Tesla

Tesla is still the leading automaker in the battery electric vehicle market. General Motors and Volkswagen have set their eyes on taking Tesla’s crown, but the Elon Musk-led company isn’t letting up, so it won’t be easy. Tesla delivered approximately 310,048 vehicles in the first quarter and 254,695 in Q2 2022. Despite a rough second quarter,…

Tesla encouraged its shareholders to vote in this year’s shareholder meeting. Tesla released its Shareholder Vote Guide advising the company’s shareholders to vote with management’s recommendations. “Each shareholder has a say in our direction, including deciding on whether Tesla should be allowed to do a 3:1 stock split,” Tesla said on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1544697701517991936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1544697701517991936%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Ftesla-2022-shareholder-vote%2F In June,  Tesla invited its…

The first two months of the second quarter may have been extremely challenging for Tesla China, but the electric vehicle maker sure made it a point to ensure that the final month of Q2 2022 would be a strong statement. As per the China Passenger Car Association’s (CPCA) preliminary data, Tesla China sold 78,000 locally-made…

The Biden-Harris Administration released a fact sheet suggesting the non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program would be available in the United States later this year.  The White House fact sheet briefly mentioned Tesla’s contributions to expanding EV charging stations in the United States. It acknowledged Tesla’s investments in Giga New York, which produces Supercharger stalls and Solar Roofs. “Tesla…

Tesla is already delivering Model Ys from Gigafactory Texas that are equipped with the company’s 4680 structural battery packs. A preliminary teardown of the innovative battery system has now been shared online, and it suggests that Tesla’s next-generation vehicles will indeed be quite remarkable. Automotive teardown firm Munro & Associates has torn down several Teslas over the…

Goldman Sachs believes Tesla’s recent delivery report reveals Giga Shanghai’s recovery after strict lockdowns hampered production. “We believe 2Q production and delivery numbers were heavily impacted by COVID restrictions in Shanghai (with Tesla’s [China] factory closed for most of April and operating at partial capacity in May),” said Goldman Each’s in a recent note.  Over…

Since January 2022, Tesla has built over 1,200 Supercharger stations with more than 8,700 Superchargers in Mainland China. Tesla also installed 700 destination charging stations with 1,800 destination charging piles in various hotels/resorts, dining halls, shopping centers, and office buildings in the country. Tesla China’s Supercharger stations are in some of the most exciting places.…

Range extenders are nothing new, though they typically involve the use of a small internal combustion engine that can help an all-electric vehicle travel farther. Tesla appears to have scoffed at the idea, as the team featured a solar-powered range extender trailer as part of its exhibit at the 2022 IdeenExpo in Hanover, Germany. Held…

There will be blood — probably sooner than expected. Back in May, Elon Musk stated that Tesla is building a “hardcore litigation department” to initiate and execute lawsuits. This team is now well on its way to being formed.  Musk made the comments during his interview at the Getting Stoned podcast. When asked how Tesla’s litigation team…