Tesla is hiring for over 30 different positions at Giga New York, the facility where the company manufactures its solar products. Recent job listings for the company’s Buffalo facility on LinkedIn indicate a wide range of skills are being sought, including but not limited to engineering, equipment maintenance, manufacturing operations, and roof installers. The facility…
Tesla’s filings for Gigafactory Berlin reveal an especially interesting detail about the facilities to come. Giga Berlin is poised to have eight giant casting machines on site, or “Giga Presses,” based on the documents. The presence of the machines, as well as their number, suggest that Tesla may explore the idea of rolling out new…
Lucid has announced the prices of its Air models ahead of the unveiling event on September 9th, which will take place tomorrow at 7 PM EST. The Air is Lucid’s first sedan, a new electric car manufacturer headed by former Tesla Executive Peter Rawlinson. The Air can come in a variety of versions, beginning with…
Nikola Motor has signed a deal with General Motors that will see its first pickup truck, the Badger, manufactured by the legacy automaker. According to reports, GM will be responsible for engineering the battery and fuel cell electric vehicle variants of Nikola’s introductory passenger vehicle. GM will receive a $2 billion equity interest in Nikola,…
Tesla’s battery partner, Panasonic, appears to be planning for a huge ramp in Gigafactory Nevada, with an executive announcing that the Japanese company will be carrying out a significant expansion of its operations on site. These involve installing new equipment and recruiting more staff, enabling Giga Nevada to manufacture battery cells at higher rates than…
A Chinese Tesla Model 3 has just gone where no other Model 3 has ever gone before. The White Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor AWD began a long journey from Shenzhen all the way to the Mt. Everest base camp on an epic 5,500 km (3,400-mile) road trip. What’s more surprising was that, considering his…
Tesla’s highly anticipated ‘battery day’ is less than three weeks away and much like a Model 3, the internet has begun to hum with pent up energy. These sort of events briefly lift up the curtain at Tesla and offer the public insight into the technologies evolving behind the company’s gigafactory doors. While CEO Elon Musk has hinted…
Tesla and Volkswagen have established themselves as unlikely allies in the world of turning vehicles toward electrification. The two firms didn’t always see eye to eye, but the tides definitely shifted. Proof of this comes just one day after Elon Musk took an unexpected stop to see Volkswagen Chairman Herbert Diess in Western Germany. Years…
Tesla manufactures the world’s most coveted electric cars and is in heavy competition with internal combustion powered vehicles. Demand for Teslas is growing every day, which means that the company must expand. Europe is one of the fast growing markets for the EV manufacturer. Therefore it should come as no surprise that the production of…
Tesla’s ambitious South Australia Virtual Power Plant project has entered its third phase, with the program now planning to add another 3,000 public housing assets to the developing solar and home battery network. With 3,000 home solar and Powerwall-equipped properties added to the scheme, Tesla’s VPP may begin offering grid support services equal to a…