Nov 5, 2018 - 02:35 pm
Tesla planning multi-billion investments in Gigafactories
After recording a profit in Q3 of this year, Tesla has filed a follow-up report to the SEC. Their latest 10-Q filing concentrates on further growth, particularly in the areas of production and service infrastructure and Tesla is ready to spend billions.
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Nov 30, 2016 - 07:58 am
Gigafactory 2, eRod, EVs compared.
Reading tip I: Since Elon Musk promised to build a Gigafactory in Europe, more and more countries bring forward their bid. The latest are the Netherlands but whether they can beat a Facebook group with 40,000 members calling for Tesla to set up shop in Portugal remains to be seen.
electrek.co, facebook.com (Portugal)
Reading tip II: Meet the eRod, a fast and small electric vehicle made by Kyburz from Switzerland. The firm also builds the DXB, a three-wheeled EV used by the Swiss mail but the eRod is an entirely different story and all about racing.
newatlas.com
EV competition: Autocar grouped the most common electric cars together in order to compare them thoroughly. The best turned out the BMW i3 followed by the VW e-Golf, the Hyundai Ioniq EV and last the Nissan Leaf as its younger competitors have simply “moved the game on.”
autocar.co.uk