Category: ev
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Tesla Q4 2024 produced 459,445 and delivered 495,570.
January 2nd 2025, Tesla released its production and delivery for Q4 2024. Tesla Q4 2024 produced 459,445 and delivered 495,570. For all of 2024, they made 1,773,443 and delivered 1,789,226. These numbers are short of the 1.81M deliveries in 2023. Q4 2023 had 484,507 deliveries. Analysts expectation was for 504,770 deliveries. Q4 2024 earnings report…
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Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype achieves lap record for 4 door car at Nurburgring Nordschleife, 6’46″874
Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra completed a record for 4 door car at the Nurburgring Nordschleife track, finished at 6’46″874 on October 28, 2024. British professional driver David Pittard drove the SU7 Ultra. His Wikipedia profile said he competes in the Nurburgring Endurance Series and was part of the Frikadelli Racing Team that won the 2023 24…
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Tesla explains why Cybercab has 2 seats
In an X post from TesAli, a Tesla engineer explains why Tesla Cybercab only has two seats. The decision is data driven. 82% of miles driven today are by 2 or fewer passengers. For those trips the back seat wasn’t needed. To make a car with back seats cost more money. You need to have…
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QuantumScape Q3 2024 update, shipped low volume QSE-5 B sample to automotive customer for testing
QuantumScape QSE-5 B Sample has shipped to automotive customer for testing and validation. QSE-5 is a solid state battery with the following characteristics: 844 Wh/L volumetric density, at 100% SoC 301 Wh/kg mass density It is flat, 84.5mm x 65.mm x4.6mm Mass 71.8g Voltage: 3.84 V Operating Pressure < 3.4 atm Cell Energy C/5, 25…
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Tesla We Robot event unveiled Cybercab and Robovan
October 10, 2024, Tesla unveil its robotaxi called the Cybercab. The driverless vehicle is expected to cost $30k. Since this is not a firm order, price is only an estimate and could be higher. A recent example is Cybertruck which was introduced at $50k but as of today only the Foundation series is on sale…
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Andrej Karparthy talks Tesla full self driving, Optimus and AI in No Priors podcast
September 14, 2024 The No Priors podcast episode 80 released September 5, 2024 titled “The Road to Autonomous Intelligence with Andrej Karparthy”, talked about Tesla full self driving, Optimus and AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM_h0UA7upI Andrej says Waymo’s full self driving took 10 years to go from working demo to production. According to Andrej, Waymo’s solution uses lots…
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Tesla publishes 2023 Impact Report
Tesla has published its 2023 Impact Report. Summary: https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/2023-tesla-impact-report-highlights.pdf Slide 23 showed the price of US 2024 Model Y Rear Wheel Drive being lower than the average new car price. Model Y is pried $44,990. Average new vehicle price of all cars is $47,244. If Federal incencent of $7,500 and gas savings are factored in,…
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Tesla Q1 2024 delivered 386,810 vehicles and produced 433,371, declined sequentially and -8.5% yoy
In press release on 4/2/2024, Tesla reported they delivered 386,810 vehicles in Q1 2024. Production is 433,371. https://ir.tesla.com/tesla-vehicle-production-deliveries-and-date-financial-results-webcast-first-quarter-2024 Q1 2024 performance is below that of Q1 2023 and Q4 2023. A year ago Q1 2023 was 440,808 produced and 422,875 delivered. Deliveries declined -8.5% yoy. Q4 2023 numbers were 494,989 produced and 484,507 delivered. That…
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Xiaomi introduced its first EV, the SU7 EV to compete with Tesla Model 3
Making an EV in high volume is extremely difficult. Xiaomi, an electronics giant in China known as the Apple of China has introduced its first EV after three years of development. Their SU7 EV launch event presented by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun is available on YouTube: Xiaomi EV Launch March 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiyB5Es32s Xiaomi has a…
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Tesla shares off to a challenging start for 2024 due a string of negative development
Tesla is off to a challenging start for 2024. In Europe, Germany is ending the EV subsidies earlier than expected to balance its budget. In response 1/17/2024, Tesla reduced its prices in Germany as reported by Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cuts-model-y-prices-germany-after-china-price-cuts-2024-01-17/ New price price dropped Model Y Long Range 49,990 euros -5,000 euros, -9% Model Y Performance 55,990…
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VW PowerCO confirms QuantumScape solid-state battery cell performance.
On January 3 2024, VW’s PowerCO SE group released its findings on QuantumScape’s solid-state battery cell confirming it can hit 1,000 charging cycles and still maintain 95% original capacity. While this isn’t new as QuantumScape (QS) themselves have publicly announced this result in their Q3 2023 shareholder letter, this confirmation by a partner gives confidence…