All Tesla articles – Page 2

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Different digital paces

2017-07-18T14:58:15Z

The headline above might well have read ‘industry and logistics 4.0’, ‘the industrial internet of things’, ‘factories of the future’, ‘smart supply chains’ or ‘manufacturing 2025’.Or we might have turned to one of a growing number of acronyms used to outline the car industry’s future, like Mercedes-Benz Car’s CASE or ...

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Tesla to hand first Model 3 cars to customers before the end of July

2017-07-05T15:15:14Z

Electric carmaker Tesla says it will produce the first certified Model 3 vehicles this week and hand over about 30 of the new cars to customers on July 28th.Using the social media platform Twitter, CEO and founder Elon Musk said the Model 3 had passed all regulatory requirements for production ...

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EV supply chains: Shifting currents

2017-04-28T16:32:55Z

Mass-market electric vehicles are coming. Global plug-in sales grew 42% in 2016, reaching to 773,600 units.Today, electric vehicles account for only about 0.1% of the global vehicle stock and less than 1% of sales; volume growth in SUVs and trucks, while lower in percentage terms, has had a bigger impact ...

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China’s Tencent buys stake in Tesla ahead of first Model 3 production

2017-03-29T17:14:43Z

Chinese online gaming and social network giant, Tencent, has acquired a 5% stake in US-based electric-car maker Tesla for almost $1.8 billion.Tesla is currently in the midst of a major investment in its manufacturing and supply chain as it prepares for its Model 3 launch and to ramp production capacity ...

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Former Tesla CPO plans gigafactory-style European battery plant in Scandinavia

2017-03-08T15:25:59Z

Peter Carlsson, who was chief purchasing officer (CPO) at electric carmaker Tesla until 2015, is seeking investment to build Europe's largest electric battery manufacturing plant to to serve carmakers and other industries.While the exact location has yet to be determined, the Swedish executive has plans for a plus-32GWh production site ...

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Tesla says Model 3 production remains on schedule

2017-03-01T17:18:05Z

Tesla, which is about to shift into a mass production phase, has told investors it is on track to begin delivering its Model 3 electric vehicle (pictured) from July this year.The new car will see the company shift from being an 84,000 car per year producer to one manufacturing over ...