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Tesla expands Gigafactory Shanghai again, looks to add design director ahead of new $25,000 electric car

January 12, 2021
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…
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Tesla starts production of Model Y with massive single-piece rear casting

January 12, 2021
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…
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Tesla loses top manufacturing engineer to co-founder JB Straubel’s new startup

January 12, 2021
Tesla is losing one of its top manufacturing engineers to Redwood Materials, a new startup founded by Tesla co-founder and long-time CTO JB Straubel. Tesla’s Head of Model S/X Production Line Andy Hamilton, a 10-year veteran at Tesla and longtime manufacturing engineer, announced that he left the automaker: “After 10 amazing years working at Tesla, I am now moving on to my next adventure. I…
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LG teases rollable phone again, this time showing it in action [Video]

January 12, 2021
After debuting its wacky Wing phone in 2020, LG has been teasing its next Explorer Project device which has a rollable display. Now, at CES 2021, LG has dropped another teaser for the Rollable, this time confirming its name and showing it in action. During LG’s CES 2021 presentation, the company cut to a very brief clip that shows a phone being held as its screen starts to shrink down. At the…
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