Tesla intends to almost completely halt production of cars at its Shanghai plant in the first two weeks of July — production capacity will be updated during that period, according to the memo for employees obtained by Reuters. At the same...
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According to former Tesla CTO and co-founder Jeffrey Brian Stroubel (JB Straubel), over time the electric vehicle industry will be able to meet almost all of its traction battery raw material needs through recycling. Toyota Motor has partnered with...
Already at the end of April, one month after the official opening, the Tesla plant in the Berlin area should reach a weekly production of 1,000 electric vehicles. In fact, the milestone was only passed last week, but this achievement will also...
The second quarter was extremely difficult for many factories in China due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19, but Tesla’s Shanghai plant had an opportunity to end the half-year on an upbeat note. According to the latest data, the company is...
The traction battery market has already progressed to the stage of endless experimentation with the cell sizes used. At first, Samsung SDI expected to increase the diameter of its cylindrical lithium batteries to 40 mm, but now Korean sources report...
Japanese company Panasonic was originally Tesla’s traction battery partner in Nevada, and now their joint venture is capable of producing batteries with a total capacity of 39 GW‧h annually. Pilot production of the new 4680 cells in Japan has...
It is known that the bulk of the capital of Elon Musk, who has long gotten used to the status of the richest man in the world, is shares in Tesla and SpaceX, so all the steps related to attracting large investments force him to part of which...
The Model 3 sedan, one of Tesla’s most popular electric vehicles, contains between three and four thousand cylindrical 2170 battery cells, and replacing even a few cells with proper diagnostics is a long and expensive proposition. However...
Tesla is expanding the presence of “open” Supercharger charging stations in Europe – they can charge not only EVs manufactured by Tesla, but also traction batteries from cars from other manufacturers. If a similar program used to...
The evolution of Tesla security systems has led to the fact that the car owner does not have to carry the car key with him all the time, but if necessary, it can be replaced not only with a card, but also with a smartphone. The “electronic key” can...
Indonesia, which has impressive nickel reserves, has been the focus of Tesla management’s attention before, but the parties were unable to reach a compromise in the previous stages of negotiations. The country’s authorities were...
The Texas power grid became notorious last February when unprecedented cold winds left not only a significant portion of the residential area unpowered but also a number of manufacturing plants. This year, Tesla electric vehicles began warning...
The USA is the third largest market for electric vehicles after China and Europe, which is why many manufacturers of traction batteries want to locate their factories here in order to optimize production logistics and profitability. Panasonic is no...
Tesla has announced a recall of 130,000 vehicles due to an issue with the EV infotainment processor. During fast charging of electric vehicles, the processors can overheat, which leads to malfunctions or the car’s touch displays switch off...
One of Tesla’s founders, Jeffrey Brian Strobel (JB Straubel), is confident that over time the electric vehicle industry will be able to provide itself completely with raw materials for the production of traction batteries from secondary...
Tesla is considered a pioneer of electric vehicles and continues to introduce innovative approaches in the production of electric cars with enviable consistency. Among them is the integration of traction batteries into the power structure of the...
As recently as yesterday, you might have thought that Tesla CEO Elon Musk would limit himself to selling $4 billion worth of stock in the company to partially fund the upcoming takeover of Twitter’s assets. In reality, that amount rose to $8.5...
A judge has denied Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s request to terminate his 2018 contract with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which requires the businessman to have all his Tesla-related tweets approved by an attorney. In the...
Korean automakers are among the pioneers in converting electric vehicle wiring systems to 800 volts. Benefits of such infrastructure include a noticeable reduction in charging time, but Tesla officials at a quarterly conference questioned the...
The common claim that a traction battery is one-third to one-half the cost of an electric car received an interesting clarification at the Tesla reporting conference: raw materials directly make up the cost of a car of this brand at about 10-15%...
