Tesla is expanding auto service centers as Model 3 debut nears
Tesla Inc stated it is broadening its auto service centers and adding 350 mobile service vans as it gets ready to support its Model 3 sedan, a mass-market vehicle that is expected to drive a 500 percent boost in the electric vehicle business’s sales. A senior executive talking on behalf of the company informed Reuters
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Tesla April registrations fall in crucial California market
Registrations of Tesla vehicles in California, without a doubt the largest market of the high-end electric car maker, dropped 24 percent in April from a year earlier, as per the information from IHS Markit. The findings come as financiers stress that demand for Tesla’s luxury Model S sedan is fading ahead of the mass market
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Elon Musk posts images of first Tesla Model 3 production car
Following months of expectation, Elon Musk has finally revealed the first look of a real Model 3. Tesla has been dealing with a minimal production run of the Model 3, its new electrical vehicle that is expected to be offered to the public at the end of the month. On Saturday, Musk tweeted photos of
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Third-quarter deliveries to include 3,500 vehicles in transit, says Tesla
Tesla stated current-quarter deliveries are going to include about 3,500 vehicles that were in transit to clients at the end of the 2nd quarter, on a day the automaker’s first Model 3 rolls off the assembly line. The automaker stated on Monday it has made deliveries of about 47,100 electric sedans and SUVs during first
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First Tesla Model 3 To Be Completed By Friday, Tweets Elon Musk
Elon Musk tweeted late on Sunday night about the Tesla Model 3. In the first tweet, he mentioned that the upcoming Tesla Model 3 had passed all regulative requirements two weeks ahead of schedule and that the first (SN1) Model 3 would be finished by this Friday. Previously this year it was reported that production
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Tesla’s stock drops after Model S couldn’t qualify for IIHS top safety award
Shares of Tesla Inc fell 2.5% in premarket trade Thursday, extending the earlier session’s sharp selloff, following the ratings from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), where the automaker’s Model S couldn’t get a top safety award. After toppling 7.2% on Wednesday, the stock was on its way to open Thursday 17% below its June
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Two Tesla drivers drove a Model S for a record 560 miles in one charge
Tesla has stated its longest-range Model S is able to drive 572 kilometers (355 miles) on a single charge, however two drivers went beyond that limit by more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) on Tuesday. Steven Peeters, the owner of a Tesla Model S P100D, and his pal Joeri Cools used a method called hypermiling
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Tesla fatal ‘Autopilot’ crash: Joshua Brown got multiple warnings, says U.S. government
An individual killed in a fatal accident in 2016 while using the semi-autonomous driving system on his Tesla Model S sedan kept his hands off the wheel for prolonged periods of time regardless of repeated automated cautions not to do so, a U.S. government report stated. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided 500 pages
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Tesla Model X gets best crash score from NHTSA of any SUV
The Tesla Model X achieved a complete 5-star crash score from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the electric car manufacturer announced Tuesday. Which obviously means the automobile is indeed pretty safe. However what’s most remarkable is that the Model X is the first SUV to achieve 5-star ratings across the board, in
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Tesla shareholder votes against the annual election of directors
Tesla stated its investors authorized all five of its proposals, including one that shot down a move to make its directors represent reelection each year, at the company’s yearly shareholder meeting on Tuesday. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds had prompted fellow Tesla shareholders to choose a proposal targeted at the declassification of the company’s
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First buyers of Tesla’s Model 3 get two options: color, wheel size
Buyers of Tesla’s upcoming Model 3 car will only get two options in configuration, a policy that will let the automaker quickly increase production of its mass-market car, CEO Elon Musk informed investors on Tuesday. “You just have to decide what color you desire and what size wheels, a minimum of for the initial production,”
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Tesla and Sunrun expected to start Nevada rooftop solar sales again
U.S. solar companies Tesla Inc and Sunrun Inc stated they would resume selling rooftop panels in Nevada due to the fact that legislators passed a bill restoring a policy the state had deserted 18 months ago. Assembly Bill 405, which advocates stated they anticipate Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to check in coming days, would require
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Tesla’s upcoming Model 3 will be instrument-free, Elon Musk
Elon Musk stated that the upcoming Model 3 saloon will lift Tesla’s yearly production numbers to as much as 500,000 cars. He stated it will be smaller, more budget-friendly, however less technically advanced than a Model S. And he added that it doesn’t really require standard instruments or buttons. On at least that 3rd point,
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Anand Mahindra Invites Elon Musk to Produce EVs in India
When 2 stalwarts of electric-car market reverse, people listen. Precisely the same occurred when Anand Mahindra, asked Elon Musk to produce electric cars in India. India’s enthusiastic plan to make the nation all-electric by 2030 caught Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s attention. Time you got out here Elon. You don't want to leave that whole
Toyota sells all shares in Tesla following the end of their tie-up
Toyota Motor stated on Saturday it had sold all shares in Tesla Inc by the end of last year, having canceled its tie-up with the United States luxury automaker to collectively develop electric vehicles. Japan’s biggest car manufacturer had purchased around a 3 percent stake in the Palo Alto-based automaker for $50 million. Toyota representative