Cleantech & EV’s

In a leaked email to Tesla employees, Elon Musk highlighted the need for high standards of quality and “single-digit micron” tolerance with the Cybertruck due to its straight edges. Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he test-drove a production candidate Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas. Presumably, he also surveyed the Cybertruck production at the plant and the quality of the pickups…

Elon Musk has released a picture of a Tesla Cybertruck “production candidate,” which he says he tested today. The CEO called it Tesla’s “best product ever.” Last month, Tesla announced that it had “built the first Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas.” We were surprised by the announcement because, as Electrek previously reported, Tesla told suppliers to be ready for Cybertruck…

A new report claims that Tesla Gigafactory Berlin production has been dipping under the 5,000 units per week that the automaker reported earlier this year. When Tesla launched Model Y production at Giga Berlin, the goal was to ramp things up to 5,000 units per week. The goal was achieved in March 2023, based on Tesla’s own announcement. The assumption was that Tesla was still ramping up or at…

Up-and-coming EV maker Polestar (PSNY) just announced a significant production milestone. The Swedish EV maker’s 150,000th Polestar 2 electric sedan rolled off the assembly line Wednesday as it expands the brand globally. Polestar was known for its high-performance vehicles built alongside Volvo for over two decades. However, after Geely bought out Volvo, Polestar was established as a…