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Elon Musk Tweet: Your Tesla Might Soon Make you Money if You Don’t Use It

Mila Luleva — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:17:49 +0000

Car-sharing program by Tesla might very soon give Uber and Lyft a good run for their money. Tesla Network is getting close to becoming very real. Elon Musk has been teasing his followers and customers for quite some time now. He has been dropping hints about his brand new car sharing program, but nothing has […]

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Model Y Officially Joins Tesla Family

Mila Luleva — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:43:01 +0000

Tesla’s Model Y is the latest member of the family of supers. It is the second mass-market vehicle, which is long-range, affordable and aims to reach wider audience. During a massive event in Los Angeles earlier this month, the giant in electric vehicle manufacturing, Tesla, revealed their newest car. Tesla Model Y is here. Model […]

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Elon Musk Reveals Test Tunnels with Teslas Moving on Tracking Wheels

Mila Luleva — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:09:38 +0000

The Boring Company, owned by Elon Musk, presented their revolutionary new development. A tunnel, which accommodates autonomous electric vehicles, and Tesla cars on tracking wheels, serving as public transport. When it comes to innovation in the automotive world, Elon Musk is by far the visionary that leads the way. His ideas and developments always combine […]

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Tesla Model Y to use Different Platform Than Model 3, With 95% Reduction in Wiring

Matthew Fiala — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:33:12 +0000

The Model Y is Under Wraps Elon Musk commented that the Model Y will feature a 95% reduction in wiring as compared to the Model 3 — with the aim of greatly reducing the need for a human manufacturing workforce. The Model 3 itself featured a large reduction in wiring as well, as compared to the […]

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Tesla just outsold Mercedes-Benz in the US

Matthew Fiala — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:27:46 +0000

Elon Musk must be the happiest man in the world. During the third quarter of this year, Tesla sold 69,935 vehicles in the U.S., compared to Mercedes-Benz which only sold 66,542. Tesla, an eight-year start-up company, toppled the Mercedes-Benz, a company that invented the car 132 years ago. According to Atherton Research, Tesla was only […]

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Tesla Aims for New Neural Net Computer in Production in 6 Months

Matthew Fiala — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:12:36 +0000

Elon Musk said that Tesla will soon release the company’s new neural net computer. He claims it will be the ‘world’s most advanced computer for autonomous driving’. The new computer is expected to be in production in 6 months and can supposedly host a 500-2000% increase in operations per second. Over 3 years in the […]

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Tesla limits available car colors to streamline production

Matthew Fiala — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:18:42 +0000

Elon Musk and Tesla have had difficulty meeting mass production goals so far for 2018. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday that two car color options will be eliminated to streamline its production of electric cars. Tesla vehicles will no longer be available in Obsidian Black & Metallic Silver. These are two car […]

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Elon Musk: $25,000 Electric Car From Tesla In the Next 3 Years

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:18:40 +0000

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, gave an interesting video interview to well-known Youtuber Marques Brownlee. The most important part of an interview was admitting that the company plans to produce even more affordable vehicles, than “$35,000 Tesla Model 3”. He believes that they will develop a $25,000 electric car in a few years. For a […]

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Elon Musk Commits to Solve the Flint Water Crisis

Arsenij Percov — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:35:17 +0000

It was 2014 when the Flint water crisis started. It was caused by changing the source of drinking water from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the much cheaper Flint River. After that, because of insufficient water treatment, lead leached from the pipes into the drinking water, exposing 100,000 residents. It caused 12 deaths […]

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The new Tesla Roadster – will it beat down gasoline cars?

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:50:04 +0000

Tesla`s story is not such a long one, as it is a perplexing one, with a motto at its beginnings in 2003 to “accelerate the advent of electric vehicles“. In spite the fact it all started with the Roadster, the brand`s portfolio has after 14 years expanded, not only to include electric cars and semi […]

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Tesla Now World’s Fourth Largest Car Company by Value

Nicholas Say — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:06:35 +0000

Elon Musk has done a seemingly impossible task. In a little over a decade, Tesla Motors has risen to be one of the most valuable car companies in the world, and they only produce electric vehicles! Tesla shipped around 70,000 cars last year, so there are many that wonder about how such a small production […]

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Tesla Commits to Build Largest Lithium Ion Battery Ever In Australia

Nicholas Say — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:00:05 +0000

When Elon Musk takes on a project, he doesn’t mess about. World’s first 100% electric car brand? Now it’s one the worlds largest car companies when measured via market cap. And it hasn’t even been a decade since the first Tesla rolled onto public roads. Now the visionary industrialist is taking on public infrastructure, […]

