The biggest factory in the world, the new Tesla Gigafactory, will be run by robots, boasted Elon Musk.
Electric car maker Tesla Motors has announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy Germany’s Grohmann Engineering to accelerate its production rate, the automaker said in a blog post.
Grohmann Engineering is based in Pruem, Germany and specializes in highly automated manufacturing techniques. The German firm has production lines for battery and fuel cells and produces batteries for numerous German and international automobile manufacturers. More »
Tesla is giving all its new cars hardware for full self-driving capability.
All of Tesla vehicles being produced in its factory, including the Model 3, would be equipped with the hardware that will allow Level 5 self-driving capability, announced the company in a press release only a few days ago. More »
Tesla Motors has just unveiled the world’s fastest production car.
On Tuesday, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk confirmed the arrival of new 100-kilowatt-hour battery packs for the dual-motor versions of the Model S and Model X.
The new Tesla Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode will hit 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds, More »
Elon Musk has just revealed the second part of his Master Plan. Tesla expands into electric trucks and buses, car sharing, self-driving technology and solar energy systems.
Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive unveiled the new and updated version of the “top secret” Tesla Master Plan in a post on a company’s website on Wednesday. More »
The success of Tesla Model S and stricter emissions standards around the world has spurred carmakers to plan numerous plug-in their own electric models.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles considers making an electric version of its Maserati Alfieri sports car, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said recently in an interview.
Maserati Company is reportedly planning to take as a base the Alfieri sports car concept that debuted at 2014 Geneva Motor Show. More »
Electric car maker Tesla Motors has marked July 29 as the date for its Gigafactory Grand opening celebration. The official event will take place outside of Reno, Nevada on the night of July 29th. The company noted the date in the invitations sent out to Model S buyers who had won tickets to Grand opening by referring more than five other customers. It was confirmed by Tesla that a customer-oriented special event will be hold that night. More »
Jaguar-Land Rover, Tesla and MINI have all announced that they will not attend next month’s Detroit Auto Show. However, NAIAS organizers promise big CEO presence at the first big auto show of the 2016 calendar year.
Three high-profile auto companies have each said that they will not participate in the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) that takes place in Detroit, Michigan every January. More »
A stolen Tesla Model S 85D was tracked down using a smartphone app and returned to owners within hours.
Katya Pinkowski, a Vancouver resident and Tesla Model S owner, went to see a concert a few days ago. When it was over, she returned to the car in an underground parking lot and found out it was missing. It is never fun to find an empty space at the place you left your car. After a car theft, it usually takes owners weeks or even years to retrieve their property. More »
Two Italian researchers have developed an entirely new mode of autonomous public transportation. Tommaso Gecchelin and Emmanuele Spera have created self-driving pods, called “Next” that could change the way we travel.
Different modes of autonomous public transportation vehicles are beginning to emerge all over the world, but what makes “Next” different is that it combines personal transportation with public transportation and it can act as a train, bus, or personal vehicle. “Next” consists of modular, energy-efficient pods that can travel on their own, like a personal self-driving vehicle, or can connect while in motion.
When the pods connect, passengers can walk through them the same way we walk to different compartments on a train. “Next” is electric and has six seats. More »
Speaking on Monday at WSJD Live, the Wall Street Journal’s technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook predicted there would be “massive change” in the auto industry in the coming years. Cook did not comment on numerous rumors and reports that Apple is working on developing its own electric car.
However, Cook repeated the two words “massive change” More »