(Repeats for wider distribution.) By Edward Taylor FRANKFURT, Nov 14 (Reuters) – To unclog bottlenecks last year at his Tesla Inc plant in California, Elon Musk flew in six planeloads of new robots and equipment from Germany to speed up battery production…
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Month: November 2019
Here’s why the Tesla-BMW comparison doesn’t make business sense (TSLA)
Bloomberg has conducted a survey of Tesla Model 3 owners and has been publishing the results in tranches. The latest is called “Market Evolution,” which sounds impressive and cryptic, but is really just about how the Bloomberg demo — 95% male, 30-50 years ol…
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Elon Musk hinted he’ll consider a fan’s suggestion for a Tesla feature that would automatically save dash cam footage when you honk the horn
Elon Musk hinted that he will look into creating a feature for Tesla vehicles with dash cams that would see them automatically record footage when the horn is pressed, telling a Twitter user that such a feature “makes sense.” “Yeah, makes sense,” Musk repli…
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BMW should be scared of Tesla, according to a survey of 5,000 Model 3 owners (TSLA)
Tesla is too small to make a serious dent in the sales of large automakers like Toyota, but a smaller, luxury competitor could have reason to worry, according to a Bloomberg survey of 5,000 Tesla Model 3 sedan owners. More respondents traded in BMW vehicles,…
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SpaceX simplified: A quick guide to Elon Musk’s space company – CNET
SpaceX, the rocket company founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, was created with the mission of taking humans to Mars. Nearly two decades on, it’s getting ever closer to achieving that goal while accomplishing plenty of other milestones along the way. Elon…
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