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Tesla announces it deployed 20,000th charger in the Supercharger network

Tesla announced today that the Supercharger network has now reached a total of 20,000 stalls around the world. Over the last few years, Tesla has made several grand promises about expanding the Supercharger network, but it has been falling short. The delay appeared to be at least partly related to the deployment of the new generation of the Supercharger technology, Supercharger V3, which itself…
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Tesla ships out first 7,000 made-in-China Model 3 cars to Europe

Tesla is currently shipping out the first 7,000 made-in-China Model 3 cars to Europe — the first Tesla vehicles exported from China. As we previously reported, when Tesla first announced plans to build vehicles in China, it said that it would be to supply domestic demand in the country. Last month, reports coming out of China indicated that Tesla changed its mind and was now planning to start…
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Tesla starts Full Self-Driving Beta rollout, Elon Musk says it ‘will be extremely slow and cautious’

Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is starting the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta update, which the CEO says “will be extremely slow and cautious.” We have been expecting the update for a while now. Over the last few months, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla working on “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” He has been teasing the new core change to Autopilot…
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Tesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million miles

A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over 2 million miles (3.5 million km) in an electric car. Last year, we reported on Jeff Dahn and his lab, who are under contract to do battery research for Tesla, releasing an interesting paper that shows how the latest Li-ion battery technology can produce batteries that…
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