Cleantech & EV’s

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Tesla is again expanding Gigafactory Shanghai with new buildings coming up on the eastern side. The automaker is also looking to add a design director to its Chinese team ahead of the new planned $25,000 electric car. Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai Gigafactory Shanghai was a big success story for Tesla in 2020. After quickly managing to build the first phase in 2019, Tesla started production at the…

Tesla has started production of the Model Y with a massive single-piece rear casting, according to a picture of a new unit of the electric SUV. It’s the automaker’s latest move into massive casting techniques. Tesla and massive casting In recent years, Tesla has focused on making bigger casting parts in order to build bigger parts of its vehicles in single pieces to facilitate…

Tesla is starting to release the first video of the Model Y’s third row, but it doesn’t even show someone sitting in the backseat. Tesla Model Y seven-seat third-row option Last week, we reported on Tesla opening orders for the Model Y Standard Range RWD and seven-seat third-row option. Tesla had promised a seven-seat version of the Model Y since the launch back in March 2019. It surprised…