Elon Musk named as Innovation Newsmaker of the Year Elon Musk has been named by the Epoch Times as its Innovation Newsmaker of the Year for 2024. In a post explaining its award, the publication noted that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO simply dominated the innovation landscape this year. This year’s awards were determined following…
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Tesla signs battery storage deal with factory in Malaysia [Rumor] In China rumors have swirled that Tesla signed a battery agreement with Chinese lithium cell manufacturer EVE Energy for supplies from its upcoming factory in Malaysia. Tesla has reportedly contracted EVE Energy to supply energy storage batteries from its new factory in Malaysia, which is still…
Elon Musk’s xAI gets investment from Nvidia in recent funding round: report xAI has closed its Series C funding round of $6 billion. A number of companies were part of the investment round, including tech and finance giants A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital,…
Tesla starts rolling out another round of FSD free trials Tesla has rolled out a new round of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) free trials to some customers in North America. The program seems to be Tesla’s latest effort to promote its FSD (Supervised) system to as many customers as possible. Screenshots featuring the new round of…
Tesla Shanghai Megafactory expected to complete construction by end of 2024: report Recent reports from China have suggested that the Tesla Shanghai Megafactory is on track to finish construction by the end of 2024, with operations starting in Q1 2025. Construction timeline: The Tesla Shanghai Megafactory broke ground in late May 2024. As per a…
Tesla China is already starting its Q1 2025 push Tesla China has updated its promotions, offering a final payment discount for the Model Y and extending a zero-interest finance deal for qualified Model Y and Model 3 buyers in China. Tesla China announced the new program in a post on its official Weibo account. Discount…
Tesla China registrations hit 17,600 in Q4’s second to the last week Tesla China seems determined to cap off December 2024 on a high note, with new vehicle registrations hitting an impressive 17,600 vehicles in the week of December 16 to 22, 2024. BY THE NUMBERS: During the week ending December 22, Tesla China saw 17,600…
Tesla reveals Q4 Supercharger winners, opens next voting round Tesla has revealed the latest locations to win its Supercharger voting round for the final quarter of the year, along with opening votes for the voting round. The company’s charging account posted about the news on X, noting that its winners for the Q4 Supercharger voting…
Tesla, Trump and the state of self-driving vehicles going into 2025 Tesla and other companies are actively developing self-driving technologies and driverless ride-hailing platforms, and with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team already focused on autonomous vehicles, the tech is highly expected to be a major theme in 2025. According to a Reuters Breakingviews prediction report on…