Tesla

CEG - Tue December 01, 2020

Tesla Gigafactory Making Quick Progress in Travis County

Bulldozers and other heavy construction equipment have been at work for weeks at the location of Tesla's future $1.1 billion electric vehicle factory in southeast Travis County. The planned 4.5 million sq.-ft....

Associated Press - Tue June 16, 2020

Tesla Selects Austin as Finalist for New Factory Construction

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has picked Austin as a finalist for its new U.S. assembly plant, a person briefed on the matter said recently The person says company officials also visited Tulsa, Okla. in the past week and were shown two sites....

Emily Buenzle - Tue January 23, 2018

Video: Tesla Semi Truck Prototype Features Quiet Ride

New video footage shows Tesla's new semi truck prototype on a test drive in Sunnyvale-California. The video, which was uploaded on YouTube by Brandon Camargo, reveals a Tesla tractor driving at a fairly fast clip, Forbes reported....

Wed January 17, 2018

Tesla Motors Inc.'s Tax Breaks Top $150M in Nevada for Fiscal Year 2017

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Tesla Motors Inc. enjoyed more than $150 million worth of Nevada tax breaks last fiscal year as part of the deal that brought its giant battery factory to an industrial park east of Sparks....

Emily Buenzle - Fri October 27, 2017

Tesla's Solar Panels Restore Power to Puerto Rico Hospital

After two hurricanes ripped through Puerto Rico in September, car company Tesla has stepped in to help one of the island's hospitals get back up and running. The company used solar panels and batteries to restore power to Hospital del Niño (Children's Hospital) in San Juan....

Thu July 20, 2017

Tesla Owner Gets Government Approval for Hyperloop Transit System

Tesla Inc. and SpaceX founder Elon Musk dropped a bombshell announcement July 20, tweeting that he has received "verbal government approval" to construct a Hyperloop transit system that would connect New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C....

Thu June 01, 2017

Testing Tube Unveiled for Hyperloop Transport System

A Dutch tech startup and a construction company on June 1 unveiled a Hyperloop test facility, a steel tube that will be used to help develop the futuristic high-speed transportation system. It is a first step toward developing the system in the Netherlands, a key European transportation transport hub, and beyond....

Thu April 20, 2017

Work Begins on Second Charging Station in the Mountain State

Construction has begun for a Tesla Supercharger station in Charleston, making it the second in West Virginia. News outlets report the station, which will be exclusively for Model S and X cars, will occupy eight parking spaces of the Courtyard by Marriot hotel....

Tesla - Tue April 18, 2017

Tesla Semi Includes 'Autopilot' Technology

American automaker Tesla, a leading force in electric mobility, has announced that it will be adding a truck to its range as the brand's next model. Not the standard American pickup truck either, but a fully-fledged prime mover....

Story Kathleen Riley from Futurism.com - Tue February 14, 2017

Going Underground With Elon Musk

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been moving quickly on the development of what he calls “The Boring Company.” In January of last year, he presented a proposal at the Hyperloop Pod Competition for a company that would lighten traffic through the use of underground tunnels....