Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla is now officially getting into the mining business with a lithium claim on 10,000 acres in Nevada. At the Battery Day event yesterday, as part of its entire new battery supply strategy, Tesla announced that it is developing its own lithium processing method. Drew Baglino, SVP of engineering at Tesla, said: “We are going to use a new process that we will pioneer. It’s a sulfate-free…

Tesla is offering extra free Supercharging miles to help deliver cars as part of its end-of-the-quarter push. As we reported earlier this week, Elon Musk told employees that a record quarter for deliveries is achievable if they push hard during the last week. The CEO said that Tesla employees should consider “vehicle deliveries to be the absolute top priority” until the end of the…

At its Battery Day event, Tesla unveiled its new 4680 battery cell developed in-house and the manufacturing process behind it. The highly-anticipated presentation went deep into details about all the different pieces of material science, design, and manufacturing innovations that it took to deliver the masterpiece of a puzzle that the automaker needed to put together to reduce battery costs by…

Tesla unveiled today its Model S Plaid, the new highest performance version of its flagship sedan. The electric car is going to have over 520 miles of range, 200 mph top speed, and 0 to 60 mph acceleration in less than two seconds. As it was highly expected, CEO Elon Musk’s “one more thing” at the Tesla Battery Day was the Model S Plaid. The Model S Plaid first came to light last year when…