Category: ev
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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…