Bloomberg New Energy Finance has released its annual long-term forecast of the world’s electric vehicle market. The report looks at how economics, technology, policy, and consumer behavior will impact EV adoption between now and 2040. According to the findings: Electric vehicles take majority share of new car sales We estimate that EVs will account for…
News that Tesla may launch its own music streaming service was met last week with confusion. But, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas says autonomy will make cars the “4th screen,” therefore it’s not absurd that Tesla would pursue revenue from media. In a note published Tuesday, Jonas said: “These firms could cede 100 percent of…
Tesla is reportedly talking to the music industry about how it could offer its own music streaming service to customers. According to Recode, “Music industry sources say the carmaker has had talks with all of the major labels about licensing a proprietary music service that would come bundled with its cars, which already come equipped with…
Tesla has confirmed in a Bloomberg report that it is working with the Shanghai government to potentially produce cars in China. Such a deal would would likely enable Tesla to bring down manufacturing, labor and shipping costs. It would eliminate a 25 percent import tariff that makes Tesla’s vehicles more expensive in China. Bloomberg previously reported…
Big changes have been made to Tesla’s Autopilot team. VP of Autopilot Software Chris Lattner has left the company, tweeting that Tesla was not a good fit. New to the company is deep learning and computer vision expert Andrej Karpathy, who most recently worked at OpenAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence nonprofit. Karpathy’s title will be…
Tesla is nearing an agreement to produce cars in China, according to a report from Bloomberg. The automaker would build facilities in the Lingang development zone of Shanghai, the report said. A local production effort would allow Tesla to avoid a 25 percent tax on vehicles, significantly lowering the price for consumers and helping Tesla…
Tesla has launched a contest that gives people the chance to test drive a Model S P100D or Model X P100D on “some of the greatest driving roads in Europe.” According the the contest website, “This prize includes a suggested driving route plus 3 nights at Destination Charging hotels, to be used during your journey.”…
Tesla is negotiating with the Indian government about opening up sales and building a factory in the country, according to a tweet this week from CEO Elon Musk. In discussions with the government of India requesting temporary relief on import penalties/restrictions until a local factory is built — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2017 Tesla…
Using a recent teaser photo of the upcoming Tesla Model Y, rendering artists at Peisert Design have attempted to give us an idea of what the small crossover will like in its final form. The rendering borrows some of the design language from the existing lineup of Tesla vehicles, particularly the front grill of the…
