Below is a Letter to the Editor from on the ground near Tesla Giga Berlin, by Madeindex Blog, with minor editing. If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, please visit this link. In this post, I would like to address the situation around Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin … [continued]
I just listened to Tesla’s 3rd quarter 2023 conference call for investors, and it didn’t come across at all like normal Tesla [NASDAQ:TSLA] quarterly conference calls. It was very low key and Elon Musk even sounded a bit depressed*. Naturally, gross margins are down (a lot), the Cybertruck is delayed … [continued]
Why did Tesla move design & initial production of its next-generation platform for the $25,000 compact car & robotaxi from Mexico to Austin?
Tesla announced a week ago that Giga Texas (its large factory just outside of Austin, Texas) had produced 10 million of the company’s new 4680 battery cells. That sounds like a lot! Well, let’s be honest, that is a lot! However, it’s probably not as many as you’d think on … [continued]
Earlier this year, Tesla announced plans to open a new Gigafactory in the Mexican state of Nuevo León in the coming years. According to one company official, the plant may be looking to local suppliers that can grow alongside Tesla in the North American country. Tesla employee Eugenio Grandio, who currently … [continued]
There are somewhat mixed views on the newsworthiness of the Tesla Investor Day on March 1st, 2023. I sat through the whole event live and took notes of what I thought was news. Maybe you did too? Maybe you didn’t? Maybe you have already read and viewed a myriad of … [continued]
The Mexican government says Tesla will build a new Gigafactory near Monterrey that could be the largest Tesla factory in the world.
Milenio, a Mexican news outlet, is reporting this week that Tesla has concluded an agreement with the state of Nueve Léon to build a new factory west of the city of Santa Catarina. CleanTechinca readers may recall that Nueve Léon is home to so many suppliers for the Tesla Gigafactory … [continued]
As U.S. automaker Tesla continues to ramp up production in Germany at its new Brandenburg Gigafactory, the company is already looking to make expansions to the plant. Within the past few weeks, the company has been prepping an application for expansion and is beginning to clear local pine forests for … [continued]
Elon Musk has an ambitious goal for 2030 for Tesla. He wants the US automaker to be producing 20 million vehicles a year by the end of 2030. For some context, Tesla’s current production and delivery rate is just above a million cars a year. Zooming out and looking at … [continued]