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Elon Musk Doesn’t Do It For The Money

Nicholas Say — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:55:58 +0000

Apparently Elon Musk has been the target of some rather negative comments lately, and specifically that he only started Tesla motors to take advantage of government subsidies. Well he has gone on the record, and banished this fiction from the public mind once and for all. Mr. Musk was driven to start Tesla Motors in […]

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Elon Musk Drops Trump In Wake Of Paris Pull-Out

Nicholas Say — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:51:16 +0000

There is little room for interpretation in the latest move my the illustrious Mr. Musk. Within hours of President Trump‘s decision to formally exit the Paris Accords, Elon Musk decided that he had gone well over the line, and left the President’s Business Panel. The Paris Accords are a well liked international initiative, and they […]

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Elon Musk Pushes Tesla Closer Toward a Workerless, Automated Factory

Nicholas Say — Tue, 23 May 2017 12:56:22 +0000

There aren’t two ways about it, Elon Musk is a visionary. His latest goal is something that falls right on the border of madness, but if anyone can pull it off, he can. His new goal is to phase out the use of human labor in Tesla factories, and instead use automation to an extent […]

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Tesla Solar Roof Goes on Sale

Mila Luleva — Thu, 18 May 2017 12:53:17 +0000

Wave good-bye to regular solar panels, as Tesla’s revolutionary Solar Roof goes on sale. The solar energy industry has been blooming over the last couple of years. Not only that technology improved drastically, but it also became much more affordable (and therefore desirable) to everyone. Home solar power, in particular, went trough an incredible transformation. […]

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Elon Musk’s Master Plan for Sustainable Energy

Courtney Lepping — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:56:57 +0000

Remember when Elon Musk devised a “Master Plan” for developing a feasible electric car? Recognize how the company’s goals have changed since 2006 when Musk announced he would use proceeds from a low-volume electric car, only to sell a medium-volume car and eventually develop an affordable electric car. Musk has always envisioned a car company […]

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Plans to Acquire Elon Musk’s SolarCity, Offer Joint Services

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:25:53 +0000

Tesla and SolarCity plan to merge energy-efficient products for consumers. Solar City, which produces and installs solar panels, and Tesla, which produces battery-powered vehicles, recently engaged in an offer for Tesla to acquire SolarCity. Tesla seeks to acquire SolarCity’s common stock and give Tesla’s common shares in return. A definite agreement and approval has yet […]

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How Elon Musk’s Tweet Made Panasonic $800mln Richer

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:27:05 +0000

From a simple Tweet, Tesla’s Elon Musk allowed Samsung’s share price to drop as Panasonic’s increased by $800 million. Tesla Motors is partnering up with Panasonic Corp to provide batteries for the Model 3 which will rival the BMW 3-series. The Model 3 sedan is a creation that promises a change from 0 to 60 […]

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Tesla P100D Logo Found in Model S Firmware, Elon Musk Reacts Totally Unexpected

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:46:32 +0000

One hacker (aka “Security Expert”) named Jason Hughes cracked open the firmware on his own Tesla Model S and revealed to the world that Tesla is about to unveil a 100 kWh Model S they will call P100D. Now, think about this: what is the target public for Teslas? Most are lawyers, doctors, engineers and […]

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Tesla Plans to Build the Model 3 in China Starting 2017

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:19:59 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to begin marketing and selling the Model S in China, but there are a lot of costs associated with exporting vehicles across the ocean. That’s why he plans to work with a Chinese manufacturer to begin building the electric cars there, instead. That will let Tesla drop the price of […]

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Elon Musk Reveals How Difficult It Is to Build Tesla Model X

Annika Tostengard — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:25:18 +0000

The Model X launched in the San Francisco Bay Area and was a huge success. Although the event celebrated the green tech company’s accomplishments, CEO Elon Musk also took the opportunity to explain just how much of a pain the Model X was to build. The vehicle is complicated and insanely high-tech, to the point that Musk […]

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745 Miles of Range for Tesla Cars by 2020, Says Elon Musk

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 07:07:39 +0000

In a recent interview with a Danish television station Elon Musk revealed that Tesla is working hard to increase the range of their electric vehicles. The current Model S distance record is 700 kilometers, and Musk believes they will reach 1,000 kilometers “within a year or two”. Of course, 700 kilometers is practically impossible under normal […]

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What Refugee Crisis and Climate Change Have in Common

Annika Tostengard — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 07:06:13 +0000

Elon Musk has been busy. He was recently interviewed for Danish television about the range of Model S batteries, and on Thursday of this week warned of the consequences of climate change while speaking at a business seminar in Berlin organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Musk drew attention to the […]

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