Tesla disclosed that it is planning to return to growth in vehicle deliveries next year with an extra ~500,000 electric cars. Here’s how it plans to do it. For years, Tesla has been guiding a roughly 50% growth rate in EV deliveries leading to 20 million cars per year in 2030. That growth crashed this… Continue reading Tesla plans to deliver an extra ~500,000 electric cars next year, here’s how
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Tesla is doubling the size of Gigafactory Texas
Tesla has applied for permits to double the size of Gigafactory Texas in Austin as it adds new vehicle production. Tesla loves large factories. Each one of its factories ranks amongst some of the largest buildings on the planet, and they are still growing. Gigafactory Texas already spams over 5 million square feet. Now, The Austin… Continue reading Tesla is doubling the size of Gigafactory Texas
Polestar EVs are now able to use the Tesla Supercharger network
Polestar announced that its electric vehicles are now being officially onboarded into the Tesla Supercharger network. Joining the likes of Ford, GM, Rivian, and others, Polestar EV owners become the latest non-Tesla EV owners to gain official access to the Supercharger network after Tesla opened it up to other EV manufacturers in order for them… Continue reading Polestar EVs are now able to use the Tesla Supercharger network
Louisville goes electric, Waymo gets $5B, Ford brings production to Michigan
Today’s episode of Quick Charge is a story of, “Thanks, Joe Biden!” as Ford and LG ink a deal to bring EV battery manufacturing back to Michigan, the city of Louisville gets the nation’s first all-electric garbage truck fleet, and Waymo gets a massive $5.6 billion cash injection. We’ve also got a hydrogen-powered steal battle… Continue reading Louisville goes electric, Waymo gets $5B, Ford brings production to Michigan
These 3 Tesla insiders, including Elon’s own brother, are preparing to sell $300 million in TSLA stock
Three Tesla insiders, including Elon Musk’s own brother, are preparing to sell about $300 million worth of Tesla (TSLA) stocks. In Tesla’s 10Q SEC filing, the automaker disclosed that three of its board members, including chairwoman Robyn Denholm and Kimball Musk, CEO Elon Musk’s brother, have signed new arrangements to sell a lot of shares… Continue reading These 3 Tesla insiders, including Elon’s own brother, are preparing to sell $300 million in TSLA stock
Tesla releases rare blog post and it’s an interesting one: Standardizing Auto Connectivity
Tesla has released a rare new blog post, and it’s an interesting one: Tesla is trying to standardize automotive connectivity and popularize a 48-volt architecture. After successfully standardizing its charge connector (NACS), Tesla wants to repeat this success with all the other electrical connectors inside vehicles. Tesla introduced a new 48-volt low-voltage electronic architecture in… Continue reading Tesla releases rare blog post and it’s an interesting one: Standardizing Auto Connectivity
Tesla extends 0% loans in China as it tries for record quarter
Tesla has extended its 0% loan incentive in China through another month as it tries to achieve a record quarter. As we recently reported, Tesla guided that it aims to deliver more than 515,000 vehicles in Q4 2024. That’s 30,000 more vehicles than Tesla delivered during the same period last year, which was also the… Continue reading Tesla extends 0% loans in China as it tries for record quarter
Waymo secures $5.6 billion in new funding before expanding robotaxis to new cities in 2025
Robotaxi developer Waymo has closed an oversubscribed Series C funding round totaling $5.6 billion. Alongside an expanded partnership with Uber, the funds will help the rideshare company expand its Waymo-One robotaxi service throughout current and additional cities in the US. While some robotaxi networks are slowing down their expansion plans and OEMs like Tesla struggle… Continue reading Waymo secures $5.6 billion in new funding before expanding robotaxis to new cities in 2025
Tesla’s energy storage business is booming, but solar is gone
Tesla’s energy storage business is booming, and it is just beginning. However, the beginning of Tesla’s energy storage growth also appears to be the end of Tesla’s solar business. Don’t get fooled by the fact that Tesla’s energy storage deployment was down sequentially from 9.4 to 6.9 GWh. Sequentially, Tesla’s deployment might look bad because… Continue reading Tesla’s energy storage business is booming, but solar is gone
New Tesla Model Y vehicles with design refresh spotted in China
Several Tesla Model Y vehicles were spotted with camouflage in China – likely due to the upcoming design refresh. After the Model 3 refresh launched last year, we have been expecting a Model Y refresh to follow. It started last year with a Reuters report claiming Tesla was planning a Model Y refresh called Juniper for 2024. Later,… Continue reading New Tesla Model Y vehicles with design refresh spotted in China