We all know that the Tesla Model 3 should be hitting the UK shores in the first half of 2019. Numerous articles cover the model 3 and there are hundreds if nor thousands of reviews available to read. The key points to know are that many people regard this Tesla as the best yet in […]
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Seems that the first boat load of Tesla Model 3s are to leave California most likely heading for Europe. A large collection of Teslas have been spotted at the San Francisco docks next to a car transporter. Pictures courtesy of Electrek. In December, Tesla started opening Model 3 orders to reservation holders in several European markets and
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Since the invention of the assembly line, manufacturing has continued to improve its capacity for production. Robots and automation have slowly been pushing the human worker out of the factory. But, there must be a tipping point where machinery can no longer supplant the human worker. It seems that Elon Musk may be reaching that
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Tesla continues to ramp Supercharger network as competitive advantage and now operates over 10,000 globally. Tesla has reached another significant milestone as their network of fast charging stations now includes more than a thousand sites with over 10,000 Superchargers installed worldwide. Tesla is a little behind schedule but says they are catching up quickly. Tesla
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Tesla has many thousands of deposit holders waiting for their car. Since the Model 3 launch in late July 2017 the production rate has inched up in fits and bursts as Tesla add and tinker with the production process, the output of the GigaFactory making the Battery Packs and wrangle with suppliers. Production run rates
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Chargers with up to 350kW charging capacity could be installed in 50 motorway locations. The National Grid has pitched a network of 50 electric vehicle charging stations with a capacity of up to 350kW across England and Wales, along with a similar network in Scotland. The Financial Times reports that the company, which runs the UK’s electric grid, has
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Recently Elon Musk gave a shout out to the UK market about the timescales for a local or in other words a Right Hand Drive model 3 version. During one of Musk’s Twitter session, Tom Kiss, one of his followers, asked Elon about Tesla’s roadmap for the model 3 in the UK. In true Elon Musk
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Last night Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted that the Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule. ”Production grows exponentially, so Aug should be 100 cars and Sept above 1,500,” Musk said on Twitter. “Looks like we can reach 20,000 Model 3 cars per month in Dec.” “Expecting to
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Another day, another sighting of an Alpha Model 3. This one spotted by Charlie Cho (via Tesla Model 3 Facebook group) yesterday has a more production-looking finish and a new charge port door that is not completely blacked out like the last one caught. But like the previous sighting, it also features the ‘Tesla’ badging front
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The Hawaiian island of Kauai plans to give us diesel generators and complete the switch to solar to power the islands electrical needs. Tesla battery packs are uses in more than electric cars. On Kauai Tesla has installed 272 power packs that store energy from 55,000 solar panels This project will save Kauai 1.6 million
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