Tag: tesla motors

  • China-made Tesla Model 3 may get cobalt-free LFP battery – cheaper to manufacture, but lasts longer

    China-made Tesla Model 3 may get cobalt-free LFP battery – cheaper to manufacture, but lasts longer

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    Tesla is allegedly in advanced stages of discussion to utilize batteries in Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), a company it’d lately signed a deal together for battery supplies. The move will determine the automaker use a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries that contains no cobalt, a metal that is regarded as among the…

  • German Tesla Gigafactory to make 500k cars a year?

    German Tesla Gigafactory to make 500k cars a year?

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    It’s been shown that Tesla plans to build up to 500,000 electric vehicles at its fresh Gigafactory at Berlin, Germany. According to Bild, the plant will produce 10,000 jobs, and records demonstrate that the facility will be as big as 420 football fields. Construction of this Gigafactory is scheduled to start in 2020, together with…

  • China-made Tesla Model 3 gets NEV subsidies – report

    China-made Tesla Model 3 gets NEV subsidies – report

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    American electrical car manufacturer Tesla has said it has secured subsidies for the China-built Model 3 under the country’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) programme, Reuters reported. Two variations of this Model 3 are listed for the NEV subsidy programme, based on China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The Shanghai facility will probably likely be…

  • Tesla electric pick-up truck set for November launch

    Tesla electric pick-up truck set for November launch

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    It’s beginning to sound like a broken record now, however Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has once again accepted to Twitter to state that its upcoming all-electric pick-up truck is on course for a November launch. When asked on Twitter if Musk still plans on showing the pick-up in November, the South African billionaire said…

  • Tesla’s Secret Source of Cash Has Finally Been Revealed

    Tesla’s Secret Source of Cash Has Finally Been Revealed

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    For years, Tesla Inc. has hauled in earnings by advertising credits to other carmakers which needed to offset earnings of vehicles that are nearby to U.S. consumers. These kinds of trades have mostly been shrouded in secrecy–until today. General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV revealed to the state of Delaware earlier this year…

  • Tesla announces new V3 Superchargers – backed by one-megawatt power cabinet, 120 km range in 5 mins!

    Tesla announces new V3 Superchargers – backed by one-megawatt power cabinet, 120 km range in 5 mins!

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    Tesla has announced the latest generation of its fast-charge DC Supercharger channel, dubbed V3, boasting speeds of 250 kW. This more than doubles the automaker’s existing 120 kW cap via the V2 Supercharger network, though there are plans to upgrade those (about 12,000 units around the world) to encourage 145 kW fast-charging. The focus of…

  • Tesla introduces Sentry mode following break-ins

    Tesla introduces Sentry mode following break-ins

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    Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has launched a brand new Sentry mode because of the entry level car, the Model 3, in order to better curb tried theft and break-ins. This will be implemented to Model S and S Model X units built after August 2017. Sentry mode intends to give another layer of protection, based…

  • Tesla ended 2018 with a net loss of USD976 million despite profitable Q4 – cash reserve at USD3.69 billion

    Tesla ended 2018 with a net loss of USD976 million despite profitable Q4 – cash reserve at USD3.69 billion

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    Tesla recently released its small organization performance results for the quarter of 2018, with the company continuing to stay profitable after successfully turning its own tides at Q3 2018. However, whilst Q3 2018 saw a net profit of USD311.5 million, the provider only enrolled USD139.5 million in net income for Q4 2018. Across all four…

  • Tesla will end its buyer referral program for ‘adding too much cost’

    Tesla will end its buyer referral program for ‘adding too much cost’

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    At the end of the month, Tesla will finish a long-running referral program that provided incentives for present Tesla owners to help push sales. In its current iterations, the referral program talented new buyers who found their way to a Tesla through a buddy with six months of free charging at Supercharger stations. Most recently,…

  • Elon Musk claims Tesla was weeks away from death

    Elon Musk claims Tesla was weeks away from death

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    In a shocking twist of events, CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk has recently said that the business was close to running out of cash previously. This follows numerous manufacturing problems surrounding its Model 3 sedan, CarAdvice reports. After interviewed by Axios news programme, Musk explained “the business was bleeding money like crazy, and when…