Tesla Reaches Preliminary Battery-Supply Deal with CATL

This is big. Tesla Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement to start using CATL as a battery supplier for cars made in China from as early as next year, and the companies are in talks to expand the relationship globally, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg Globally, you say? Interesting… does that mean we could start […]

Tesla Expands in China in Preparation for Gigafactory 3

 Tesla Inc plans to double the number of repair and maintenance shops, add about 100 charging stations and revamp showrooms in China as the electric vehicle maker gears up to open its Shanghai plant. Reuters The work doesn’t stop at the factory. Building cars from the Shanghai factory is just the first step. Next we […]

What we (think) we know about the Tesla Cybertruck

The Tesla Cybertruck is the most interesting new product to come out of Tesla in a long time. There’s going to be a lot of new features and surprises when we see the truck in two weeks, so to tide us over until then, let’s go over what we know: Tesla will unveil its “Cybertruck” […]

Former Twitter Employees Paid by Saudi Arabia to Spy on Users

Disinformation campaigns on Twitter are near and dear to all of our hearts, so this story is sure to raise a few eyebrows. The Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia in a case that raises concerns about the ability of Silicon Valley to protect the private information of […]

S&P Global Revises Tesla Outlook to “Positive”

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday revised its outlook on Tesla Inc. bonds to positive, from negative, pinning it on the Silicon Valley car maker’s “recent debt reduction and stronger-than-expected cash flow” MarketWatch This is a bit overdue, but significant as investors pay attention to these securities ratings. Read the full story at MarketWatch

Tesla Cybertruck Unveil November 21 in Hawthorne

We have a date! We will be covering the event here. Praying to God for an invite… Cybertruck unveil on Nov 21 in LA near SpaceX rocket factory — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2019 and stop being such a tease Kimbal… I am most excited for the Cybertruck than any Tesla product since the […]

Vision Fund starting to look like a shit on a plate, posts $6.5 billion operating loss after WeWork and Uber crap their pants on the public markets

Visionary investor Masayoshi Son is disclosing the damage that Uber and WeWork did to their ridiculously massive venture capital fund last quarter… and it’s not pretty. The Japanese investment powerhouse on Wednesday reported its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years — about $6.5 billion –after writing down the value of a string of marquee […]

Mastodon is Back Online

The Mastadon server is now back online with enhanced security after a certain deranged lunatic wearing a purple shirt tried once again to cover up his crimes. For those who don’t know, Mastadon is an open source federated Twitter alternative. Anyone can setup their own server, and send “toots” between anyone else who has Mastadon […]