Tesla will pull back the curtains and unveil its Model Y crossover vehicle at an event in Los Angeles on March 14th, according to a tweet from chief executive Elon Musk. Model Y unveil event on March 14 at LA Design Studio — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2019 It’s the fifth new car design […]
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Tesla says the Model Y is coming in 2020
The Tesla Model Y — the SUV electric vehicle that CEO Elon Musk has been teasing and talking about since 2015 — will begin volume production by the end of 2020, the company said Wednesday in a letter to shareholders. The automaker, which has yet to show a prototype of the vehicle, said it will […]
View More Tesla says the Model Y is coming in 2020Tesla to recall 14,000 Model S cars in China over faulty Takata airbags
China’s top market regulator said on Friday that Tesla will recall a total of 14,123 imported Model S vehicles in the country over potentially deadly airbags. The recall is part of an industry-wide crackdown on Takata-made front passenger airbags, which involves roughly 37 million vehicles including more mainstream brands such as Toyota and Ford, as […]
View More Tesla to recall 14,000 Model S cars in China over faulty Takata airbagsElon Musk breaks ground on new Tesla factory in Shanghai
Rev your (electric) engines.
Elon Musk joined Chinese officials to break ground on a brand spankin’ new Tesla factory in Shanghai Monday. The ‘Gigafactory 3’ in Shanghai will produce Model 3 and upcoming Model Y Teslas sold in China.
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Tesla’s Gigafactory plans in China just moved forward in a big way
Back in July, Tesla announced it had signed a deal in China allowing it to build up to 500,000 vehicles a year there. Now Elon Musk’s company has acquired the land to build its manufacturing facility in Shanghai.
The location of the Chinese Gigafacto…
Update: New whistleblower claims against Tesla allege drug trafficking, theft and phone hacking coverup
This post has been updated with a comment from Tesla. Employees at Tesla’s Nevada gigafactory were allegedly involved in a massive drug ring, stole $37 million worth of precious metals and equipment and illegally spied on former employees at the behest of chief executive Elon Musk, according to a new whistleblower complaint filed against the company.
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What in the fresh hell is going on at Tesla?
About 20 miles due west of Reno sits the monumental Tesla Gigafactory. Construction started on the now almost 5-million-square-foot building in 2014, with the goal of creating, on a massive scale, the batt…
Tesla Semi does its first production cargo run with batteries on board
Tesla is putting its new electric Semi to work, with its first run as a “production” vehicle — for a familiar client. Tesla itself is the customer, as the trucks were equipped with trailers loaded up with battery packs fresh from the Gigafactory assembly line, heading to the Tesla Fremont car factory in California. Read More