Chinese smart electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Inc. has announced a partnership with LiDAR technology producer Livox to bring state of the art, automotive-grade LiDAR solutions to its 2021 production model. New year: New solutions. Xpeng is deploying lidar tech in its 2021 production model. Greater perception fusion with greater safety for you! #ElectricVehicles #Lidar […]
Tesla launched sales of its Model Y SUV in China on New Year’s Day, kicking off 2021 with a bang. The Model Y gains a heated steering wheel, plus gets a HEPA filter for Bioweapon Defense Mode, plus a revised door trim and centre console as seen from the latest Model 3 refresh. But there’s […]
Tesla announced it has launched Model sales in China on January 1, 2021, kicking off the New Year with its latest electric SUV (via Reuters). The Model Y has been seen testing at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, which recently completed an expansion to produce the SUV. According to Tesla’s Chinese website, the Long Range Model […]
Image via @JayinShanghai Tesla has opened the world’s largest Supercharger in China, located at the Jing’An International Center in Shanghai. This new Tesla Supercharger has 72 stalls, capable of up to 120 kW max charging rates. Tesla sent out an email to notify its customers in China of the new Supercharger’s opening, as noted by […]
Tesla has been defending itself in China lately, after tech site PingWest posted a misinformation article detailing Gigafactory Shanghai as a “Giga-sweatshop”. A tit-for-tat online spread on Chinese social media site Weibo between Tesla and PingWest, with the latter partially owned by UCWeb. As for UCWeb? It’s owned by Alibaba Group Holding, which is backing […]
Tesla has been seeking ethical mining practices for years. Despite the tainted reputations of a number of metal-mining factories caught dumping waste and practicing other environmentally unfriendly habits, one company has managed to land a long-term lithium deal with the electric vehicle (EV) company. On Tuesday, China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. announced that it […]
Tesla’s entry into the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market is relatively recent, so its operations in China are just starting to ramp up versus other automakers. It would seem that Tesla’s Greater China arm is working overtime, however, with a recent tweet announcing that China’s 600th Supercharger just went live. China Supercharger Update: yesterday 5 […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly on the rise, with much of the world looking to incentivize consumers into purchasing zero-emissions vehicles. Still, the charging infrastructures in most places require a lot more work in order to make sustainable transportation the norm. In new charging network news, Tesla has shared plans to build a Supercharger station […]
In a new ranking of multiple advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) popular in China from 42Mark, the Tesla Model 3’s Full Self-Driving landed first place in a set of criteria that takes multiple situations and environments into account (via @Ray4Tesla; translated). The made-in-China (MIC) Model 3 landed a total score of 283, with the BMW X5, […]
Part of Tesla’s appeal is the sleek design of each of their released vehicles – and, in the case of the Cybertruck, perhaps its bold design – all of which are painstakingly and cross-departmentally mapped out in pre-production, according to new information from a company executive. In a video conference with several members of the […]
Tesla’s highly-anticipated Model Y is currently only available in North America, though it won’t be like that for long, according to one of Tesla’s executives. Grace Tao, Vice President of Tesla China shared in an online communication event lead by Tesla that the Model Y would enter production at Giga Shanghai in the first half […]
While Tesla has been building factories, showrooms, delivery and service centers, and charging lots all around the globe, a new service and delivery center in the world’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) market is particularly exciting news. On Tuesday, it was reported that Tesla’s new delivery and service center location in Chengdu had held its grand […]
According to Reuters, South Korea’s LG Chem, battery supplier for Tesla, will double its production capacity in China in 2021 to meet increased demand for electric vehicles from Elon Musk’s company. The report says LG Chem will “also ship its increased output from China as well as Korea to Tesla’s factories in Germany and the […]
Tesla can now officially sell its Model Y SUV made in Shanghai, as the Chinese government has given approval to the American automaker to proceed, reports Reuters. Tesla applied for approval to sell Shanghai-made Model Y vehicles earlier in November and on Monday, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the approval on […]
Factories and cars are not the only things Tesla is building around the world – the company’s cars will need a dense network of chargers to maximize its business and reach in China and elsewhere. New filings show that they just might be on their way to adding pieces of this network, too. A document […]
