#Tesla’s battery factory faces ‘production risk’

#Tesla’s battery factory faces ‘production risk’

“#Tesla’s battery factory faces ‘production risk’” Tesla’s under-construction Berlin gigafactory will produce Model Y vehicles with a new battery design, a move that CEO Elon Musk says could result in a “significant production risk.” Musk has said its European plant will be used to develop new production methods for building Teslas with a “lot of…

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#Tesla fires worker who ‘maliciously sabotaged’ Fremont factory

#Tesla fires worker who ‘maliciously sabotaged’ Fremont factory

“#Tesla fires worker who ‘maliciously sabotaged’ Fremont factory” Tesla reportedly fired a worker from its Fremont factory who the company said had “maliciously sabotaged” part of the plant. The electric automaker’s general counsel Al Prescott sent an email to employees on Monday informing them of the alleged incident at Tesla’s main North American plant, Bloomberg…

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#Tesla has disbanded its PR department: report

#Tesla has disbanded its PR department: report

“#Tesla has disbanded its PR department: report” Tesla apparently has a new strategy for dealing with journalists: Don’t deal with them at all. The electric-car giant has dissolved its global public-relations team, leaving the press with no formal point of contact at the world’s most valuable automaker, a new report says. Essentially every staffer who…

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#Tesla breaks quarterly vehicle delivery record

#Tesla breaks quarterly vehicle delivery record

“#Tesla breaks quarterly vehicle delivery record” Tesla announced Friday that it delivered 139,300 vehicles in the past quarter, a new record for the electric automaker. The company’s surpassed the 137,000 forecast by Wall Street, and handily beat its previous high-water mark of 119,000 vehicle deliveries in a quarter, which was set at the end of…

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#Tesla ‘Autopilot’ receives poor marks from European safety officials

#Tesla ‘Autopilot’ receives poor marks from European safety officials

“#Tesla ‘Autopilot’ receives poor marks from European safety officials” Tesla’s Autopilot system failed to impress European safety officials, who ranked the company’s flagship technology sixth out of 10 driver assistance systems. The Model 3’s Autopilot pulled low scores from the European New Car Assessment Program on its ability to keep drivers engaged and focused on…

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#Nikola stock plunges after analyst rating, stalled fuel talks

#Nikola stock plunges after analyst rating, stalled fuel talks

“#Nikola stock plunges after analyst rating, stalled fuel talks” Nikola’s stock price plummeted Thursday after its potential fuel partners reportedly hit the brakes on negotiations with the beleaguered electric-truck startup. Shares in Phoenix-based Nikola tumbled as much as 23.6 percent following a Wall Street Journal report that its talks with BP and other firms had…

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