Tesla’s Battery Day was deemed a failure after CEO Elon Musk presented a prototype via a PowerPoint presentation instead of a working battery – but Musk has defended the event in a recent podcast. Musk was a guest on the ‘Sway,’ where he said ‘the average person has no idea’ when it comes to manufacturing. … Read more
British car maker Land Rover and US electric vehicle producer Tesla have been named the two most unreliable manufacturers in a poll of thousands of UK drivers. Land Rover, which has for years struggled with reliability issues with its big – and expensive – 4X4s, was named the least dependable brand for cars aged 0 … Read more
Order books have opened Tesla’s new tri-motor Model S ‘Plaid’ – which will become the electric car with the longest range available from 2021. Following Tesla Battery Day on Tuesday, the US brand has listed for sale in the UK the new Model S Plaid with an estimated range in excess of 520 miles – … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a ‘tabless’ battery at the firm’s live-streamed ‘Battery Day’ that had attendees sitting in their own Tesla watching the billionaire speak on a stage. Musk shared the firm is currently producing the cell, dubbed 4680, at its pilot Fremont gigafactory -making it Tesla’s first in-house battery. Eliminating the tabs allows for … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a ‘tabless’ battery at the firm’s live-streamed ‘Battery Day’ that had attendees sitting in their own Tesla watching the billionaire speak on a stage. Musk shared the firm is currently producing the cell, dubbed 4680, at its pilot Fremont gigafactory -making it Tesla’s first in-house battery. Eliminating the tabs allows for … Read more
Is this week’s Tesla share price plunge a great buying opportunity or a signal to stay well away? asks ALEX SEBASTIAN By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 14:18 BST, 9 September 2020 | Updated: 14:22 BST, 9 September 2020 A pullback in Tesla shares after the meteoric rise over recent weeks was inevitable. … Read more
Elon Musk tweets first renders of Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop station where passengers will board high-speed Teslas that whisk them across the city’s convention center The render shows a hub where passengers board driverless Tesla’s Cars will zip passengers at 150 mph across the Las Vegas Convention Center Elon Musk says in a corresponding … Read more
Elon Musk shares render of Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory’ Berlin that will open in 2021 and be the automaker’s first full vehicle factory in Europe The vast construction facility is being being in Grünheide, 25 miles from Berlin When completed, it will produce battery parts, power trains and Model Y cars This ‘Gigafactory 4’ will join its predecessors in Nevada, … Read more
Now here’s something to get your teeth into. Serving up the most important fresh dish on their automotive menu, the Swedish style-council behind the modernist Polestar 2 electric car tell me their watchword has been ‘vegan as standard’. That means the man-made and plant-based textiles and seat-coverings of the spare but comfortable designer interior are … Read more
Now here’s something to get your teeth into. Serving up the most important fresh dish on their automotive menu, the Swedish style-council behind the modernist Polestar 2 electric car tell me their watchword has been ‘vegan as standard’. That means the man-made and plant-based textiles and seat-coverings of the spare but comfortable designer interior are … Read more