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…

Tesla is currently suffering a complete network outage with internal systems being down and customer connectivity features not accessible. Sources familiar with the matter told Electrek that Tesla’s internal systems are currently inexplicably down with staff not able to process deliveries and orders. On the customer-facing side, Tesla owners couldn’t connect to their cars through the mobile…