Tesla Q1 Production & Delivery Estimates

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:35 +0000

The Tesla milestone of 1,000,000 cars created a bit of speculation about Tesla production volume in Q1. As is often the case, some are better at the speculation than others. The best I came across was the InsideEVs estimate by Mark Kane. Therefore, I am going to shamelessly use some of his numbers

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The Economist: Tesla’s Tech “Leaves Rivals in the Dust”

Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 17:04:41 +0000

In 2017, The Economist declared the internal combustion engine “roadkill” on a controversial cover, claiming, “it had a good run. But the end is in sight.” For the conservative publication, this was a bold statement. Fast forward to 2020 and now Britain’s financial pub points to Tesla as the carmaker to look out for as the industry transitions to electric

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Tesla Defined The Language The World Now Uses To Talk About EVs

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:51:38 +0000

Tesla Model 3 redWe get a lot of flack here at CleanTechnica for being Tesla fanboys, but in reality, we are just a bunch of clean technology nuts that love the things Tesla has done, is doing, and is expected to do out into the future

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Tesla Defined The Language The World Now Uses To Talk About EVs

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:51:38 +0000

Tesla Model 3 redWe get a lot of flack here at CleanTechnica for being Tesla fanboys, but in reality, we are just a bunch of clean technology nuts that love the things Tesla has done, is doing, and is expected to do out into the future

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Tesla Giga Berlin Groundbreaking Ceremony Later This Month

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:19:39 +0000

Elon Musk will be attending the Giga Berlin groundbreaking ceremony later this month, Armen Hareyan of Torque News indicates. In the Torque News video, Hareyan refers to another news article quoting Jorg Steinbach, Brandenburg’s Economic Minister, who said the groundbreaking ceremony for Tesla’s fourth Gigafactory in Berlin will be scheduled in March

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Tesla Now Has 1,800 Employees In New York, Panasonic Quits Gigafactory 2 In Buffalo (The Solar One)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:37:41 +0000

Tesla has met its goal of hiring 1,450 workers at Gigafactory 2 outside Buffalo, New York two months early. Elon Musk says he will deliver a “company talk” there in April.

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Tesla’s Battery Costs Have Been Dropping … Fast

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 05:23:30 +0000

JRREven Tesla’s detractors in the auto industry concede that the company’s superior battery technology gives it a substantial head start versus the legacy automakers. Not only are the Californian carmaker’s batteries better, but they’re considerably cheaper, which is surely one reason that Tesla is able to sell its vehicles at a healthy margin, while most of the others are struggling to show a profit on the few EVs they sell

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More Tesla Cybertruck Design & Engineering Tidbits — From Elon Musk

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 03:39:32 +0000

Elon Musk recently took to Twitter in order to answer several questions about the automaker’s futuristic Cybertruck. The Tesla CEO said that the production version of the Cybertruck will be better in terms of looks and the width of the truck will be reduced from 84″ (2134 mm) to 82″ (2083 mm)

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Tesla Giga Berlin Rolling Again — Court Dismisses Environmental Complaint Against Tesla

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:01:04 +0000

courts dismissesA German court has dismissed the environmental complaint against Tesla regarding Gigafactory 4 (or Giga Berlin) in Germany. Tesla can now resume work preparing for construction

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