Archive: Tesla News

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 3, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Speaking on Capitol Hill, US secretary of defense Michael Griffin recently stated that AI-based self-driving vehicles would likely be used by the army before autonomous cars start roaming America’s streets. According to Griffin, AI-powered self-driving vehicles could play a role in […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 3, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla is expecting a 10-day shutdown in production sometime in the second quarter, as the company continues to address line bottlenecks and focus on reaching its 5,000-vehicle-per-week production rate goal for the Model 3. The upcoming shutdown follows another halt at […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 3, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CTO JB Straubel revealed the first details of the company’s upcoming Supercharger V3 network during the company’s recently conducted first-quarter earnings call. The discussion about the next-generation charging stations came as a response to a question […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 3, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Speaking during the Q1 2018 earnings call, Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s next Gigafactory would be built in China. What’s more, Musk stated that all future Gigafactories would support the manufacture of the company’s vehicles. Musk’s update on its factory plans […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 2, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated during Wednesday’s Q1 2018 earnings call that the company has managed to reduce the time it takes to produce a Model 3 battery pack by 94%, from 7 hours to under 17 minutes. According to Musk, […]

By Christian Prenzler Posted on May 2, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Following consistent delays in Model 3 production, Tesla is attempting to fine-tune their automation strategy to solve production bottlenecks. As noted in Tesla’s Q1 Earnings Report, the company is currently producing 2,270 Model 3’s per week, less than half of the 5,000/week […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 2, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla’s first-quarter earnings for 2018 saw the California-based carmaker beat Wall Street revenue estimates after posting $3.4 billion in revenue and beating earnings estimates with a loss of $568 million. The results, which were posted in an update letter to investors […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 2, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Emirates Driving Institute (EDI), a driving school based in Dubai, recently unveiled the latest addition to its fleet of vehicles — a sleek Tesla Model X. According to EDI, its decision to offer driving lessons in the Model X comes amid […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 2, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments A Tesla owner recently shared a video of his vehicle successfully navigating a narrow construction zone on Autopilot. As could be seen in the short clip, the Tesla was able to adjust its speed, detect obstacles on the road, and traverse […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 2, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla Semi rival Nikola Motors has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against the California-based electric car and energy company. According to trucking startup, the Tesla Semi’s design infringes on the patents of the Nikola One, its hydrogen fuel cell-powered sleeper cab. […]