For the Human Race
The last earthquake to hit California was in 1994. To say California is overdue for a major shaking is quite the understatement. Apart from the nightmare casualty and death count that a major quake could bring, lies the other awful reality; the worlds 6th largest economy would be figuratively and…
According to the LA Times, Bob Lutz is encouraging people to buy a Model S while they are still available. The outspoken former Ford-Chrysler-GM exec and industry icon, is convinced that Tesla’s perpetual cash burn will, at some point put the company out of business. Bob Lutz has had a…
Tesla had a busy and exciting week. On Tuesday, Tesla announced production has begun for the solar roof shingles at the Buffalo Gigafactory. Elon Musk revealed the new solar shingles, which look like ordinary roof tiles, over a year ago. Tesla’s solar roof tiles have been heralded as a significant…
Tesla has stated, via the Tesla Q4 Vehicle Production and Deliveries report; ” In the last few days, we hit a production rate on each of our manufacturing lines that extrapolates to over 1,000 Model 3’s per week.” This is obviously indicative of Tesla slowly pulling out of Production…
Just about every other automaker is involved in racing – except Tesla. Automakers race their vehicles to push their equipment under the most demanding conditions and to promote the brand. Tesla, however, has elected to remain largely on the sidelines until 2018, when the modified version of the Tesla Model…
During the Tesla Semi reveal, Elon Musk showed an image of a large pickup truck carrying a smaller pickup in the back. This image actually revealed 3 Tesla products. The Tesla pickup shown is a versatile design based off of the Tesla Semi. A closer examination reveals some tantalizing possibilities…
Tesla may have made a critical mistake in foregoing a traditional step in manufacturing that led to significant delivery delays for the Model 3. During a call with investors in early March, Elon Musk indicated the Model 3 would skip a key step in pre-production that involves a quality assurance…