How quickly will all cars and trucks become electric? How quickly will we have thousands of reusable rockets? We can see the future being developed but the speed of transformation and the speed of the next transformation depends upon how successful we are in reinventing the factory. In 2016, Tesla and Elon Musk said they …
EV-Volumes reports 3.2 million electric cars were sold in 2020. This was BEV (battery electric vehicles and PHEV (plus in hybrid vehicles) sales of 3.24 million. The 2021 estimate for BEV and PHEV sales is 4.6 million electric cars. The EV-volumes.com data showed the five highest national sales were in China (1.3m), Germany (0.4m), the …
Volkswagen is starting pre-production of the ID5 electric SUV. Volkswagen already has the ID.3 5-door hatchback and the ID.4 compact SUV. The ID.4 will start deliveries this month or next month. The ID.5 is an ID.4 with a more coupe-like roof line. It has the same 77 kWh battery, the same 150 kW electric motor …
Elon Musk owns 22.4% of Tesla and 54% of SpaceX. SpaceX is now worth about $60 billion and Tesla is $783 billion. Elon is worth $205 billion from Tesla and SpaceX. Elon also owns most of the Boring Company and Neuralink. Elon is getting more ownership of Tesla because he is meeting the CEO compensation …
The text of the GREEN act renewable energy bill was released. If it was passed in its current form it would subsidize Tesla for * 400,000 cars at $7000 per car * Battery energy storage at 30% of cost initially and then decreasing through 2028 * Extending solar energy subsidies at 30% through 2025 and …
Tesla’s 10K filing reveals they have invested into bitcoin and have a position valued at about $1.5 billion. Bitcoin and Tesla are up today on the news. Tesla was up 2% to $870 per share. Bitcoin was up 13% to about $44000. Tesla also announced they will soon begin accepting bitcoin for payment. SOURCES- Tesla …
Tesla will work with Samsung to develop a 5nm-class semiconductor for the HW4 version of the Tesla Full Self Driving Chip. Samsung is supplying 14nm chips to Tesla for the HW3 version of FSD. The in-vehicle infotainment system (IVI) uses a variety of chips such as processors, neural network processors (NPUs), security integrated circuits, memory, …
Tesla has the Plaid verson of Model S and X and they have Plaid Plus Model S as well. They have updated the interior with new design and new screens. Tesla missed on earnings. Tesla doubled its quarterly energy installations. Plaid+ Upgrades Quickest 0-60 mph and 1/4 mile acceleration of any production car ever 0-60 …
The Limiting Factor reports that Tesla will use Polycrystal cathodes with new coatings and dopants to enable cobalt-free batteries with greater energy density and more charge cycles. This will be about a 4% improvement in material cost and energy density. The main improvement will be about a 7% gain from factory process improvement. Single Crystal …
Tesla new 2021 Model 3 will only lose about 13-19% range in cold weather versus 40% range reduction in older models. This will help Tesla increase sales in Canada and Northern Europe. There is further speculation that legacy automakers will try to get a deal to purchase Tesla skateboards. Skateboards are all functional parts in …
Tesla had 16% of its revenue from its non-car business in the third quarter of 2020. This might have increased to 20% in Q4 of 2020. Tesla should be proving the ramp of car production to about 4 million cars by 2024. 2020 500,000 cars 2021e 850,000-1M cars 2022e 1.5M-2.0M cars 2023e 2.2-3M cars (Fremont …