Tesla News for April The big news is that the latest version of Autopilot is now in your car. Yes version 8.1 has been released and includes: High-speed Autosteer up to 80mph Lane Departure Warning Summon your car remotely Parallel Autopark Auto Lane Change Model s 60 retiring Only a couple of weeks remain if you want to order…
Last week Tesla released plans to raise an additional $1.15 billion from a stock and notes sale. CEO Elon Musk plans to purchase 96,900 shares of common stock, which is worth approximately $25 million at the public offering price. The company says the cash infusion will be used in part to “ strengthen its balance sheet and further…
November Europe Electric Car Sales — Shock as BMW i3 #1 The European EV market had more than 18,500 registrations last month, 5% down over the same month last year. This sales slip has to do with the incentives-derived sales rush in the last quarter of 2015 in some major EV markets, so expect this…
A report from Carbon Brief shows that the UK generated more electricity from wind than from coal during 2016. The milestone is a first for the UK and reflects a collapse in coal generation, which contributed just 9.2% of UK electricity last year, compared to 11.5% from wind. The coal decline saw its output fall to the lowest level…
Production of 2170 cells for qualification started in December and now production begins on cells that will be used in Tesla’s Powerwall 2 and Powerpack 2 energy products. Model 3 cell production will follow in Q2 and by 2018, the Gigafactory will produce 35 GWh/year of lithium-ion battery cells, nearly as much as the rest of…
