The parent company of the IDRA Group, which currently produces Tesla’s 6,000-ton Giga Press for the Model Y, is currently involved in a rather exciting project. As per recent photos shared in Chinese social media platforms, LK Tech, IDRA’s parent company, is currently building 9,000-ton presses, which would be capable of producing parts that are…
Elon Musk’s hosting gig at Saturday Night Live proved to be a lot smoother than what even avid Tesla fans expected. Musk is known for his off-beat humor and his challenges in public speaking, but as soon as his SNL monologue began, it seemed like the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was in his element. He started his monologue strong,…
The Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted in a company showroom in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, ahead of CEO Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live appearance tomorrow evening. Steven Brennan spotted the Tesla Cybertruck at the company’s Manhattan showroom, 860 Washington Street, and took several photos of the all-electric pickup. Musk confirmed that the Cybertruck would be on…
YouTuber Tesla Vision recently shared his view that Elon Musk’s new Tesla Semi batteries will make gas trucks obsolete, and I thought it was a worthwhile dive. “The information provided by Tesla in its first quarter 2021 update letter appears to imply that the battery constraints that have been hampering the Semi’s initial delivery dates…
Tesla is set for another fight against unionization, this time over Gigafactory Berlin. IG Metall, a powerful union in the German auto industry, confirmed that it wants to have a worker council at the factory. There have been several unionization efforts at Tesla over the years. For years, United Auto Workers (UAW) tried to unionize…
Volkswagen is claiming that it can profitably sell a self-driving system to owners of its vehicles, and it will sell it for as little as €7 an hour. Since 2018, Volkswagen has been developing its Modular Electric Drive, or MEB, platform for electric vehicles. After pledging to transition to a lineup of fully electric cars in…
It appears that Tesla’s challenges with a former Model 3 owner-turned-protester in China are not over just yet. On Thursday, the former Tesla owner, accompanied by her husband, formally filed a defamation suit against the EV maker. The lawsuit was filed at the Beiguan District People’s Court in Anyang, Henan Province. In her litigation, Zhang, the…
Elon Musk may be the de facto face of cryptocurrencies today, thanks to Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings and regular posts about Dogecoin, but the Tesla CEO has given a warning to anyone willing to invest their hard-earned cash in digital currencies. Elon Musk told reporters that people should not put their life savings into cryptocurrencies because…
Amidst reports that Tesla has already sold out its full second quarter production capacity, the electric car maker implemented a new round of price increases for the Model 3 and Model Y, its two most popular vehicles. The latest round of price adjustments adds $500 to the cost of the Model 3 Standard Range Plus, Model…
Thanks to Gravity’s efforts, Tesla Model Y yellow cabs could soon be cruising down New York City (NYC) streets. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) recently approved a pilot program to increase the number of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the yellow taxi industry. TLC’s BEV pilot program will see Gravity participating…