to be a shipment of robots being offloaded near the complex’s main construction area. The installation of the upcoming electric vehicle production facility’s first Giga Press also appears to have made some headway.  The pace of Giga Texas’ development has been impressive […]

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The Elon Musk effect: Dogecoin spikes after Tesla CEO Tweets meme

The Elon Musk effect is real, and it’s affecting everything from stocks to Cryptocurrencies. At 2:57 AM EST, the Tesla CEO Tweeted a legendary Lion King meme, with his face dubbed on Rafiki, and the Dogecoin logo photoshopped onto Simba. Before that, Musk shared a picture of Falcon 9 lifting off into the stratosphere. What […]

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Tesla Powerwall soars in Australia, contributing 34 MW of growth

Australian citizens are coming more in-tuned with the idea of powering their homes with sustainable energy, and they’re choosing Tesla Powerwalls for their energy storage needs. A subsidiary of SPI Energy, a Hong Kong-based renewable energy company that operates in several different countries, recorded over 34 megawatts of total growth into the residential sector of […]

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Tesla Model 3 captures 72% of 2020 deliveries, dominates global EV market

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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