What Car Owners Should Know About the Tesla Autopilot Recall

Drivers of Tesla vehicles will automatically receive the software updates the company is issuing to address concerns from federal auto safety regulators about its driver-assistance system, Autopilot. The updates, which Tesla will send to cars over cellular networks, will include new warnings and checks to make sure drivers are paying attention to the road and… Continue reading What Car Owners Should Know About the Tesla Autopilot Recall

Ford Resumes Work on E.V. Battery Plant in Michigan, at Reduced Scale

Ford Motor said Tuesday that it was resuming work on an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan but significantly scaling back its plans in part because of slow E.V. adoption in the United States. A company spokesman said that Ford now expected the plant in Marshall, Mich., to create 1,700 jobs rather than 2,500, but… Continue reading Ford Resumes Work on E.V. Battery Plant in Michigan, at Reduced Scale

Unions in Sweden Expand Blockade Against Tesla

Tesla in Sweden: No production but many sales. Tesla does not produce any vehicles in Sweden, but runs several facilities where the cars are serviced. So far this year, the Tesla Model Y is the best-selling new car in Sweden, with more than 14,000 registrations through October, according to Mobility Sweden, an industry group. At… Continue reading Unions in Sweden Expand Blockade Against Tesla

@VW Group: Software, Chips, and Batteries008228

Let’s take the year 1886 and Carl Benz, who invented the first internal combustion engine for the car. Or the year 1912, when Henry Ford introduced assembly-line production in automotive engineering. Whichever date we start from, more than 100 years have passed since then. Now, for the first time worldwide, new players have entered the… Continue reading @VW Group: Software, Chips, and Batteries008228

Tesla Vs. BYD: TSLA Near Buy Points With Rival Set To Claim EV Crown

TechCrunch Hyperloop’s loss is high-speed rail’s gain In 2013, Elon Musk published a white paper that teased the idea of zipping from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes through a vacuum-sealed tube — a system he called hyperloop. The idea “originated out of his hatred for California’s proposed high-speed rail system,” according… Continue reading Tesla Vs. BYD: TSLA Near Buy Points With Rival Set To Claim EV Crown

Clean Technica: 2019 Tesla Model 3 Cost of Ownership Update — 41,110 Miles, 4 Years & 4 Months003160

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! It’s been a few months since my last Tesla Model 3 cost of ownership update. Since then, I’ve had an air filter replaced and I got 4 new tires. Let’s dig in and see where I stand 4 years… Continue reading Clean Technica: 2019 Tesla Model 3 Cost of Ownership Update — 41,110 Miles, 4 Years & 4 Months003160

Cleantechnica: Tesla 2024 Wall Street Forecast 003159

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Wall Street has a way of gauging the tone and tenor of the moment. It forecasts a broad perspective on what’s to come in markets, outlooks, and sector deep dives, and it’s up to us to sort through the… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla 2024 Wall Street Forecast 003159

Tesla acquires land for megapack plant in Shanghai

Tesla inks a land transfer deal with Lin-Gang Special Area Administration on Dec 22, 2023 in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Construction of Tesla’s megapack plant in Shanghai is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2024, said the company on Friday. The announcement came after it inked a land transfer deal on the… Continue reading Tesla acquires land for megapack plant in Shanghai

@VW Group: Software, Chips, and Batteries008221

Let’s take the year 1886 and Carl Benz, who invented the first internal combustion engine for the car. Or the year 1912, when Henry Ford introduced assembly-line production in automotive engineering. Whichever date we start from, more than 100 years have passed since then. Now, for the first time worldwide, new players have entered the… Continue reading @VW Group: Software, Chips, and Batteries008221

Cybertruck Manufacturing Is a Disaster, Tesla Insiders Say

And it’s not the body panels… Production Hell It’s looking increasingly likely that Tesla is facing serious trouble with the production of its recently announced Cybertruck — and we’re not talking about the pickup’s highly unusual bulletproof stainless steel exoskeleton or massive glass panels. As Tesla insiders told Reuters, the EV maker’s main bottleneck when… Continue reading Cybertruck Manufacturing Is a Disaster, Tesla Insiders Say