Tesla officially announced Tom Zhu's new position in a recent SEC filing. Tom Zhu is listed as Tesla's Senior Vice President of Automotive under Executive Officers, a significant role for the former Giga Shanghai CEO.
Zhu has been with Tesla...
The American manufacturer Lucid Group, which makes the high-end all-electric Air sedan, announced in a regulatory filing that it is restructuring and reducing employment by 18%.
By the end of the second quarter, all 1,300 affected employees will have been...
At the 2023 Investor Day, Tesla confirmed its plans to to introduce a 48V electronic system, which is still a rare solution in the automotive industry after many years.
In the 1960s, the automotive industry switched from 6V to 12V....
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it has launched a preliminary investigation into 120,000 Tesla Model Y SUVs following two shocking reports of steering wheels falling off while driving.
According to an incident posted on Twitter, a...
The Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin has passed a major milestone. According to a recent announcement from Giga Berlin's official social media account for Europe, the electric vehicle manufacturer successfully produced 4,000 Model Y in one week.
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Quick marks puts Giga...
The White House said that a portion of Tesla's extensive charging network in the United States will soon be open to electric vehicles from other manufacturers.
The action is in response to the $7.5 billion government investment in charging infrastructure...
Redwood Materials, a recycling venture founded in 2017 by Tesla's former Chief Technology Officer and cofounder JB Straubel, received a conditional loan of $2 billion from the Department of Energy, which previously assisted Tesla.
The funding will be used by...
The long-awaited Tesla Semi truck has begun to arrive at customers, with Pepsi receiving the first deliveries. In an effort to increase truck production, Tesla announced a $3.6 billion investment in Nevada to build a second Gigafactory where the...
Last year, Tesla was having a hard time keeping up with demand as supply chain shortages caused huge order backlogs. In a turn of events, towards the end of the year, manufacturing outpaced new orders. To mitigate that, Tesla...
Despite Tesla share value plummeting over 67% in the last 12 months, the company is still pushing on with expansion. The latest development involves nearly a billion-dollar expansion of its Austin, Texas factory, also known as Giga Texas.
According to...
Tesla is introducing new incentives to entice new buyers this holiday season. They include added free supercharging miles and price discounts.
Customers in the United States who purchase a new Model 3 or Model Y and take delivery by the...
ZOLA Electric, the Emerging Market energy technology company, has announced its market entry to Haiti, in partnership with renewable energy pioneer Haiti Green Solutions to address the Energy Crisis effecting millions across the country.
The launch is the...
Elon Musk was the world's richest person by a huge margin a few months ago, as of this week he is no longer number one as Tesla's stock has dropped more than 3% today and more than 50% year...
Earlier, Chinese media reported that Elon Musk is considering stepping down as CEO of Tesla and naming Tesla China President Tom Zhu as worldwide CEO.
According to Bloomberg, Tom Zhu is already in the United States. Nonetheless, according to the...
Elon Musk revealed new details about their upcoming Cybertruck pick-up truck while delivering the new Tesla Semi Truck.
According to Elon Musk, Tesla will finally enter the ultrafast EV charging era with the Cybertruck, as the electric pickup will be...
Model 3 and Y have given Tesla the most success in comparison to their other offerings. Tesla is looking forward to fine-tuning the Model 3 in order to compete with a slew of newer and cheaper electric vehicles from...
Tesla's stock has been falling in recent weeks, but this is due to a broader market situation and possibly the Twitter saga, despite that, its sales and deliveries have reached new highs, according to Q3 results announced .
The company...
Tesla has introduced a home charging station that is also compatible with non-Tesla electric automobiles. For autos made for the North American market, Tesla uses its own exclusive connector, unlike all other electric car manufacturers which means that the company's home chargers...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that production of the company's semi-trailer truck, dubbed the Semi, has begun.
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Musk also confirmed that Pepsi, which ordered 100 Class 8 trucks after their debut in 2017, will be among the first...
The Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin caught fire. The fire started at a recycling plant attached to the main facility. It happened at 3 a.m. local time in Germany.
A large amount of cardboard and wood caught fire in the factory's recycling facility, according to German media. It is currently unknown what caused the incident. The flames could be seen from afar, and it took 50 firefighters, 12 of whom were from Tesla's own brigade, to put out the fire.
Around 8 a.m., the combined teams were able Extinguish the fire. Fortunately, there have been no reports of injured factory workers.
Unlike many other fires at electric vehicle manufacturing plants, this one had nothing to do with EVs or their frequently problematic battery packs.
According to German media, citizens in the plant's immediate vicinity are now calling for a...
Tesla has officially started offering the Model Y crossover in the Standard Range rear-wheel-drive (RWD) version in Europe.
The Long Range AWD model is now the least expensive Model Y in the United States, starting at $65,990. The Model Y...
Tesla's Semi Truck may finally hit the streets by the end of this year, after numerous delays due to various factors, including battery supply constraints in 2021. The information comes from Tesla's CEO Elon Musk Twitter post.Â
Tesla made strides...
Tesla has been accused of false advertising by California's Department of Motor Vehicles for promoting its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features as providing autonomous vehicle control.
The DMV claims that the electric-carmaker misled customers by using advertising language that exaggerated...
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, stated during the company's annual shareholder meeting that an announcement about the next Gigafactory could be made later this year.
During a speech at the Gigafactory Texas meeting dubbed Cyber Roundup, Musk mentioned that Tesla...
Volkswagen Group of America announced a partnership with Redwood Materials for the purpose of giving EV batteries a second life through recycling.Â
Redwood Materials was formed in 2017 by former Tesla Co-founder JB Straubel with the aim of EV battery...
A few days ago, Tesla reportedly closed its San Mateo office, terminating 200 hourly workers in the process. This was part of a larger goal of reducing 10% of its salaried employees.Â
However, it seems that the decision may have...
According to the Financial Times, the Warren Buffet backed BYD automaker has surpassed Tesla as the best-selling EV brand in the world based on the most recent sales data for the first half of this year. In fact, BYD...
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, reportedly informed executives in early June that the company needed to make a 10% employee reduction due to a "super bad feeling" about the economy. Recent reports are now showing the locations of...
Tesla stated that 1,000 Model Y vehicles were produced in a week at the Gigafactory Berlin. On the factory floor, a huge group of employees took a photo, some holding a "1000" banner, to celebrate the milestone.
The world's richest...
Billionaire Elon Musk has been hit with a $258 billion lawsuit for allegedly engaging in a crypto pyramid scheme "Dogecoin cryptocurrency". The lawsuit was filed by in a federal court in Lower Manhattan by US Citizen Keith Johnson against...