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Tesla Unveils Tabless Battery Cell That Boosts Range by 16%

Tesla unveiled Tuesday at its Battery Day event a new 4680 battery cell, a larger form factor that would increase range by 16%. Tesla said the new cells will have a 5x increase in energy and a 6x increase in power capacity. The new cell is 46mm by 80mm, featuring a “tabless” design that enables the …

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Tesla ‘Battery Day’ to Start at 1:30 P.M. PT

Tesla will present today new details into its homegrown battery efforts at a “Battery Day” event for shareholders. Chief Executive Elon Musk offered a few hints at what to expect. In a series of tweets on Monday, Musk said the company will present developments that will have more long-term impact than short-term. Musk said the …

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Nikola Founder Steps Down After Fraud Accusations

Electric truck maker Nikola announced Monday that founder Trevor Milton will leave the board of directors after accusations that the company misled investors. A report released Sept. 10 by short-selling firm Hindenburg Research titled “Nikola: How to Parlay An Ocean of Lies Into a Partnership With the Largest Auto OEM in America,” said the automaker made …

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Ford Gives New Details on Electric Pickup

Ford hyped it’s planned electric F-150 pickup in a media briefing Wednesday, saying the vehicle will be “designed and engineered for hard-working customers that need a truck to do a job.” The comment seemed to be a dig at other planned electric trucks like Tesla’s Cybertruck and Rivian’s R1T, which Ford suggested are aimed at “lifestyle …

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Tesla Building Giant 56-Stall Charging Station

Tesla is building a giant 56-stall Supercharger station near Firebaugh, Calif. TMC members spotted tweets and filings that offer some details on the project. MarcoRP tracked down photos on Twitter of the station under construction, which would be one of the largest Tesla charging stations in the world. Then he tracked town the paperwork filed …

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New Autopilot Feature Keeps Cars in Passing Lane

A new update to Tesla’s Autopilot software enables the cars to remain in the passing lane, rather than only using the left lane when there’s a slower vehicle to pass. Tesla included the “Exit Passing Lane” feature in its 2020.36.10 software update. The feature will be available to cars equipped with Hardware 2.5 or above and the …

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SpaceX Planning 11-Mile Hop for Starship

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says the company is planning a much more significant Starship test, an attempt to send the SN8 prototype nearly 11 miles into the sky. SpaceX has conducted similar tests in recent months, conducting short hops of about 150 meters with a controlled landing. Musk tweeted that the SN8 prototype will …

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Tesla Will Sell The Made-In-China Model 3 To European Buyers

Would that be an attempt to improve build quality for a very demanding market? Sandy Munro already said that the vehicles Tesla will produce at Giga Austin would be dramatically better than the ones in Fremont. Chinese customers also said more than once that the build quality of made-in-China (MIC) Teslas was superior to that …

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Musk Hypes ‘Exciting Things’ for Battery Day

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk hyped the company’s upcoming “Battery Day” Friday, promising “many exciting things.” The event, which was delayed for months and rescheduled because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is intended to inform investors on the company’s latest developments. Tesla had previously teased the event as a “Powertrain and Battery Investor Day.” Musk later said that …

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Behold Lucid’s Project Gravity SUV: As Efficient As The Air Sedan

Lucid took a gamble in not launching the SUV first, opting to go with the Air sedan, but it is the next model planned to be released. Even though the automotive market is currently being fueled by a frenzied demand for high-riding SUVs and crossovers, EV upstart Lucid decided that its first model was a …

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Tesla Unveils Tabless Battery Cell That Boosts Range by 16%

Tesla ‘Battery Day’ to Start at 1:30 P.M. PT

Nikola Founder Steps Down After Fraud Accusations

Ford Gives New Details on Electric Pickup

Tesla Building Giant 56-Stall Charging Station

New Autopilot Feature Keeps Cars in Passing Lane

SpaceX Planning 11-Mile Hop for Starship

Tesla Will Sell The Made-In-China Model 3 To European Buyers

Musk Hypes ‘Exciting Things’ for Battery Day

Behold Lucid’s Project Gravity SUV: As Efficient As The Air Sedan

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