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$30,000 Tesla May Not Be Dead After All

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$30,000 Tesla May Not Be Dead After All People who have been holding out hope for a cheaper Tesla shouldn’t abandon that dream just yet. A new report from Deutsche Bank shows that a new sub-$30,000 Tesla is on the way, and it has been nicknamed the Model Q. It should be noted that the price takes into account the $7,500 tax credit from the Inflation… Read more…

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You Can Get A Brand New Tesla Cybertruck In A Week If You Order It Now, And That’s Probably Bad For Tesla

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You Can Get A Brand New Tesla Cybertruck In A Week If You Order It Now, And That’s Probably Bad For Tesla Do you want a Tesla Cybertruck, but you don’t want to wait for it? I’ve got good news for you, Trump voter: If you order a Cybertruck right now, you can get it in as little as a week. If you go on Tesla’s website, it’ll show that both the Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive and Cybertruck Cyberbeast can be delivered to you… Read more…

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What Happens To Tesla If Trump Loses?

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What Happens To Tesla If Trump Loses? Odds are, Ford CEO Jim Farley and General Motors CEO Mary Barra have either already voted in the election or will on Tuesday. Thankfully, though, we have absolutely no idea who which candidate they actually support. Your guess is about as good as mine. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, on the other hand, has made it abundantly… Read more…

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This Aftermarket Company Will Replace Your Tesla Roadster’s Battery Pack For Less Money Than Tesla

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This Aftermarket Company Will Replace Your Tesla Roadster’s Battery Pack For Less Money Than Tesla The Tesla Roadster — not the nonexistent one that Musk keeps delaying but Tesla still keeps taking reservation moneyfor, but the original — is getting on in years. With the original having debuted in 2008 and production running through 2012, many of the Roadsters that are still around likely have battery packs that… Read more…

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Fisker tried to out Tesla Tesla, and now it’s bankrupt

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Fisker tried to out Tesla Tesla, and now it’s bankrupt Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker. | Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty ImagesEarlier today, Fisker finally did what has seemed inevitable these past few turbulent months: declared bankruptcy. “Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate…

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Whatever Elon wants, Tesla gets

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Whatever Elon wants, Tesla gets Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesI generally find Elon Musk useful, in that he makes it clear which things in America are actually hard boundaries (contract law, maybe copyright law) and which are merely conventions (most everything else). You can take ketamine, smoke weed, ask your subordinates to have your babies, and run your com…

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Tesla, Elon Musk And More Tesla In This Week’s News Roundup

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Tesla, Elon Musk And More Tesla In This Week’s News Roundup Body cam footage released Tuesday of a traffic stop in Chicago gone horrifically wrong is calling into question the official story told by police on the scene. Five plainclothed Chicago police swarmed 26-year-old Dexter Reed’s car on March 21, pumping 96 shots into his vehicle after Reed apparently fired at officers.… Read more…

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Tesla’s Insurance Is Trash: Report

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Tesla’s Insurance Is Trash: Report Thanks to Elon Musk, Tesla always seems to over promise or under deliver to the point of telling tales out of school. It looks as if Tesla’s insurance is no different as an in depth report from Reuters shows. Read more…

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Tesla Is Underperforming And Wall Street Isn’t Excited About It

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Tesla Is Underperforming And Wall Street Isn’t Excited About It Following an emotionally charged third-quarter earnings call where CEO Elon Musk announced gross margins for the company dropped to 17.9 percent (down from 25.1 percent the previous year), Tesla shares briefly fell to a six-month low in October. Added to slowing company growth, a much-delayed launch of the Cybertruck l… Read more…

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How Much Tesla Can A Tesla Line Worker Afford?

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How Much Tesla Can A Tesla Line Worker Afford? A few weeks ago a ton of you were interested to find out what an average Ford worker could afford, based on the company’s offer to the UAW, which still has not been resolved. Many commenters made it clear that they didn’t like the fact that a Ford factory worker would potentially be able to earn a livable salary and… Read more…

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The future of Tesla is in China

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The future of Tesla is in China Image: CFOTO / Future Publishing via Getty ImagesThe road to a world with only electric vehicles doesn’t run through the US. It runs through China. In China, nearly 30 percent of all car sales are EVs. In the US, it’s just 7 percent. How did China so thoroughly smoke the US when it comes to EVs? It had help from a certain American company called…

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You Can Control Your Tesla With Siri Now

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You Can Control Your Tesla With Siri Now If you use an iPhone and drive a Tesla, congratulations on your success. Also, congratulations on your new ability to control your car with your phone. The just-released update to Tesla’s app adds the ability to “Access your vehicle controls and climate from the Apple Shortcuts app.” That means you can say “Hey, Siri,… Read more…

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Tesla Is Trying To Expand In Germany

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Tesla Is Trying To Expand In Germany Tesla is big on scale. The company may have started small, but it’s been consistently working on expanding — both by increasing the number and geographic distribution of its factories, and by increasing individual plants’ size and capacity. Having already done the former in Europe by building a German manufacturing… Read more…

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