Tesla started working to improve energy storage years ago in order to deal with the foreseeable rise in intermittent renewable energy production. Alongside scaling up battery production for electric cars, Tesla got to work scaling up battery production for stationary energy storage, which complemented each other both technically and economically. This work has been done…
If you have ambitions of working for Tesla, now would be a good time to apply. The company is on a hiring spree that could boost the number of its employees to about 65,000 by the end of this year, which would represent a 35% increase from the reported headcount at the end of 2019.…
With Tesla’s share price now above $2,000, those who claimed just about half a year ago that the company was overvalued when it rose to $420 will probably have irritated eyes after so much rubbing them in ever-mounting disbelief. If they were also engaged in short selling, all they have left to do is to buy a pair of red…
A sweet animated video of the Tesla Semi’s drivetrain, from 2018, found its way to me and inspired this piece on the Tesla Semi and how electrifying semi trucks and other large vehicles will help our environment. The video is two years old, but it’s still a fun video to watch especially now that we are much…
Auto & Motor Insurance is a big industry in the US and Europe According to this site, State Farm is the #1 auto insurer in the US since 1942, ranked #36 on the 2019 Fortune 500 based on revenues, and has 44 million auto policies in force. From State Farm’s 2019 financial results: “The State Farm auto…
Tesla fans are passionate people, and it does not take a very vast amount of time to realize that. The brand itself has a certain appeal to it, and those who own the company’s most elusive products, like the 2008 Roadster, have about as much passion as those who own the $35,000 Model 3 variant. People…
The Tesla Model 3 has been voted as the number one most satisfying vehicle across four different age groups, a new report recently revealed in Consumer Reports. CR research surveyed more than 420,000 owners across four different age groups, ranging from the youngest drivers to the most seasoned automotive users. Unanimously the Model 3 was…
After chatting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk about the breadth, depth, and size of Tesla’s Autopilot team, we slipped into another matter, “the machine that builds the machine.” I think this may be Elon’s favorite Tesla-related phrase. (Though, the one about a non-autonomous car being like a horse must be up there, too.) It’s not just…
Tesla stans, rejoice — there may soon be a dating app where you can pursue like-minded car owners who are also obsessed with their electric vehicles and CEO Elon Musk. An app called Tesla Dating is currently in the works, made exclusively for verified Tesla owners. The app’s set-up is akin to that of Tinder…
Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) first stock split is set to go into effect at the end of August, with current shareholders receiving four additional shares for every share held (5-for-1 split). Now, although the split doesn’t change the fundamental picture for Tesla, it is a positive sign for a couple of reasons. Tesla’s stock is up 4x…