The hottest ticket in the world right now is Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event in Austin, Texas. The word that I’m hearing from both Matt Holm and Anuarbek Imanbaev, who run the local Tesla club in Austin, is that they’re encountering Tesla owners driving in from all over the country. Even crazier, many of these Tesla owners … [continued]
Tesla is closer to delivering its Giga Texas–made Model Ys. We’re on the last leg of the trip, with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification coming soon. Tesla has produced several Model Y all-electric crossovers at Giga Texas, and the EPA told Teslarati that once it approves the Texas-made Model … [continued]
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has announced the date of Tesla’s Giga Fest at Giga Texas — twice. He actually pulled a prank with the first one when he told us it would be on April 1st. A lot of people, including myself, were a little frustrated, but Elon wouldn’t be … [continued]
There are some new updates out for Tesla Giga Texas. We knew beforehand that Tesla was planning to create thousands of jobs in Austin building the gigafactory. Reuters reports that the figure is about 10,000 low-skilled jobs. As far as manufacturing, Tesla is already running full speed ahead with its … [continued]
When you are very small, growth percentages can be astronomical. Going from one in your first year to three in the next year to 30 gives growth of 200% and 900%. But after these first few years, 50% growth is considered crazy high. Tesla is now big enough that growth … [continued]
Tesla’s Giga Texas continues to grow and flourish, and yesterday, Jeff Roberts, one of the drone pilots who is part of the “Quad Squad” tracking progress at Giga Texas, was able to film large semi trucks delivering cathodes directly into the factory. They didn’t stop and unload like you would … [continued]
Austin welcomes Tesla’s decision to move its headquarters there, WTVB reports, but there are also some concerns related to housing. I’ll dive into that part momentarily, as I have thoughts I’d like to share on that topic. Mayor Steve Adler said that Tesla fits right in with Austin’s strong, innovative, … [continued]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently liked a tweet by the Austin Tesla Club. That tweet was the first in a three-part thread that revealed some interesting news. One of the key issues in Texas is that state law prevents Tesla owners from taking delivery of their vehicles. They would have … [continued]
Article courtesy of Tesla Oracle. Preparation of Tesla Model Y production at the automaker’s Gigafactory Texas has gained momentum lately. A few images from inside Giga Texas have leaked via a local observer, Joe Tegtmeyer. These images show that a test vehicle production line is now functional at this car … [continued]
The Boring Company has some big plans for Austin, KXAN reports. KXAN confirmed that The Boring Company met with the City of Austin about a possible underground transportation tunnel that would go from Giga Texas to Downtown Austin. “The City’s Development and Services Department says the company provided them a … [continued]
