Texas Gigafactory Might Have An Oft-Overlooked Pollution Problem

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:53:15 +0000

An article at The Cool Down shares the frustrating story of some people who live near Tesla’s Gigafactory near Austin, Texas. The complaint: pollution. But this story isn’t about bad air, bad water, or anything like that. It’s also nothing like the complaints of German environmentalists who’ve been trying every … [continued]

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Deutsche Bank “All In” On Tesla Following Giga Texas Meeting

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:30:06 +0000

Tesla’s annual shareholder’s meeting left some disappointed with margins and a lack of new updates. However, some analysts recently reiterated their “Buy” rating on the company after a tour of the company’s newest US plant, notably including new details on the Cybertruck and Tesla’s next-generation platform. Deutsche Bank analysts were impressed following a tour of […]

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Tesla’s Huge Expansion Plans At Giga Texas

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 04:41:25 +0000

Tesla has been looking to expand Gigafactory Texas since its opening, but the scope of the electric vehicle automaker’s plans hasn’t been exactly clear. Now, Tesla has filed official documents for multiple expansion projects, set to yield huge increases to production capacity, surface area and the reach of the factory’s various projects. A filing dated […]

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Giant Parts Of 9,000-Ton Tesla Cybertruck Giga Press Arrive At Giga Texas

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:31:55 +0000

As we reported in October of 2022, IDRA had started shipping the humongous 9000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine from its plant in Italy to the United States. Now, just yesterday, two semi trucks loaded with huge containers on their trailers were spotted at Giga Texas. Since this 9000-ton Giga Press is the world’s largest die-casting […]

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Tesla Passes 10,000 Model Ys Produced At Texas Gigafactory

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 15:04:19 +0000

Elon Musk has an ambitious goal for 2030 for Tesla. He wants the US automaker to be producing 20 million vehicles a year by the end of 2030. For some context, Tesla’s current production and delivery rate is just above a million cars a year. Zooming out and looking at the overall auto market, the […]

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Will Tesla Create An “Ecological Paradise” At Giga Texas?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:10:59 +0000

ecological paradiseAn enhanced footprint has the potential to reverse a longstanding pattern in the area of situating polluting industrial projects near low-income communities of color. The negative impacts on human and environmental health have been substantial.

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Tesla Files to Expand its Gigafactory in Texas as Production Ramps Up

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 23:50:08 +0000

Tesla is planning to expand the Gigafactory Texas general assembly area by 500,000 square feet, as revealed in a permit filed by the automaker with the city of Austin, Texas. Public records from the Austin Build + Connect (ABC) website show that Tesla has applied for an expansion of Giga Texas by 500,000 sq. ft. […]

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With 3 Shifts Going At Tesla Giga Berlin, Expect Big Tesla Production Forecast For Q3

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:17:50 +0000

Tesla will soon be putting out its Q2 2022 shareholder letter. Deliveries were not spectacular relative to the previous couple of quarters due to supply chain challenges, Covid-19 lockdowns, wars, etc. However, the quarter ended with a record month for production output, and that’s likely just the beginning of more big growth for the US […]

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Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo Was Like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory For Tesla Nerds (a photo/meme journal)

Credit to Author: David Havasi| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 19:30:14 +0000

There is no shortage of sensationalized media coverage when it comes to Tesla and its intrepid leader, Elon Musk. In recent news, Tesla has delivered yet another record quarter, continuing its meteoric rise as the fastest growing complex manufacturer in history. I also think I heard something about Elon buying Twitter or whatever; but I […]

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