Reports are coming in that the Kettleman City, California supercharger, which features solar power and a lounge area, is being upgraded to Tesla’s faster V3 supercharging technology. Only half the stalls are being upgraded at a time, so this should not affect availability of the station. Hopefully, the station will be completely upgraded before Thanksgiving […]
Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric car maker is going to build a new vehicle factory, “Gigafactory 4”, in the “Berlin Area”. Reuters Musk, in an awards ceremony in Germany, said the factory will be near the new Berlin airport, adding it will also create an engineering and […]
Filed under “this is fine”, we have this news from Bloomberg reporter Gabrielle Coppola: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has been manufacturing more cars and trucks than its U.S. dealers are willing to accept, at one point creating a nationwide stock of about 40,000 unordered vehicles and stoking tension with some of its retailers. Bloomberg No […]
Interesting story over at Automotive News this morning: Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler has discreetly warned financial analysts that CO2 compliance costs and market headwinds for next year would be much larger than previously thought and asked them to reduce their earnings estimates for the automaker by billions of euros Automotive News “Hey guys we saw your […]
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Hm, it looks like Tesla is now recognizing dogs as pedestrian objects (19.36.2.1)? Or is it? That was not spelled in release notes! pic.twitter.com/XtvTFoKHKB — green (@greentheonly) November 11, 2019
Tesla will exceed Daimler’s current market capitalization at a share price of $350 or above. This would make it the third most valuable auto maker on Earth, behind Japanese auto giant Toyota and German auto giant Volkswagen. View this spreadsheet I saw on Reddit for more information
Boom. Apple is aiming to release an augmented-reality headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023, The Information has learned. The Information God damn leakers… 🤬 Apple’s headset, code-named N301, will offer a hybrid of AR and VR capabilities, according to people familiar with the device. It resembles the Oculus Quest, […]
The range and performance update is now is in wide release. Here’s a little tip on how to get it faster (unverified by me) Just found a new TESLATIP for an update! If you press advanced 5 times in the software menu it checks for updates then it works. Had 3 friends and me test […]
Tesla short sellers are buying shares to cover their short positions like crazy — but the short burn hasn’t even begun. Tesla is the most shorted stock on the market. With the drop from around 45 million shares shorted to around 30 million shorts have decreased the size of their position by about a third, […]
