Tesla

• [New] The German manufacturer wants to overtake Tesla and intends to become the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles in the world by 2025! 2021
• [New] The Volkswagen Group has the advantage of owning a host of different car manufacturers and will eventually have a much larger range of electric vehicles in its range than Tesla. Carscoops
• [New] By 2030, Tesla could be making 40 million cars per year and have over 100 million cars on the road. NextBigFuture.com
• [New] The heavy import duties thereby affect the price of Tesla cars which could considerably shrink its market in India. Republic World
• [New] While electric cars are in vogue, and companies like Tesla command share prices that could make a legacy automaker envious, automotive insiders continue to voice concerns over how ready the world is to fully shift to electric vehicles. newzlane.com
• [New] The German government is finalizing a subsidy package that could give Tesla over $1 billion in government funding for its new battery factory at Gigafactory Berlin. Electrek
• [New] Germany plans to decide by the end of 2021 how much subsidies Tesla Berlin super factory will receive for battery manufacturing. rayradar
• [New] Tesla hopes to start production at Berlin factory in October: Elon Musk. Busienss Standard
• 2021 could see Tesla surpass four times the fourth quarter of 2020 by 200,000 cars with the continued ramping of China. NextBigFuture.com
• Texas will not even allow Tesla and other EV manufacturers to sell cars direct to consumers in their state. Autoevolution
• The annual output of Tesla's Gigafactory, the world's largest battery factory, could store three minutes' worth of annual U.S. electricity demand. Consciousness of Sheep
• The Center for Auto Safety alleges Tesla has a history of deceptive advertising, and warn that the use of the term Autopilot leads consumers to believe that Teslas have more self-driving capabilities than they actually do. Automotive News
• Tesla is continuing with the construction of the Battery Factory at Giga Berlin, which will produce the innovative 4680 tabless battery cells. TESMANIAN
• By the end of 2021, the localization rate of Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory will reach about 90%. China Money Network
• With the Texas gigafactory and the German gigafactory on the cusp of starting production, Tesla will soon be producing five million cars per year. CleanTechnica
• Tesla is building its own big battery at the Moss Landing site, a 182.5 MW/730MWh battery storage system that will include 235 Tesla Megapack battery units. reneweconomy
• In unveiling plans for the Tesla Bot, Musk appeared to envision a humanoid robot that would need enough intelligence to self - navigate, but ultimately would be aimed at repetitive and tedious tasks - perhaps helping to build Tesla cars on the assembly line or carrying bags for human owners. FierceElectronics
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently said his company plans to build a humanoid robot, leveraging its learnings from developing AI-based self-navigation for autonomous vehicles. FierceElectronics

Last updated: 19 September 2021