Elon Musk announces ‘tabless’ battery for Tesla’s electric cars that is six times more powerful

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a ‘tabless’ battery at the firm’s live-streamed ‘Battery Day’ that had attendees sitting in their own Tesla watching the billionaire speak on a stage.  Musk shared the firm is currently producing the cell, dubbed 4680, at its pilot Fremont gigafactory -making it Tesla’s first in-house battery. Eliminating the tabs allows for … Read more

Is Tesla’s share price plunge a buying opportunity or warning?

Is this week’s Tesla share price plunge a great buying opportunity or a signal to stay well away? asks ALEX SEBASTIAN By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 14:18 BST, 9 September 2020 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 9 September 2020 A pullback in Tesla shares after the meteoric rise over recent weeks was inevitable. … Read more

Elon Musk tweets render of Las Vegas loop station where Tesla’s will cart passengers underground

Elon Musk tweets first renders of Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop station where passengers will board high-speed Teslas that whisk them across the city’s convention center The render shows a hub where passengers board driverless Tesla’s Cars will zip passengers at 150 mph across the Las Vegas Convention Center  Elon Musk says in a corresponding … Read more

Elon Musk shares render of Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory’ Berlin that will open in 2021

Elon Musk shares render of Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory’ Berlin that will open in 2021 and be the automaker’s first full vehicle factory in Europe The vast construction facility is being being in Grünheide, 25 miles from Berlin When completed, it will produce battery parts, power trains and Model Y cars This ‘Gigafactory 4’ will join its predecessors in Nevada, … Read more

We drive the electric Polestar 2 – a rival to Tesla’s popular Model 3

Now here’s something to get your teeth into. Serving up the most important fresh dish on their automotive menu, the Swedish style-council behind the modernist Polestar 2 electric car tell me their watchword has been ‘vegan as standard’.  That means the man-made and plant-based textiles and seat-coverings of the spare but comfortable designer interior are … Read more

We drive the electric Polestars 2 – a rival to Tesla’s popular Model 3

Now here’s something to get your teeth into. Serving up the most important fresh dish on their automotive menu, the Swedish style-council behind the modernist Polestar 2 electric car tell me their watchword has been ‘vegan as standard’.  That means the man-made and plant-based textiles and seat-coverings of the spare but comfortable designer interior are … Read more

How the settings for the aggression level of Tesla’s computerised driver hardly inspire confidence

The car that drives like Mad Max: How the settings for the aggression level of Tesla’s computerised driver hardly inspire confidence In Providence, Rhode Island, trial was held to see if driverless buses might work  Vehicles were programmed with a set route but the programming was in winter First self-driving vehicles were ships using a … Read more

Tesla’s new V3 faster charger in Park Royal can charge in 15 minutes

Tesla installs its 500th European Supercharger station in London and it can replenish electric car batteries in 15 MINUTES Park Royal service station in West London is the 500th EU Supercharger station There are now 4,700 individual Tesla chargers across 24 countries in Europe London destination is also the first outside the US to get the … Read more