Fred Lambert, Electrek.co July 9, 2017 After confirming that Tesla completed the first Model 3 production unit at the Fremont factory late on Saturday, CEO Elon Musk has now released the first picture of the historic vehicle and a few more shots have leaked. The vehicle seen in the pictures is actually Musk’s own Model 3 since he was gifted the first…
All the highlights (and quips) from Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting Michael J. Coren, qz.com, June 6, 2017 Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes to use his annual meetings to banter with fans in the audience when he isn’t batting away challenges from shareholders. At the 2017 meeting today (June 6), fresh off a streak of stock success dating back to Dec….
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co April 8, 2017 The first sightings of Tesla Model 3 release candidates on public roads started this week after the Elon Musk released the first official images last month. We had so far only seen a black vehicle, but it looks like Tesla is expanding its fleet for testing on public roads with a new blue…
Island in the sun There are challenges to living on a remote island – from food scarcity to destructive weather – and the lack of affordable, reliable power is among the greatest. The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, located more than 4,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States, is no stranger to power rationing and outages….
Jameson Dow, Electrek.co, Nov 3, 2016 On a recent Saturday afternoon, Kim Reynolds from Motor Trend brought a Chevy Bolt to a Tesla meetup in Orange County, California, to see what a group of local Tesla owners thought about Chevy’s new entry into the market. “How many of you have Model 3 reservations?” I ask. Eleven out of 19 hands rise. “Now,…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, Oct 28, 2016 We were live at Universal Studios in Los Angeles today for Tesla’s unveiling of its new integrated energy solution with ‘solar roof and Powerwall’. For the event, Tesla and SolarCity retrofitted with the new solar roof solutions a bunch of houses used for film and tv sets by Universal Studios. The company surprised everyone…
Tesla Blog, Oct 19, 2016 Self-driving vehicles will play a crucial role in improving transportation safety and accelerating the world’s transition to a sustainable future. Full autonomy will enable a Tesla to be substantially safer than a human driver, lower the financial cost of transportation for those who own a car and provide low-cost on-demand mobility for those who do…
Hyperloop One tests high-speed transport propulsion systemThe Guardian, May 11, 2016 Hyperloop, the supersonic transport system proposed by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has taken a tentative step towards reality with the first public test of a prototype propulsion system. One of the companies vying to make the idea a reality, Hyperloop One, which changed its name from Hyperloop Technologies on…
