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Tesla selects Monterrey, Mexico as the site of its next Gigafactory
Tesla will build its next Gigafactory in Mexico
Tesla will spend $3.6 billion to build a Semi and a battery factory in its Nevada complex
Tesla has announced that it's investing $3.6 billion to build two new factories in the complex and hire 3,000 additional workers.
Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory made its 10,000th Model Y SUV
Tesla has crossed another significant manufacturing milestone.
Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory made its millionth car
Tesla's Shanghai factory has produced its 1 millionth car, with over 3 million EVs made worldwide so far.
Panasonic is building one of the world's largest EV battery factory in Kansas
Panasonic announced on Wednesday that it's inked a deal with the state of Kansas to build and operate a $4 billion battery cell production facility — the world's largest.
Tesla sued by ex-employees who claim that mass layoffs violated federal law
Tesla is being sued by former employees from its Sparks, Nevada gigafactory over mass layoffs.
Tesla's deliveries increased despite supply shortages and plant closures
Tesla delivered 310,048 vehicles over the first three months of 2022.
Tesla delivers the first vehicles from its German Gigafactory
Tesla will deliver the first 30 Model Y cars manufactured at its $5.5 billion Grenheide, Germany Gigafactory that officially opens today.
Tesla's Berlin Gigafactory could produce EVs as soon as November
Elon Musk says the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin could start producing Model Y cars as soon as November, although it might take a year to get up to speed.
Tesla will require masks for all workers at its Nevada battery factory
Tesla will reportedly demand that all workers at its Nevada Gigafactory wear masks, representing a sharp contrast to its defiance in 2020.
'PUBG Mobile' update adds a self-driving Tesla Model Y
The newest 'PUBG Mobile' update adds a slew of Tesla tie-ins, including a self-driving Model Y and a Gigafactory.
Tesla worked with the FBI to block a million dollar ransomware attack
Tesla avoided a ransomware attack with the help of an honest employee and the FBI.
Tesla's next Gigafactory is being built in Austin, Texas
Tesla announced its Q2 2020 earnings on Wednesday and reports its first full year of profitability to date.
Elon Musk is 'scouting' new US locations for Cybertruck, Model Y production
So what's next after making a million Teslas? According to Elon Musk, a Cybertruck gigafactory that could be placed in "central USA," and Model Y production "for East Coast too." These tweets came just hours after the exec polled followers on whether or not the Berlin factory Tesla is building should include a "mega rave cave" so we'll see what, if any, of these things come true.
Tesla is using older hardware in Chinese Model 3 cars because of supply issues
Tesla has become the latest company to have to contend with the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, reports the BBC. Supply chain disruptions in China caused by the crisis forced the automaker to equip recent locally-produced Model 3 vehicles with its older Hardware 2.5 chip rather than its new Hardware 3.0 silicon.
Tesla receives permission to continue working on its German Gigafactory
Work on Tesla's German Gigafactory is back on. The company received permission from the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg to continue clearing 91 hectares of forest in preparation for its fourth factory, where it plans to build batteries, powertrains and vehicles, starting with the Model Y.
Tesla ordered to halt early work on its German Gigafactory
Tesla's Berlin area Gigafactory is running into trouble before the EV maker has even laid the foundations. The higher administrative court for Berlin-Brandenburg has ordered Tesla to halt forest clearing for the factory while waiting on a decision for a complaint from the environmental activist group Green League of Brandenburg. Simply put, there wasn't much choice. Tesla was going to complete the clearing in just three more days -- there wouldn't have been a point to hearing the complaint if the trees were already gone.
Tesla moves the Model Y release date up to 'spring 2020'
Tesla was on quite the roll in Q4 last year. The company unveiled its controversially popular electric Cybertruck at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Elon Musk won his "pedo guy" defamation suit, and the first Model 3s produced at Tesla's new Shanghai Gigafactory rolled off the assembly line. The company also delivered 112,000 vehicles in that quarter, and 367,500 vehicles over the full year -- that's a 50 percent increase over 2018.
Tesla's car shipments grew by 50 percent last year
Tesla ended 2019 on a high note. According to the company, it delivered 367,500 vehicles in 2019. That's more cars than it delivered in the past two years combined, The Verge notes.
Tesla will deliver its first Chinese-made Model 3 on December 30th
After weeks of waiting on approval from the Chinese government, Tesla will deliver the first Model 3 cars made at its Gigafactory 3 plant in Shanghai on December 30th. The 15 customers who are slated to get their Model 3s first are Tesla employees. The company says it hopes to begin making public deliveries before the start of the Chinese New Year on January 25th.
