After a month off trying to wrap our heads around all the chaos surrounding EVs, solar, and everything else in Washington, we’re back with the biggest EV news stories of the day from Tesla, Ford, Volvo, and everyone else on today’s hiatus-busting episode of Quick Charge! It just gets worse and worse for the Tesla… Continue reading Tesla, Trump alliance falls apart – but there’s BIG news for electric semi fleets
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Tesla unveils its LFP battery factory, claims it’s almost ready
Tesla has unveiled its lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery cell factory in Nevada and claims that it is nearly ready to start production. Like several other automakers using LFP cells, Tesla relies heavily on Chinese manufacturers for its battery cell supply. Tesla’s cheapest electric vehicles all utilize LFP cells, and its entire range of energy storage products,… Continue reading Tesla unveils its LFP battery factory, claims it’s almost ready
Elon Musk goes from sleeping on Tesla’s factory floor to sleeping in sales office
Elon Musk is reportedly taking over responsibilities for Tesla’s sales in North America and Europe amid a leadership transition. The CEO is going from “sleeping on Tesla’s factory floor” to now sleeping in the sales offices. For years, Tesla was production-constrained and struggled to ramp up manufacturing to meet demand. Around this time, CEO Elon… Continue reading Elon Musk goes from sleeping on Tesla’s factory floor to sleeping in sales office
Tesla (TSLA) crashes after Trump threathens to set DOGE on Elon Musk
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) crashed by as much as 5% in pre-market trading after President Trump threatened to set DOGE on Elon Musk, who has been criticizing his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. After being kindly shown the door to the White House last month, Musk had a brief moment of clarity and started to criticize Trump and… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) crashes after Trump threathens to set DOGE on Elon Musk
Nissan is in crisis mode as job cuts begin and suppliers are caught in the crosshairs
Is Nissan raising the red flag? Nissan is cutting about 15% of its workforce and is now asking suppliers for more time to make payments. Nissan starts job cuts, asks supplier to delay payments As part of its recovery plan, Nissan announced in May that it plans to cut 20,000 jobs, or around 15% of… Continue reading Nissan is in crisis mode as job cuts begin and suppliers are caught in the crosshairs
Wasn’t Tesla supposed to start making a more affordable model 2 days from now?
For the better part of a year, Tesla has been promising “more affordable models” to replace the cancelled “Model 2.” The new models were supposed to go into production in the next 2 days, but it sure feels like that might not happen, because nobody’s heard anything at all about them. For several years now,… Continue reading Wasn’t Tesla supposed to start making a more affordable model 2 days from now?
Elon Musk claims Tesla delivered its first car fully autonomously from factory to customer
Elon Musk claims Tesla has delivered its first car fully autonomously from the factory to a customer’s home “across town.” If true, I’d argue that this is actually a bigger deal than its “Robotaxi” with supervisors, but there are still questions about the value of such a system. The Tesla CEO announced on X: The… Continue reading Elon Musk claims Tesla delivered its first car fully autonomously from factory to customer
Toyota breaks ground on the first independent Lexus EV plant in China, but there’s more
Toyota is finally getting into the game in the world’s largest EV market. On Friday, Toyota officially broke ground on the new Lexus EV plant in Shanghai, its first fully owned manufacturing facility in China and the second in the region, following Tesla. Toyota is building a new Lexus EV plant in China After officially… Continue reading Toyota breaks ground on the first independent Lexus EV plant in China, but there’s more
Tesla hires Head of Autonomy from GM’s failed self-driving startup (Update: Tesla denies)
Tesla has hired Henry Kuang, the former ‘Head of Autonomy’ at GM’s failed self-driving startup, Cruise. Update: Tesla denied hiring Kuang for the role listed in his LinkedIn profile. The automaker has had difficulties with turnover in its Autopilot and self-driving division. Tesla has lost many leaders over the years and the departures have ramped… Continue reading Tesla hires Head of Autonomy from GM’s failed self-driving startup (Update: Tesla denies)
Toyota is tweaking EV plans in the US again with two new 3-row electric SUVs en route
Toyota is still planning to build a three-row electric SUV in the US, but it won’t be in Indiana as planned. In a sudden shift of plans, Toyota will build it alongside a second electric three-row SUV as it consolidates EV production in the US. Toyota to build two new three-row EV SUVs in the… Continue reading Toyota is tweaking EV plans in the US again with two new 3-row electric SUVs en route