Tesla’s oldest battery partner, Panasonic, is finding itself at a crossroads once more. With Chief Executive Kazuhiro Tsuga poised to step down next June, the massive Japanese conglomerate is feeling some pressure to optimize and streamline itself. To accomplish this, Panasonic may need to channel one of its key battery partners, Tesla, and its CEO, […]
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Amidst the emergence of connected cars, the idea of over-the-air updates has become more and more mainstream. This is due in no small part to the rise of Tesla, which has made its mark in the auto segment by rolling out cars that could be improved over time through over-the-air updates that are downloaded through […]
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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta seems to be getting cooler by the week. In a recent set of updates, noted Tesla hacker-owner @greentheonly found what could very well be one of the coolest features of the advanced driver-assist suite to date: augmented reality view. With the AR view enabled, Tesla owners could view exactly what their […]
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The Cybertruck is a vehicle that is so polarizing, CEO Elon Musk stated that Tesla would be coming out with a more conventional pickup if it were to fail. Over a year since its release, the Cybertruck continues to polarize, with those who were critical of it still being skeptical, and those who appreciated it […]
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Tesla China might repeat its outstanding Model 3 sales last month this December, partly thanks to Shanghai’s updated license plate rules. A graph from the Secretary-General of the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) Cui Dongshu revealed that 6,846 Model 3 units were sold in Shanghai last month. Shanghai’s November Model 3 sales made up 31% […]
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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” Those words were said by Tesla CEO Elon Musk when speaking about the struggles that his companies faced in dire times of adversity. They were also spoken by Eliza Bleu, a victim of human trafficking who was lucky […]
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Another Tesla Model Y Made-in-China variant was recently spotted in the testing area at Giga Shanghai by drone-operator Wu Wa. The sighting of a locally-made, production-ready Model Y, on the test track, may be evidence that manufacturing on Tesla’s affordable crossover has started at Gigafactory Shanghai. Last week, single-piece Model Y casts were spotted in […]
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Tesla will send a team of representatives to Indonesia in January to scout the possibility of establishing a supply chain partnership, the country’s government said in a statement on Saturday. The meeting will follow up on a previous discussion that the country’s delegates had with Tesla officials in mid-November, where the possibility of battery facility […]
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Electric cars are making huge waves in the UK’s second-hand market, with EVs taking 15% of the segment so far in December. This trend appears to be true for both entry-level electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and premium vehicles like the Tesla Model S. According to BuyaCar.co.uk, the surge in demand for second-hand electric cars […]
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The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is nearing its completion, and with it comes the emergence of Elon Musk critics arguing that the tunneling startup’s efforts are practically useless. Over the past months, the LVCC Loop has received varying degrees of skepticism and mockery that are very reminiscent of the criticisms that have […]
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