Archive: Tesla News

By Joey Klender Posted on March 31, 2020 Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock rose over 5% on Tuesday amidst the release of investment firm Credit Suisse’s adjusted delivery estimates for the electric car maker’s Q1 numbers. Credit Suisse estimated 75,000 and 80,000 deliveries for Tesla, a number that may very well be feasible due to the effects […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 31, 2020 The progress of Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai is one for the record books. While Gigafactory 1 in Nevada has remained roughly 30% complete for a few years now, the first phase of Giga Shanghai was completed in less than a year since its groundbreaking ceremony. Now, the facility’s […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 31, 2020 Tesla Energy has taken yet another step in its going ramp, rolling out a new online ordering system for its commercial solar solutions. This time around, customers ordering a large-scale solar system would be able to place orders for battery storage devices as well, all from the […]

By Joey Klender Posted on March 31, 2020 Chinese Premier Li Leqiang announced on Tuesday that the country would extend “new energy vehicle” subsidies for two additional years. The extension aims to combat economic downturns that have arisen from the halting of vehicle production as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging consumers to […]

By Joey Klender Posted on March 31, 2020 Elon Musk has announced that he and his companies have access to additional FDA-approved ventilators that can be shipped worldwide free of charge using Tesla’s delivery network. The announcement comes amidst requests for ventilators from medical facilities across the country and in foreign territories currently dealing with […]

By Joey Klender Posted on March 29, 2020 Tesla Model Y Camp Mode was put to the test by 6′ 3″ host Brian Jenkens of the i1Tesla YouTube channel. Camp Mode was added with the 2019.40.50 software update released in late December 2019. The feature is aimed at giving owners who spend extended periods of time […]

By Joey Klender Posted on March 30, 2020 Critics of the electric car movement have long used the argument that an EV’s manufacturing process cancels out its positive environmental impact. However, a new study from multiple European universities titled “Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time,” shows […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 30, 2020 An employee working at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada facility has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent to Panasonic employees working on the site. The correspondence was reportedly posted on Sunday, March 29, 2020.  As noted by News4, the afflicted Gigafactory 1 employee was onsite at the […]

By Joey Klender Posted on March 30, 2020 The Tesla Store in Wuhan, China, the city known as the center of the Chinese COVID-19 pandemic, officially resumed business on March 30 after a two-month closure. Vice President of Tesla China Grace Tao shared the update on Weibo around lunchtime in China on Monday. The store […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 30, 2020 To attain full self-driving and deploy a fleet of the Robotaxis as intended by CEO Elon Musk, Tesla would need to master how its vehicles respond to stop lights and stop signs. Fortunately, it appears that Tesla is making a lot of headway towards attaining this capability, […]