Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla is ramping up hiring for its Optimus robot project, also known as Tesla Bot, as it starts using its AI expertise to develop its “overall humanoid software architecture”. As we previously reported, it feels like the Tesla Bot project went from a side project for the company to a top priority in a very period of time. When Tesla announced the “Tesla Bot” project at its AI Day last…

Elon Musk announced that Tesla “might actually have to get into the mining and refining” of lithium due to recent price increases to “insane levels”. What is strange is that he previously announced two years ago that Tesla would get into the lithium mining business. At Tesla’s Battery Day event in 2020, the automaker announced that it is getting into the mining business – starting…

CAKE may be best known for its stylish and highly-designed electric motorcycles. But the company’s latest teaser today seems to imply that a lighter electric two-wheeler is in the cards for the brand’s next model. It’s hard to say exactly what CAKE is working on, as the image is zoomed in to show just two frame members welded at a sharp angle. But those two frame members appear to use…

After delaying virtually all new vehicle launches for the last few years, Elon Musk has now set a strong timeline for Tesla to bring Cybertruck, Roadster, and Tesla Semi to production in 2023. Tesla has had the same lineup for a while now: Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y. The automaker has unveiled many other vehicles over the years, but they have all been delayed. Back in 2017, Tesla…