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UPDATE: Read downthread A bit, this was unlikely to be a GigaPress. Rest of this post is left as original to preserve context. Is it just me or does this new one look bigger than the other ones? That’s a lot of axles. (GP is around the 8:30 mark, I think it’s queued up) How many Gigapresses...

There’s been a lot of noise lately that Musk is throwing out hints that something big is coming down the pike on the 9th of December. This tweet is sort of the heart of it. Fundamentally… he digs into a bunch of numeric coincidences around Musk’s stock sales and some other comments he’s made...

Looking at a Model S earlier and the config tool gave me an estimated delivery date of March 2023. I might get the CT before then. Kind of weird. A lot of new Teslas are getting delivery dates pretty late in 2022. If the incentives pass, it’s likely calendar year 2022 will be fill up quick.

Can’t make this nonsense up. How can you make a $100 billion truck company’s inability to actually make trucks sound cool? CNET sure tried. CNET posted an article talking about the fact that it’s likely to take Rivian 2 full years to service their 50k order backlog and the way they do it is...

VWs CEO is under pressure from their ‘workers council’ about his EV push and faces a potential ousting. It’s unlikely he actually gets the boot but he is under a lot of pressure for his aggressive stance on pushing the company into the 21st century and electrification...

Seems like the parts for the 4680 line are finally starting to arrive in Texas. https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-4680-cell-production-giga-texas-pilot-line-photos/

I sure wish companies would do trucks like this as more than just concepts. I like this so much better than either the Lightning or the Rivian… the Cybertruck is a different kind of thing. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/02/ford-unveils-a-custom-electric-pickup-ahead-of-f-150-lightning-.html...

This one is shot through a pumpkin instead of a potato. Clearly shows 4Wheel Steering in action. Equally clear is no door handles. Also, this looks like it contradicts the previous tadpole look and micro-frunk.

Just between the capacity at Fremont and Tera Texas ramping up, Tesla is going to have capacity to manufacture between 1.5 and 2 million vehicles/ year and that capacity is online end of 2023. GM told their shareholders recently they aren’t planning on having capacity for more than 20% of their...

Seems like there is a vocal minority who keep piping up about inevitable price increase. Personally I don’t think they are inevitable, but I’ll leave that discussion for the 3-4 other threads that seem consumed by this assumption. More interesting to me is how big an increase would you tolerate...

I just came across these images from a patent filing. I’m not sure if they’ve been posted previously, but they seem to match the snubby nose/ mini-van look from the new spy photos. Forgive me if they are old.

Giga Shanghai produced 56k cars in September. If they continue at that rate they will produce more than 650,000 cars in the next 12 months. And it seems like there is no evidence this is the end of the growth there. https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-stock-price-51634032330 Considering how...

Dropping EV prices: Why you shouldn’t buy an ICE car after 2025 October 28, 2020 EV Central team New research has predicted by 2024 it will cost no more to manufacture a battery electric vehicle than a conventional ICE vehicle. That moment, according to the author of the research, investment...

In spite of this setting, I have to manually turn off email notifications in every thread I create. Super annoying to say the least I like this site a bunch, but I really don't want to add it to my list of junk mail providers to avoid getting my inbox bombed.

https://fullycharged.show/blog/bribery-and-corruption-of-journalists-and-media-by-the-automotive-industry/ Bribery and Corruption of Journalists and Media by the Automotive Industry The problem of corruption in our society is not with those who know they are corrupt, but with all who belong to...

Amazon-backed EV maker Rivian discloses nearly $1 bln losses in IPO filing ReutersOctober 1, 20214:28 PM PDTLast Updated 2 hours ago Oct 1 (Reuters) - Rivian Automotive, backed by Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Ford (F.N), disclosed losses of nearly $1 billion in the first half of the year, the...

The narrative that big auto will destroy Tesla as soon as they start taking EVs seriously is starting to fall apart. The whole thread is interesting, not just the teaser. VW management is not just concerned about Tesla's head start in battery technology, but about their lead in...

Still watching this, but figured a high profile interview deserves some discussion.

Tesla Shanghai to make 300,000 cars Jan-Sept despite chip shortage -sources BEIJING, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) Shanghai factory is expected to produce 300,000 cars in the first nine months of the year, capped by a delivery rush in the end of the July-September quarter, despite a...

When it comes to the electronic circuits that power our everyday lives, the automobile is simultaneously the world’s most expensive consumer good and the one that runs on the cheapest possible semiconductor chips. Moore’s law of ever-increasing miniaturization seemingly never reached the...