Daily Shorts: BYD plans battery plant in South Korea, Japan considers $14 bn green push

Japan is evaluating $14 billion in additional investments to promote local production of energy storage batteries, semiconductors and equipment used to make hydrogen, according to ...

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Daily Shorts: Vietnam EV maker heads to US, gas companies push for investments and more

Streets of Houston, the most populous city in Texas. Image: Pexels

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced it will next week begin constructing a $4 billion electric vehicle factory in the US state of North Carolina, also home to Toyota's battery f...

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Daily Shorts: China's Farizon raises $600 million, Musk says Tesla could deploy robots next year and more

Farizon, an electric and hybrid truck manufacturer owned by China's Geely, announced it had raised $600 million from investors led by Boyu Capital and Yuexiu Industrial Fund. The c...

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Tesla seeks permission to double its gigafactory near Berlin

Tesla has approached authorities in Germany to double its gigafactory near Berlin as the company seeks to build the largest car factory in Europe. The company is eying 1 million ca...

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Tesla settles one lawsuit, kickstarts another

Tesla's directors have agreed to return $735 million in compensation, agreed not to receive any pay for 2021, 2022 and 2023, and to change the way board compensation is decided. Image: Tesla

Tesla resolved a dispute over director pay on Monday, according to court filings made in the US state of Delaware. The company's directors said they will return $735 million to clo...

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Weekend roundup: Tesla unveils Cybertruck, US launches $20 bn in cleantech grants, and more

Tesla built its first Cybertruck, an EV pickup model it showcased four years ago (where an engineer cracked its so-called 'armor' glass). The vehicle gives Tesla entry into one of ...

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Tesla chalks up more wins: Volvo signs up, VW starts talks

Tesla's charging standard has attracted carmakers such as Ford, GM and Volvo. Now, Volkswagen Group is in talks to deploy NACS connectors on its North American models. Image: Tesla

Volkswagen has confirmed the group is in talks with Tesla to adopt the latter's charging port, making it the first German carmaker to discuss the possibility. "Volkswagen Group and...

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Musk meets Modi, says Tesla wants to come to India

Musk said he planned to visit India next year. Image courtesy: Twitter

Tesla is looking to invest in India "as soon as humanly possible," the electric vehicle maker's CEO Elon Musk told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York....

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Macron to meet Musk again as France pushes for Tesla gigafactory

Tesla considered France for its European gigafactory, seen here, before settling on Germany. Image: Tesla

France's President Emmanuel Macron is meeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk for the second time in a month on Friday, as he looks to promote the country for Tesla investments. "I'm going int...

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Is Tesla's charging port set to be new standard?

Tesla's NACS port is seamlessly integrated with the company's vehicles and charging infrastructure, but it's not clear how interoperability will play out for other carmakers. Image: Tesla

Tesla's charging connector for electric vehicles – dubbed North American Charging Standard (NACS) – is set to be the new industry standard, it looks. On Monday in USA, three EV cha...

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GM follows Ford, adopts Tesla's NACS connector

GM has said it will cease production of petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035. Image: GM.com

GM will adopt the Tesla charging connector for its electric vehicles (EV) from 2025, the company announced, in a major decision that should benefit the industry, consumers, and Tes...

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Tesla rival Lucid raises $3 billion amid falling sales

Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group announced plans to raise about $3 billion through a stock offering, in a move seen as stockpiling cash ahead of a likely price war with Tesla. Al...

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Tesla's Model Y becomes best-selling car globally, first EV to bag crown

Tesla had the top-selling vehicle globally in the first quarter of this year, data from Jato Dynamics shows. The company's Model Y beat Toyota's Corolla sedan and RAV4 compact SUV ...

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Ford gets EV owners access to Tesla charging stations, announces switch in connectors

Tesla has 12,000 fast chargers in North America. Image: Tesla

Ford and Tesla have agreed a deal that would allow Ford EV owners to charge their vehicles at Tesla stations, the two companies announced. The deal grants owners of models such as ...

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Tesla planning a new Megafactory in Shanghai for 'Megapack' energy storage systems

Tesla Inc. is all set to introduce its 'Megapack' battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the Chinese market, with the brand already enjoying a phenomenal success with its EVs in ...

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Tesla investing $3.6b on Nevada for 100 GWh 4680 cell factory & semi-trucks

Tesla has announced a significant investment of US $3.6 billion to expand its first and quintessential gigafactory in Nevada, United States. The gigafactory's phase 2 expansio...

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Tesla install 10,000 EV Superchargers in China

Tesla has installed its 10,000th supercharger for electric vehicle charging in China at Shanghai yesterday. With this, the US company has a cumulative count of more than 1,500...

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Tesla’s 40 GWh BESS factory in Lathrop, California is a game-changer

Recently, Tesla revealed a brief glimpse of its upcoming Lathrop mega factory dedicated to the manufacturing of its BESS 'Megapack' systems in social media. The facility, located i...

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Tesla to expand gigafactory in Nevada, increase battery production

The year 2022 is touted to be the one in which Tesla exceeds sale of one million EV units. However, expectations are that it will soon double those numbers. Tesla now nee...

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Autonomy places order for 23,000 EVs worth $1.2 billion with 17 global carmakers

Autonomy™, an electric vehicle subscription company, has announced that it has placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its su...

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NineDot Energy launches community-scale Bronx BESS site

NineDot Energy®, the developer of community-scale clean energy projects backed by global investment firm Carlyle, has announced that it has unveiled its first battery energy storag...

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Tesla has opened 32 Supercharging stations in China just in the month of June

In 25 cities across the Chinese mainland, Tesla has launched 32 supercharging stations with a cumulative number of 120 chargers last month. With this, the automaker has opened more...

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Tesla revives pre-lockdown output levels to 70 percent at Giga Shanghai

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown throughout the Chinese city of Shanghai, it is reported that Tesla has restored the weekly output of its giga plant to nearly 70 percent of the p...

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Vale confirms long-term supply deal with Tesla for Class 1 Nickel

Brazilian mining giant Vale has confirmed that it has signed a long-term contract with Tesla Inc to supply low-carbon, Class 1 nickel in the United States from its operations in Ca...

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Tesla opens its €5 billion Berlin Gigafactory, first in Europe

US-based EV and clean energy firm Tesla, Inc has put open its much-awaited sixth 'gigafactory' near Berlin in Germany, after a delay of over eight months. This is the first-ever gi...

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