2108 has been a real breakout year for Tesla. It has gone from being a niche producer of electric vehicles (EVs) to becoming the dominant seller of not just EVs, but of all luxury cars too.
The surprise to many is that Tesla also dominated the overall sedan market by having the top selling car in the US in terms of revenue!
This may be the biggest year of growth from one company in the history of the auto industry.
After seeing Elon Musk’s reply to Ryan McCaffrey’s offer to help educate new owners during the big delivery push for the end of Q3, I headed over to the Tampa delivery center on Sunday, September 23rd.
Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter last night that 6 planeloads of equipment that Tesla just flew from Germany to California are indeed robots from Grohmann. Don’t envision Westworld-like robots occupying all the seats in a jumbo jet, enjoying the latest movie. These are automated assembly systems for the Gigafactory to solve the last problems with battery module assembly. For over half a year, it is known that the biggest hurdle to ramping the Model 3 production is unexpected limitations of the battery assembly line.
Did you fall for this clickbait headline? You are not alone. Even the serious Dutch press thought it worthy to write about a car factory in California which performs normal scheduled upgrades/improvements on their production line while it is in development. When the local village paper in Fremont, California, mentions it because of the extra visitors to the shopping mall, that is understandable. But what crazy world do we live in that this is worldwide news? This has happened a number of times, by the way.
The production efficiency of the Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X has been improved greatly in recent years, a spokesperson for Tesla has revealed to CleanTechnica and other media outlets in response to some recent CNBC coverage.
This Tesla Model 3 infographic features a handful of stunning charts on auto company production, market capitalization, revenue … and of course the Tesla Model 3.
Moments ago, Tesla released its quarter 2 (Q2) 2016 production/delivery figures — well, the generic stats, not country-specific or month-specific figures. As indicated in the title, Tesla produced 20% more vehicles in Q2 than in Q1 — 18,345 vehicles vs 14,820 vehicles. That’s another quarterly record for Tesla. Though, Tesla’s previous estimate for … [continued]
