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Tesla announces new data center in China after more car bans over data concerns

Tesla today announced a new data center in China in order to keep data collected from vehicles in the country locally. The news comes after the government banned Tesla cars from more locations over data collection concerns. Earlier this year, we reported on Tesla facing some challenges in China regarding its data collection from the cameras in its vehicles. The People’s Liberation Army…
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Tesla has over 1 million Cybertruck reservations in latest tally

Tesla has already accumulated over 1 million Cybertruck reservations, according to the latest tally. The electric pickup truck still has strong momentum. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck back in November 2019, the automaker started taking reservations with $100 refundable deposits. It was the company’s lowest deposit amount, and therefore, it is a smaller commitment than with Tesla’s other…
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Elon Musk teases Tesla expansion in Russia and potentially even a factory in the region

Elon Musk has teased the potential for Tesla to soon expand into Russia and even maybe establish a factory in the region. Russia is far from being a leader in electrification, and it doesn’t have much prospects to accelerate EV adoption. Tesla’s entry in the market could definitely help. The country is already one of, if not, the biggest gray market for Tesla vehicles. Gray markets emerge…
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Tesla updates Powerwall with better Energy Plan, Virtual Power Plant integration and more

Tesla has released a new software update for Powerwall with better integration with Tesla’s Energy Plan and Virtual Power Plant, as well as a few more features. Tesla is known for introducing an extensive use of over-the-air software updates in vehicles, but the automaker is actually using the software updates to improve its other products too, like Powerwall. We got a good example today with…
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