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Tesla deploys its 35,000th Supercharger

June 10, 2022
Tesla announced that it has deployed its 35,000th Supercharger stall today at a new station in Wuhan, China. Tesla is currently growing its Supercharger network at an impressive rate. The automaker went from 23,277 Superchargers at 2,564 stations at the end of 2020, to 31,498 Superchargers at 3,476 stations at the end of 2021. That’s growing at a 35% year-over-year pace. However, it is lagging…
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Tesla secures multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung for new cameras for self-driving

June 10, 2022
Tesla has reportedly secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung to get new cameras for its self-driving sensor suite. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program relies on cameras to get imagery to feed its neural nets. Unlike most other self-driving programs, the automaker doesn’t use radar and lidar. However, we recently reported on Tesla’s filing with the FCC to use a new radar. But…
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Tesla workers ask Elon Musk what to do with Twitter drama – the CEO says ‘ignore’

June 10, 2022
At a company-wide meeting yesterday, Tesla employees asked Elon Musk what to do with the Twitter drama around his attempt to acquire the social media platform. The CEO says “ignore” it. Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter and take it private doesn’t have much to do with Tesla at first glance, but it has been affecting the company in some ways. First off, Musk sold billions of dollars…
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EU officially bans sale of ICE vehicles from 2035, but that’s still way too late

June 9, 2022
It’s official: Yesterday the European Parliament voted to make Europe the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, with the sales of new ICE vehicles to be illegal from 2035. Since most auto manufacturers are planning to go all-electric by this deadline, the new policy feels like too little, too late, and way too much compromise. Yesterday in Strasbourg, France, the EU voted to prohibit the…
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