The relationship between Tesla and Panasonic has been deteriorating the past few years, but they are apparently back to making money — boosting the relationship and even resulting in talks to expand battery production at Gigafactory Nevada. The growth of Gigafactory 1 in Nevada has been impressive, and the factory quickly became the largest li-ion… Continue reading Tesla and Panasonic are making money at Gigafactory 1, in talks to expand battery production
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Elon Musk delays Tesla ‘Battery Day’ to next month
Elon Musk is again delaying Tesla’s upcoming ‘Battery Day’ and says that the automaker might do the presentation in two parts. Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’ has gone through a lot of changes since being announced last year. Tesla Battery Day Last year, Musk said that Cybertruck is Tesla’s last product unveil for “a while,” but he teased… Continue reading Elon Musk delays Tesla ‘Battery Day’ to next month
Check Tesla’s impressive chart of pandemic’s impact on Supercharger use
Elon Musk released an impressive chart of the impact of the pandemic on Tesla Supercharger use over the last few months. With stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions being put in place in many markets, gasoline sales are way down. Unsurprisingly, electric car charging station usage is also way down. Musk decided to release an interesting… Continue reading Check Tesla’s impressive chart of pandemic’s impact on Supercharger use
Tesla is officially allowed to reopen Fremont in a week if everything goes well
After a tumultuous week, Alameda County officially announced that Tesla is officially going to be allowed to reopen the Fremont factory in a week if some changes are done. As we previously reported, Elon Musk announced earlier this week that Tesla was restarting production at its Fremont factory despite contrary orders from Alameda County, which… Continue reading Tesla is officially allowed to reopen Fremont in a week if everything goes well
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin should avoid ‘any major delays to the construction’, says official
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin should be able to stick to its schedule and avoid ‘any major delays to the construction’, according to German officials. Ever since Tesla withdrew its US employees working on Gigafactory Berlin over coronavirus concerns and ran into problems with the soil at the construction site, there have been concerns about Tesla sticking… Continue reading Tesla Gigafactory Berlin should avoid ‘any major delays to the construction’, says official
Take a look at Audi’s crazy container electric car charging system with batteries
Audi developed an interesting all-in-one electric vehicle charging system with batteries built inside a container with a gull-wing-like door system. You can’t have too many charging solutions. Whether it is at home, on the road, in remote locations, it’s always to see companies working on different solutions to the charging infrastructure problem. This one isn’t… Continue reading Take a look at Audi’s crazy container electric car charging system with batteries
Tesla improves on its ‘million-mile battery’ with less cobalt and higher energy density
Tesla has made even more battery improvements on its new ‘million-mile battery’ now with less cobalt, which could result in lower cost and even more energy density. Last year, we were the first to report on Tesla’s battery research partner, Jeff Dahn and his team at Dalhousie University, unveiling the impressive results of tests on… Continue reading Tesla improves on its ‘million-mile battery’ with less cobalt and higher energy density
Nissan plans to rely more on partnerships for EV production
At the end of the month, Nissan will present its new “operational performance plan.” Early media reports show that Nissan will expand cooperation with Mitsubishi for plug-in hybrids in Asia and Renault for EVs in Europe. Plans for the Ariya, a new all-electric crossover, remain murky. Nissan ceded its early leadership role in electric cars… Continue reading Nissan plans to rely more on partnerships for EV production
Audi gives up plan for hands-off autonomy for next A8
Despite all the hype about high levels of vehicle autonomy, drivers always need to keep their hands on the wheel. Audi had planned to be the first automaker to introduce so-called Level 3 autonomy, where you could take your eyes off the road and let the car drive. But the combination of legislative uncertainty and… Continue reading Audi gives up plan for hands-off autonomy for next A8
Elon Musk talks Tesla cars playing augmented reality games while driving
In a new comment, Elon Musk talks about possibly developing a game for Tesla cars using augmented reality game while driving… or Minecraft. For the last two years, Tesla has been spending some resources to involve video games into its user experience and it plans to do more of it in the future as Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk talks Tesla cars playing augmented reality games while driving