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Tesla ships out first 7,000 made-in-China Model 3 cars to Europe

October 29, 2020
Tesla is currently shipping out the first 7,000 made-in-China Model 3 cars to Europe — the first Tesla vehicles exported from China. As we previously reported, when Tesla first announced plans to build vehicles in China, it said that it would be to supply domestic demand in the country. Last month, reports coming out of China indicated that Tesla changed its mind and was now planning to start…
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Tesla starts Full Self-Driving Beta rollout, Elon Musk says it ‘will be extremely slow and cautious’

October 21, 2020
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is starting the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta update, which the CEO says “will be extremely slow and cautious.” We have been expecting the update for a while now. Over the last few months, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla working on “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” He has been teasing the new core change to Autopilot…
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Tesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million miles

October 19, 2020
A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over 2 million miles (3.5 million km) in an electric car. Last year, we reported on Jeff Dahn and his lab, who are under contract to do battery research for Tesla, releasing an interesting paper that shows how the latest Li-ion battery technology can produce batteries that…
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