Tag: tesla semi
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Tesla Semi spotted charging at newly installed Giga Nevada Megacharger
A Tesla Semi was spotted charging at the company’s newly-installed Megachargers at the Giga Nevada production facility near Sparks, Nevada. Photographs of a Tesla Semi charging at Giga Nevada were shared by @hwfeinstein on Twitter, who stated that a friend of theirs saw a unit of the Semi charging outside of the factory, where Tesla…
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Tesla Semi Megacharger site reportedly under construction at Giga Nevada
Tesla Gigafactory Nevada is building a Semi Megacharger site on its grounds. The construction of Semi Megachargers at Giga Nevada hints that the pre-production of Tesla’s Class-8 truck maybe underway in the coming months. According to a source familiar with the matter, the Semi Megacharger site at Giga Nevada has been under construction for the…
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Tesla Moving HQ To Texas, Cybertruck Still A Year Away, Says Musk
Tesla is moving its HQ to Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk has announced at the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The EV-maker already has a factory under construction in Austin that will manufacture both the Model Y and the Cybertruck, and held the shareholder meeting there, rather than in Palo Alto. The news wasn’t totally unexpected.…
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Tesla Semi Production Line In Last Stages Of Preparation, Says Report
The timeline between Elon Musk announcing a new product and that product hitting the market is as long as it is unknowable, but we might be approaching a time when actual Tesla Semis are genuinely on the road. An unnamed source told Electrek that the drive axle production line for the Tesla Semi is ready…
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The Tesla Semi is finally nearing production: report
The Tesla Semi is about two years delayed by now, but recent reports and rumors suggest that the all-electric Class 8 truck is indeed closing in on production. If these prove accurate, Tesla’s lineup this year would be boosted by what could very well be its most disruptive vehicle yet. When the Tesla Semi was…
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Tesla loses top attorney Lynn Miller to autonomous trucking startup
Tesla has lost another one of its top attornies this morning after Lynn Miller, who held the title of Deputy General Counsel Litigation/Regulatory/Privacy Counsel at the company, left for Plus, an autonomous trucking startup. Miller has been with Tesla for 7 years and 4 months, according to her LinkedIn page. In March 2014, she joined…
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Tesla’s Truck Division Boss Leaves Company Just 3 Months After Taking Job
Tesla executive Jerome Guillen has left the electrical automobile manufacturer after over a decade. Guillen has held various roles in Tesla reporting directly into Elon Musk since November 2010 and before his appointment as the president of their carmaker’s Heavy Trucking unit in Marchhe had served as president of automotive operations and program management since…
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Tesla says Semi deliveries to begin this year, ending battery constraint worries
Tesla says that deliveries of its own all-electric Semi will start this season. The news that Tesla delivered in its Q1 2021 Update Letter seems to hint that the battery constraint issues that place the Semi’s first delivery dates into question may be coming to an end once-and-for-all. Before now, Tesla released its Q1 2021…
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Tesla Semi email to reservation holders hint at improved specs
It appears that Tesla is assuring that the Semi’s generation version would surpass the specs of those already impressive prototypes which were introduced back in late 2017. According to a recent email sent by the firm to a customer in Germany, the Tesla Semi was given some notable updates, letting the Class 8 truck to…
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Tesla is building out a team of Semi service technicians in the US and Canada
Tesla appears to be working to ensure that its Class 8 Semis are well supported once they are deployed to customers. This is hinted at by multiple job listings on the company’s Careers page for “Semi Service Technicians,” who would become specialists on the upcoming vehicle. So far, Tesla’s job openings for Semi Service Technicians…