Tesla confirmed that Oracle’s billionaire founder, Larry Ellison, is leaving its board of directors, and he won’t be replaced.
As part of Elon Musk’s and Tesla’s settlement with the SEC over the former’s comments about taking the company private, the board had to nominate two new “independent” directors within 90 days.
The automaker complied by appointing two new independent…
Tesla is operating a virtual power plant demonstration in Texas to show the grid authorities the potential of such a product.
But until some rule changes, the company needs the collaboration of local Powerwall owners without compensation.
Last month, we reported on Tesla…
Drive a truck? Just 5 tanks of gas could buy you an electric bike. Or 7 tanks for everyone else.
June 12, 2022
With average national gas prices passing $5/gal in the US, there’s no time like the present to find a cost effective alternative to driving. And if that money-saving alternative happens to be fun, efficient, healthy and better for the air your kids breathe, then all the…
Elon Musk says that Tesla had a “very tough quarter” and asks employees to needs to “rally hard to recover” in leaked emails.
Over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent emails to employees and Electrek obtained copies.
In the first email, Musk tried to instill meaning about building Tesla products to workers:
“We *actually* build great, real products that people love and make their lives…
Tesla is now producing more cars at its Fremont factory than when it was the NUMMI factory operated in partnership by GM and Toyota.
And it’s only the beginning. CEO Elon Musk says it could grow production by about 50%.
It was chaos before it became Tesla Factory
New…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: 50 MPH Chinese electric ‘motorbike’ for $600
June 11, 2022
The wonderful thing about Alibaba is that you can find just about any type of vehicle under the sun, especially electric vehicles. Want to explore the seas? Have an electric boat. Want an entire backyard train set to drive your friends around your sprawling property?
Tesla (TSLA) announces 3-for-1 stock split
June 11, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it is going to put a three-for-one stock split to a shareholder vote at its upcoming annual meeting.
The company announced its intentions to do another stock split back in March, but it didn’t reveal the details.
Today, as part of the release of its prospectus for its 2022 annual shareholder meeting, Tesla announced that it is going with a three-for-one stock…
Automakers are racing to produce electric vehicles, yet few firms currently know how to recycle old EV batteries. Experts at the Argonne National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy science and engineering research center in Lemont, Illinois, are inviting the public to…
Early experiences with the new Tesla Model Y with 4680 cells and a structural battery pack are showing some impressive potential for faster charging and better energy density.
When Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles, we noted that it was strange that…
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…
