GM luxury brand Cadillac has yet to give up on its plans to go electric by the end of the decade, but that strategy has wavered to the point where it might also include combustion vehicles, at least for the foreseeable future. Cadillac’s global vice president recently told reporters that the company has plans for… Continue reading Cadillac balks on plans to go all-EV by 2030, may still offer gas cars for ‘a number of years’
Author: Electrek Newsfeed
Tesla is preparing to launch its own in-car voice assistant
Tesla is preparing to launch its own in-car voice assistant, according to information in the source code of the latest update. For a few years now, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla having its own voice assistant inside its vehicles. After he launched his own AI startup xAI, Musk suggested that Tesla could work… Continue reading Tesla is preparing to launch its own in-car voice assistant
Toyota goes large on hydrogen with new US headquarters
Photo: Toyota Motor North America Toyota today announced that it’s turning its R&D office in Los Angeles into its new North American hydrogen headquarters. Toyota’s North American hydrogen headquarters Toyota says its “H2HQ” will drive its North American-led hydrogen initiatives and help localize global hydrogen-related technologies and products. That will include both light-duty and heavy-duty… Continue reading Toyota goes large on hydrogen with new US headquarters
Tesla’s next-gen Dojo AI training tile is in production
Tesla’s next-gen Dojo AI training tile is in production, according to supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC). Tesla has been heavily investing in AI training compute power both through buying NVIDIA hardware and building its own under its Dojo program. The first generation of its Dojo super computing platform went into operation last summer.… Continue reading Tesla’s next-gen Dojo AI training tile is in production
Elon Musk is throwing his weight around Tesla, comes in like a wrecking ball
We are getting more information on the ongoing layoffs at Tesla. Several employees describe the situation as Elon Musk “throwing his weight around” to solidify his status after being mostly absent over the last year. But he is coming in like a dangerous wrecking ball. Sources familiar with the matter told Electrek that Musk was… Continue reading Elon Musk is throwing his weight around Tesla, comes in like a wrecking ball
Tesla is already pulling back Supercharger plans after firing team
Tesla is already pulling back Supercharger plans after Elon Musk came in like a wrecking ball and fired the whole charging team. As reported earlier today and since confirmed by many departing Tesla employees, Elon Musk has fired Tesla’s entire charging team. In an email announcing the move, the CEO said that Tesla would continue… Continue reading Tesla is already pulling back Supercharger plans after firing team
Tesla Semi spotted being used by another customer
A Tesla Semi was spotted being used by a customer that is not PepsiCo or Tesla as the electric semi truck program continues to expand. Despite entering production more than a year ago, the Tesla Semi program has been very limited. In October 2023, we learned that Tesla had only built about 70 Tesla Semi trucks and… Continue reading Tesla Semi spotted being used by another customer
Tesla Megapack to power new massive record-breaking 1.3 GWh battery system
Tesla Megapack has been selected to power a massive new record-breaking 1,3 GWh battery system from Neoen in Australia. This project is the second stage of the Collie Battery project, which is named after a town in Western Australia where the project is located. As we previously reported, France’s Neoen is already building the first… Continue reading Tesla Megapack to power new massive record-breaking 1.3 GWh battery system
Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team
Just after laying off “more than 10%” of its global workforce, Tesla is laying off even more employees – including senior executives and long-time veterans of the company, most notably the entire Supercharging team and the executive responsible for negotiating NACS adoption across the industry. Tesla started the week before last with news of a huge… Continue reading Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team
California now has 1 EV fast charging station for every 5 gas stations
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced on Saturday that there is now one EV fast charging station for every five gas stations in California. California has led the US in the number of EVs and EV charging stations every year since 2016, according to the US Energy Information Administration in December. According to the governor’s office, 105,000 public or… Continue reading California now has 1 EV fast charging station for every 5 gas stations