Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:27:46 +0000
The Mexican government says Tesla will build a new Gigafactory near Monterrey that could be the largest Tesla factory in the world.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:35:18 +0000
Scout Motors is an independent US company backed by Volkswagen Group whose board of directors includes Dr. Gernot Doellner, the head of group strategy at Volkswagen AG, and Peter Bosch, the member of the Bentley Motors board responsible for manufacturing. Its CEO is Scott Keogh, formerly head of Volkswagen of America. In a press release […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 21:07:28 +0000
If the true goal of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was to bring manufacturing back to the US, you can hardly argue with its results. Almost every week, there’s news of carmakers and electronics firms investing millions — if not billions — into new US supply chain manufacturing, with even more on the way. […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:35:45 +0000
The US will waste a lot of time, money, and energy on bad decarbonizing transportation approaches and end up less competitive as a result.
Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:01:22 +0000
Bonus: pre-production Cybertrucks spotted at the event.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 04:59:24 +0000
Wait! Wasn’t Tesla sick of California? Not so fast. Tesla’s once-and-future engineering headquarters is going to be in Palo Alto, and everyone in the cast of characters is all smiles.
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:05:57 +0000
Arcimoto, the 3-wheeled tandem-seating EV company, has been deep into financial problems and was on the brink of bankruptcy. The company had moved into a larger production facility last year, but was forced to pause production entirely due to insufficient funds at the beginning of 2023. This has led to job cuts and furloughs for […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:18:54 +0000
A few days ago, news outlets reported that Tesla employees in Buffalo, New York, accused the company of firing them for trying to start a union. In response, the company published a blog post denying the allegations. Let’s take a look at what happened. The Allegations According to a number of news outlets (here’s one […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:35:35 +0000
When it comes to automotive production, the automaker’s factories themselves tend to get a lot of the attention. Every automaker has a few large, well-known factories that produce the majority of their vehicles. While these factories are essential for producing cars and trucks efficiently, what goes on in them would not be possible without the […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:00:49 +0000
According to Argonne National Laboratory, most battery cells and battery packs in plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold in the United States from 2010 to 2021 were domestically produced. In terms of total energy capacity in gigawatt-hours (GWh), 57% of battery cells and 84% of battery packs were produced in the United States. The three largest […]