Hey, remember that large legacy automaker that made flashy promises about switching entirely to electric vehicles after they got caught cheating emissions tests and poisoning customers? I wonder how that transition is going? BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen faces a fine of more than 100 million euros ($121 million) for missing EU targets on carbon dioxide […]
It’s funny. For years, TSLA-Qanon has been assuring us that “the competition is coming”, and once it arrives legacy incumbents will wipe the floor with Tesla. Well, the competition is finally starting to arrive –– and it’s embarrassing. That’s right –– German luxury giant Mercedes-Benz has a new “urban entry model” EV, a compact SUV […]
Others are beginning to notice this as well. $TSLA is now well behind the OEM ICE “dinosaurs” in the largest global EV market. This isn’t supposed to be happening. https://t.co/BphM2HUjk4 — Diogenes (@WallStCynic) January 15, 2021 TSLA-Qanon short sellers, including the famed bear Jim Chanos, have warned that Tesla is at risk of falling behind […]
Last year, Gigafactory Shanghai ignited Tesla’s growth and allowed them to capitalize on the fast growing Chinese EV market in a way that just wasn’t possible before. Now, we’re about to see the same thing happen in Berlin with the construction of Tesla’s new European factory moving insanely quickly. But Berlin is an even bigger […]
At the Axel Springer awards in Berlin, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he would be sleeping in a conference room in the still under construction Gigafactory Berlin to “get a feel for the place”. You can watch the full event here:
We’re starting to learn a few things about Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Berlin as construction ramps up. We know that it will be beautiful, and feature a rave cave on the roof. We also know that it will feature Tesla’s latest technology including a revolutionary new auto body line, and the new ColorLab paint shop. […]
Take this rumor with a grain of salt, but Spring 2020 was floated as a possible construction start date by this ostensibly German source: Here is a short summary of the progress #Gigafactory4 since the announcement of Elon Musk on 12.11.2019..🔊 pic.twitter.com/QrqmFYlF3s — #Gf4 #Gigafactory4 (@Gf4Tesla) November 27, 2019
Bloomberg has a very interesting story about the negotiations between Tesla and local governments over the location of the European Gigafactory: Fresh from his experience building a factory in China, Musk had a demand that was as clear as it was hard to execute for notoriously bureaucratic Germans: to build the site as swiftly as the one […]
With all the talk of Gigafactory Berlin, its sibling Gigfactory in Shanghai may have gotten a little jealous for attention. Tesla Inc. won permission to start mass production at its China factory, clearing one of the last hurdles to begin selling locally built cars in the world’s largest electric-vehicle market. Bloomberg Permits secured baby 😎 […]
Today at Das Goldene Lenkard, the German new car-model award ceremony, Tesla made a surprise announcement: the location for the European Gigafactory will be in the Berlin area. Leaving aside the announcement itself, the video of the ceremony itself feels surprising and historic in a lot of ways –– so let’s pick it apart together […]
