Tesla’s AI Day last year was an incredible learning experience for me when I attended in person. Tesla will be holding its second AI Day event at the end of this month and we have a lot to look forward to. Loup Ventures seems to agree and published an article titled AI Day Primer. Loup Ventures gives…
IDRA Group showed off a new Tesla Model Y in a LinkedIn Post on Friday with the caption, “It’s time for a change!” IDRA makes the Giga Press which is one of the largest casting machines on the market. Tesla has several Giga Presses and uses them to “make full-sized cars similar to how toy cars are…
Last week, regulators in the state of California successfully voted to restrict (and, eventually, ban) the consumer sale of new gasoline cars by 2035, with interim targets to phase these cars out. We’re on board with that — but there’s plenty of work to be done between now and then, as evidenced by the fact that…
TrueCar’s August sales analysis shows that Tesla sales are estimated to have grown by 105% year-over-year. According to TrueCar’s August sales estimates, Tesla sales have grown 105 percent year over year in the US, the most out of any brand. The following closest manufacturers were GM at 40.9% and Daimler at 40.0% growth year over year. Could this indicate that…
An Israeli startup thinks they may have found the solution to rural electric vehicle charging and power storage. One of the most significant challenges facing electric vehicle charging in rural areas worldwide is inconsistent power generation; if power isn’t generated, you can’t charge your car. Even in more densely populated areas, as renewables have begun…
San Francisco’s Lombard Street, widely considered as one of the “crookedest” streets in the world with its multiple consecutive sharp turns, has been an area where Tesla owners who are part of the FSD Beta program test the limits of their cars’ advanced driver-assist system. The first FSD Beta test on Lombard Street was performed on October…
Tesla has announced that it has welcomed 120 apprentices and dual students at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. The program could help young people in the area fast-track their careers by becoming familiar with the emerging electric vehicle manufacturing trade. Tesla posted about the start of the program on its official LinkedIn account. The electric vehicle maker noted that…
Secretary-General Cui Dongshu from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) expects Tesla Giga Shanghai to report 77,000 unit sales for August. Local media outlet Securities Times first reported Cui’s Tesla estimate. Tesla Giga Shanghai delivered 28,217 vehicles in July. If Cui’s estimates prove accurate, Tesla China’s sales would be up 173% for August and 74% year over year. …
Tesla’s Careers page has a new job listing, hinting that the electric vehicle maker is hiring a high-volume recruiter for Montréal, Quebec. The job listing has inspired speculations that Tesla may be planning a new Canada facility in the area. Tesla’s potential new Canada facility has attracted a lot of interest since Elon Musk responded…
Axa Insurance issued an apology for faking the Tesla battery fire today. A few days ago, the company was on a mission to prove that Tesla batteries can catch on fire and simulated a test on public streets. The test involved a Tesla Model S, pyrotechnics but did not involve the batteries, the main object they were trying to prove…