Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and Tesla rivals NIO reported an excellent fourth-quarter earlier this week, following the unveiling of its ET7 electric sedan earlier this year. On Tuesday, CNBC reported that NIO had been hit by the current shortage in semiconductor chips, which has been affecting others within the EV market in recent weeks. NIO […]
Tesla recently confirmed it will be building a new factory in Southern India, and a new report suggests that India is prepared to offer major production incentives to the electric vehicle (EV) giant. On Tuesday, India’s Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters that Tesla’s production costs would be less than in China if the EV […]
NIO’s newest 2nd-generation battery swap station has opened in China, and in the days following, users online rumored that Tesla would be going back to a similar battery swap program. In a new report from CnEVPost (via electrek), it appears that Tesla has outright denied claims of moving back to a battery swap business model, […]
11 new Tesla Superchargers were installed in China last week, offering a total of 84 new charging stalls for those within the country. According to @42how_ on Twitter, Tesla has installed 11 new Supercharger stations with 84 new charging stalls last week, bringing the company’s total up to 760 Supercharger stations in China. This equates […]
Tesla has added a pearl white paint and white interior to the Model Y compact crossover SUV in China, notes @Ray4Tesla. White interior for MIC Model Y is finally available. Expect more Chinese buyers due to this addition. pic.twitter.com/nT5zu769q2 — Ray (@ray4tesla) March 1, 2021 Originally, when the Model Y first launched in China back […]
Electric vehicle (EV) company NIO revealed its first electric sedan last month in its market of China, and it’s already outperforming some of its competitors with sales of its first few EVs. On Thursday, Chinese EV startup Li Auto said it expected to deliver between 10,500 and 11,500 cars in the first quarter of 2021, […]
Tesla is known for its incremental upgrades, often called refreshes, which are released every so often at unknown intervals, adding an element of surprise and delight for new buyers. A new interior on the made-in-China (MIC) Tesla Model 3 surfaced on Reddit Tuesday, featuring white upholstery and trim which follows the entire dashboard to both […]
Recent reports that Tesla China was developing the $25,000 (USD) ‘Model 2,’ to be sold worldwide, have now been shown to be incorrect. On Monday, cnEVpost (via Yahoo Finance) reported that Tesla has again denied claims of developing the $25,000 (USD) electric vehicle (EV), with a source at Tesla saying “we never said those words.” […]
Tesla’s Autopilot has been a major topic of conversation in the auto world, especially since the release of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta last year. While Autopilot and FSD are the most talked about, Tesla also offers a mid-tier option called Enhanced Autopilot in certain places around the world. In a new update, Tesla has […]
Model 2 concept via IT Home Tesla China has responded to an earlier report by Chinese publication IT Home, claiming the electric automaker’s president in China said a $25,000 USD Tesla was set to deliver by 2022, earlier than expected. According to a translation of the IT Home report, Zhu Xiaotong, President of Tesla China, […]
On the eve of Chinese New Year, Tesla has released its 2021.4.5 software update in China, what the company is calling its ‘Year of the Ox’ upgrade, to coincide with the Lunar New Year, according to social media posts on Weibo. The update details the addition of the Douyin app to Tesla Theater, the Chinese […]
Last week the world saw Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai on the inside for the first time ever. On Saturday, PC Auto‘s exclusive inside look at Gigafactory Shanghai was uploaded with full English subtitles by YouTube channel T-Study. The video features a tour of the factory’s assembly department as well as interviews with staff and details about […]
Around the world, electric vehicles (EVs) are beginning to face a more widespread adoption, and leading the charge is among the world’s newest, most valuable automakers, Tesla. Tesla China’s sales doubled year-over-year in 2020, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (via Benzinga). In Tesla’s annual report, the company shared that […]
It looks like the US market regulator is no longer the only government questioning Tesla’s quality control standards. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), along with four other Chinese government departments, has called upon Tesla to inspect complaints lodged against the vehicle company’s safety and quality control standards, according to the Global Times, the […]
Yesterday we shared some images from Chinese media publication PC Auto, as the latter was given exclusive access inside Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the Model Y assembly line. Now, we have a 15-minute video of the tour (it’s in Mandarin), shared by @JayinShanghai. The takeaway: Tesla’s Model Y team is […]
