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Tesla fires three more, overriding guidance allowing workers to stay home during pandemic
Three Tesla workers say they’ve been fired after opting to stay home from the Fremont, Calif., factory rather than risk being potentially exposed to the coronavirus. The company, which reopened in May in defiance of county orders at CEO Elon Musk’s direction, told workers they could remain home if they had reservations about working during a pandemic. If “you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so,” Musk told workers in an email as he reopened the production plant.
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How Elon Musk aims to revolutionise battery technology
Elon Musk has perhaps the most exciting portfolio of businesses on the planet. There's SpaceX with its mission to Mars, and Tesla with its super-fast hi-tech electric cars. He claims his Hyperloop concept could revolutionise public transport. And even his Boring Company is kind of interesting - it aims to find new ways to dig tunnels. So which one will end up changing the world most? It is my contention that it will be his battery business.
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Tesla says Model S is the first EV to get 400 miles on a single charge
Tesla says its Model S Long Range Plus is the first electric vehicle to achieve over 400 miles of EPA-rated range. The company said in a news release Monday that the vehicle has "an official EPA-rated range of 402 miles, representing a nearly 20% increase in range when compared to a 2019 Model S 100D with the same battery pack design."
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Tesla leak shows Model 3 with 100 kWh battery pack, would have over 400-mile range
A new Tesla leak shows that the automaker has Model 3 vehicles with 100 kWh battery packs, which would result in over 400 miles of range. Late last year, Tesla hacker ‘Green’ found some code hinting at a Model 3 with a 100 kWh battery pack and Ludicrous mode.
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Tesla wins China approval to build Model 3 vehicles with LFP batteries: ministry
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has received government approval to build Model 3 vehicles in China equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, a document on Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website showed. Reuters exclusively reported in February that Tesla was in advanced talks to use LFP batteries from CATL (300750.SZ) that contain no cobalt - one of the most expensive metals in electric vehicle (EV) batteries - in cars made at its plant in China.
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Tesla’s Sales Fell 68% In The Netherlands And 92% In Norway In February
As Tesla shares rebound in Monday’s markets, the fundamentals have now completely disconnected from the valuation of the stock. Again. Apparently hopes of actions from central banks are more important than selling cars. Also, Wedbush this morning included Tesla in its list of Golden Opportunity stocks, apparently without the aid of an stock price chart, since Tesla’s stock’s close was Friday was double its level of early December 2019.
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Elon Musk reopens California Tesla factory in defiance of lockdown order
CEO announces electric carmaker would begin production Monday following weekend of threats over Covid-19 restrictions
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Hacker buys old Tesla parts on eBay, finds them full of user data
Data can be retrieved even after owners perform a factory reset, researcher says.
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'FREE AMERICA NOW': Elon Musk is now protesting US lockdowns
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is protesting the various lockdowns meant to curb the novel coronavirus' spread in the US. Late on Tuesday, Musk tweeted a Wall Street Journal opinion article that called into question how effective lockdown orders were for saving lives. "Give people their freedom back!" Musk tweeted next to the article link.
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Elon Musk's Battery Farm Is an Undeniable Success
More than two years after winning an electricity bet, Elon Musk’s resulting Australian solar and wind farm is an almost total success. The facility powers rural South Australia, whose population density falls between Wyoming and Alaska, the two least dense U.S. states.
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Tesla’s Success in Europe Catches Industry Off Guard
The Model 3 outsold some of the most popular luxury models in recent months. BMW, Mercedes and Audi risk missing the transition to electric cars.
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Tesla "big battery" in Australia is becoming a bigger nightmare for fossil fuel power generators
Tesla’s “big battery” utility-scale Powerpack system at the Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has yielded more than doubled the savings to consumers in 2019 than the year prior as it dominates fossil fuel generators on quicker demand response for the grid. Hornsdale Power Reserve saved consumers AUD116 million ($75.78 million) in 2019, a big jump from AUD40 million ($26.14 million) savings in 2018.
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NTSB slams Tesla, Apple and regulators over a fatal Autopilot crash
National Transportation Safety Board chairman blasts Tesla and 'government regulators' for jeopardizing traffic safety over Tesla’s Autopilot feature.
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Tesla Cybertruck's real-time response to payload via active suspension will upend the pickup truck industry
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the Tesla Cybertruck will come with a payload and towing calculator that shows real-time data to help drivers understand how extra loads affect the pickup truck and the vehicle’s driving experience.
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Tesla Autopilot Saved 8 Lives In Storm Dennis
Storm Dennis was brutal in the southern part of UK, but it didn’t stop Tesla’s Autopilot from working, and seemingly saving 8 lives. There were two Tesla Model X vehicles involved in an accident caused by Storm Dennis blowing down a 400-year-old oak tree into the paths of these vehicles. The crazy thing is that when the tree fell, each Tesla was on the opposite side of the other. They were coming from opposite directions.
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Tesla's Hardware 3 computer frightens legacy auto after Model 3 teardown: 'We cannot do it'
A new teardown of the Tesla Model 3 by Nikkei Business Publications just sent a shiver through the spine of legacy automakers. Based on the findings of the teardown, it is becoming evident that the company’s tech is on an entirely different level compared to the electronics used by veteran automakers today, and a lot of it has to do with Tesla’s custom Full Self-Driving computer.
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German court orders Tesla to stop felling trees for Gigafactory
A German court has ordered Tesla to stop clearing forest land near Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, in what is being hailed as a victory for environmental activists. The US electric carmaker announced plans last November to build a “Gigafactory” in Grünheide in the eastern state of Brandenburg.
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Tesla remotely disables Autopilot on used Model S after it was sold
Tesla has remotely disabled driver assistance features on a used Model S after it was sold to a customer, Jalopnik reports. The company now claims that the owner of the car, who purchased it from a third-party dealer — a dealer who bought it at an auction held by Tesla itself — “did not pay” for the features and therefore is not eligible to use them.
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Tesla could be worth $6 trillion in four years if it can land autonomous driving
The Driven Tesla’s share price surge over the past few days, and the past year, has stunned the financial markets and the automotive industry. But some analysts believe that we’ve seen nothing yet,…
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Elon Musk Is a SoundCloud Rapper Now, in 2020's Weirdest Twist
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the next logical step for a technological futurist: He has released a rap track, Don't Doubt ur Vibe, on SoundCloud.
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