Tesla

Apple has lost a senior member of its autonomous electric car team to a startup focused on electric aviation. Michael Schwekutsch, who left Tesla to join Apple as senior director of engineering for Special Projects Group in 2019, has left the company to work for Archer. This is just the…

Grace Tao, vice president of Tesla China, said Giga Shanghai could reach its 500,000 vehicle production target this year. This means Tesla China will make at least 195,000 cars. It will also mean that Tesla will produce an average of at least 70,000 cars in November and December. 70,000 cars…

The $19 Apple Polishing Cloth turned out to be the star of Apple’s October special event, with orders facing delays until late January. Now, Tesla is naturally looking to cash in on the overpriced accessory hype, with the carmaker introducing a new “Cyberwhistle.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the new…

Ford is on track to sell more electric cars in the US this year than its biggest rival, GM.  Ford's Mustang Mach-E SUV has sold well, while GM had to stop building its Chevy Bolt EV and EUV.  Morgan Stanley expects that GM will beat Ford in EV sales over…

The all electric Polestar 2 is a seriously impressive car and a great alternative to the Tesla Model 3 and if you’re seriously considering it, you should definitely check out our 10,000 word detailed review of the Polestar 2. This afternoon the design studio has gone live for Australian customers,…

Tesla China is expanding to produce 1.5 million cars per year in 2022. Tesla is starting a US$188 million expansion that will complete in April 2022. Today (Nov. 26) the media learned from the environmental information disclosure platform that Tesla will expand the production line of its Shanghai plant. The…

Tesla vehicles are displayed in a showroom in Manhattan on April 04, 2019 in New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Tesla CEO Elon Musk told all employees in an email not to “sprint like crazy” to deliver cars, pointing out that although the company expends great effort, rushing…

Tesla’s plans to start manufacturing cars in Germany don’t seem to be progressing as well as hoped. Elon Musk has been railing against German red tape, which has delayed the opening of the Berlin Gigafactory. Now he has walked away from a huge European grant. The reasons for the latter…

lost subsidy — Delays to factory near Berlin left carmaker unable to meet EU state aid conditions. Peter Campbell, Joe Miller, and Edward White, FT - Nov 26, 2021 5:13 pm UTC Tesla has been forced to turn down more than 1.1 billion euros in European subsidies for its planned…

Caviar typically looks back when it comes to luxury – its phones are often clad in precious gold, expensive leather and sometimes even marble. But the company also likes to look towards the future, a future filled with electric cars and space exploration. At the intersection of both is Elon…