Tesla Shanghai Should Produce 550,000 Cars in 2021

Tesmanian reports that according to several industry insiders, Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai plans to produce about 550,000 EVs in 2021. This plan includes 300,000 Model 3s and 250,000 Model Ys. Tesla Gigafactory has issued ordering requirements to core component suppliers. Yesterday on November 7, Tesmanian reported Tesla Giga Shanghai: Model Y Production Starts by the end …

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Tesla Nears China Model Y Production and Has Foundations Started at Tesla Texas Gigafactory

Tesla’s Model Y factory in Shanghai could be start production in November. The Q3 earnings report showed that the megacasting and other production equipment appears to be mostly installed. Above there two main buildings in the Tesla Shanghai picture. The one that is closer in the new Model Y factory. The one behind it is …

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Tesla Battery Expert Dahn Says Existing Lithium Ion Are Already Beyond 3 Million Mile Batteries

Jeffrey Dahn is an energy expert who is working with Tesla. He has been testing lithium ion batteries for three years and has reached 10,000 and even 15,000 discharge and charging cycles. The lithium ion batteries they are testing have not reached the end of life. They have shown minimal degradation. A 350 kilometer (217 …

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Progress to Vegas City Wide Loop Tunnel System

Special use permit applications and Design Review applications have been started for the Boring Company Las Vegas Loop system. The Boring Company Vegas Loop will be underground tunnels stretching as far north as downtown Las Vegas, throughout the Strip corridor, and as far south as the Allegiant Stadium, pending approval later this week by the …

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Eight Giant Presses for Tesla Berlin and Walmart Canada Triples Tesla Semi Order

Tesmanian reports that the Tesla Berlin factory will have eight giant casting machines for the manufacturing of Model Y. Giga Presses are the largest high-pressure die casting machines in the world, with a clamping force of 6,100-tonne-force (60,000 kN) die casting machines for Giga Berlin. Elon Musk at Battery Day said that Tesla developed new …

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Tesla Plan to Change the Global Battery Supply Chain

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence monitors and advises the global battery industry. They gave their reaction to Tesla anode and cathode and lithium announcements. The World produced 180 GWh of batteries in 2019. Tesla is going upstream in the battery supply chain. This will change the world from a China-dominated battery supply chain. Piedmont Lithium Limited has …

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Engineering Guru Munro Talks Tesla Big Battery and Big Casting

Engineering guru Sandy Munro has his own engineering firm that has been telling car makers for decades how to improve their car designs and carmaking processes. Sandy was very impressed with what Tesla revealed on battery day. The main things Sandy highlighted are * the large battery cell * cooling the cells from the bottom …

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