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 sued for ‘copying’ its semi-truck design
Tesla might be in trouble.
Nikola, a hybrid-truck startup, has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Tesla. Nikola alleges Tesla’s semi-truck design infringes upon multiple patents it holds.
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Tesla to help build on-site charging stations for its first Semi customers
Tesla is going to be working with its first pilot customers for its all-electric Semi truck to build charging stations at their shipping facilities, Reuters reports. We know relatively little about how Tesla will be piloting its truck thus far, b…
View More Tesla to help build on-site charging stations for its first Semi customersUPS reserves 125 Tesla Semi fully electric heavy-duty trucks
Tesla has another new high-profile customer – UPS, which has placed the largest order yet for Tesla Semi advance reservations. The shipping giant pre-ordered 125 Tesla Semi trucks, besting PepsiCo’s 100 vehicle order from last week. UPS has a fleet of around 8,500 alternative fuel vehicles already in service around the world, the company says, and has made a commitment to reduce… Read More
Pepsi one-ups Budweiser brewer by ordering 100 Tesla electric semi trucks
PepsiCo is the latest company to reveal that it’s placed orders for Tesla’s forthcoming electric semi-truck – and also the company with the largest order so far. The beverage company has ordered 100 of the trucks per Reuters, meaning it’s placed at least a $20,000 deposit for each of those since Tesla rose the downpayment amount for its original $5,000 starting… Read More
Here’s the new electric big rig that could bring the hammer to Tesla’s Semi
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Tesla’s all-electric Semi truck has been the biggest story of the year for freight hauling, but the rig won’t even go into production until 2019, assuming everything actually goes according to plan.
In the meantime, Elon Musk’s dream machine will face some steep competition from other future-forward truck companies looking to cut in on the marketshare with energy and emissions-conscious fleet operators. The newest player just threw its hat — or more appropriately, its mythological hammer — into the ring: Thor Trucks, a new Los Angeles-based startup, has an all-electric semi truck design that could convince trucking companies to pass on a new Tesla in two years’ time. Read more…
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Budweiser beer could be shipped by Tesla Semi trucks starting in 2019
Tesla’s Semi has a famous new customer: Budweiser.
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Anheuser-Busch, which makes the über patriotic lager, just announced it had reserved 40 of Elon Musk’s all-electric big rigs. …
You’ll need a truck full of cash to buy a Tesla Semi
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Tesla’s electric Semi truck starts at $150,000, reservations now live
The Tesla Semi, the automaker’s all-electric transport truck, will retail starting at $150,000 for a version with 300 miles of range, and will also be available in a $150,000 version with 500 miles of range. Interested parties can pre-order them with a base reservation price of $20,000 – or, if they want a “Founders Series,” they can get one for $200,000, with the… Read More
The 5 biggest questions we still have about the Tesla Semi
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Tesla finally unveiled its heavy-duty, all-electric Semi truck, and we’re impressed.
The big rig is the sum of all of the automaker’s work in one massive package, featuring design cues from its other vehicles and even borrowing their parts, like the Model 3 motors that power each of its “super single” wheels. Musk claims the Semi will also offer truckers BAMF acceleration and performance specs, up to 500 miles of range per charge, and a cheaper cost to operate than standard diesel trucks.
The Semi certainly looks the part of the next big thing for the trucking industry — but there’s still so much about it that we don’t know. Elon Musk only showed off certain aspects of the truck during his presentation, leaving some very important features to be shared at a later date, when Tesla is ready to start churning out the rigs for clients. Read more…
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Walmart plans to test Tesla’s brand new electric semi-truck
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Walmart already wants to take Tesla’s new semi-truck for a spin.
The retail giant told CNBC on Friday that it’s “excited to be among the first” to test the new vehicle, which was announced for the first time on Thursday night.
“We believe we can learn how this technology performs within our supply chain, as well as how it could help us meet some of our long-term sustainability goals, such as lowering emissions,” a spokesperson for the company told the network.
Tesla’s ambitions in the trucking industry have been common knowledge for some time, but CEO Elon Musk finally unveiled details of the automaker’s big rig at an event on Thursday. The vehicle is able to run for 500 miles on a single charge, travel on autopilot within a fleet of other trucks, and accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in five seconds. Read more…
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