Panasonic said on Wednesday that it has shipped samples of Tesla’s 4680 cell to the automaker ahead of mass production. Panasonic detailed its plans for the production timeline during the first day of the company’s annual investor event. “A pilot line, created first in Japan, made it possible to start large-scale prototype production in May,”…
Tesla has received top marks in the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index’s 2022 Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality for the 7th consecutive year. The HRC’s complete report shows that Tesla received a perfect score once again, as the Corporate Equality Index 2022 ranks companies on equality for those in the LGBTQ community. In…
Volkswagen’s Chief Executive Herbert Diess is confident in his company’s ability to challenge Tesla for the proverbial crown in the race to dominate the electric vehicle sector. Diess, who has a friendly relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, said he believes the race between the two will be tight in the coming years. Diess is…
Tesla China is planning to keep its workers at Gigafactory Shanghai isolated, even as authorities ease movement restrictions for residents in low-risk parts of the city. Tesla Giga Shanghai’s workers would be staying in a closed-loop system until June 10, 2022. Despite the city’s stringent Covid lockdowns, Tesla has been able to resume partial vehicle…
Tesla showrooms and other Shanghai businesses are expected to reopen and resume work after the city’s new rules take effect on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Local Shanghai officials stated that the city would eliminate the whitelist that companies need to qualify for to resume work and production. China created the whitelist to support companies resuming operations while…
Tesla recently rolled out an update to its vehicles’ navigation system that makes energy consumption calculations incredibly accurate. The update was released as part of software version 2022.16.0.2. Prior to the update, Tesla’s navigation system predicted a vehicle’s energy usage using data like distance, elevation changes, and other information like the type of wheels that are installed.…
Tesla Giga Shanghai plans to isolate thousands of workers at an old military camp and vacant factories to ensure they remain Covid-free. New workers will finally join Tesla China’s second shift for Gigafactory Shanghai as it maintains a closed-loop setup. According to Bloomberg, second-shift workers must quarantine for 48 to 72 hours before joining the employees…
Tesla and General Motors material supplier Glencore and Glencore Ltd. pled guilty to several violations to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to bribery and commodity and price manipulation. Glencore agreed to pay over $1.1 billion in fines to “resolve the government’s investigations” into illegal acts committed by the Switzerland-based companies. Glencore will pay…
Tesla stock (NASDAQ:TSLA) recently fell to an 11-month low, with shares dropping almost 7% on Tuesday. Despite this, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives believes that Tesla stock is way oversold and concerns about CEO Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter are getting way overdone. When Elon Musk announced that he had purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter…
New research from Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), one of the industry’s largest telematics service providers, has found several interesting trends regarding electric vehicle drivers. Among the study’s findings involved Tesla drivers, who were almost 50% less likely to crash while driving a Tesla than when driving other cars. CMT’s research dealt with driving risks for…