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Tesla Cybertruck drives through Boring Company tunnel — a lot easier this time around

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link] — The Boring Company (@boringcompany) January 9, 2024 The Cybertruck’s video at the Vegas Loop highlights the changes to the all-electric truck’s size that have been implemented over the years. As part of their drive, the pair drove the original Cybertruck prototype through a Boring Company tunnel. inches, a width of 79.8

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Tesla nearly reaches 500,000 deliveries in 2020

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In a pandemic year that’s put some automakers on an austerity budget, Tesla was once again the outlier. As much of the legacy auto market expected to be down about 15% year over year, Tesla reported on Saturday that it closed 2020 with global deliveries up nearly 36% from 2019.

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Solid-state battery company Quantumscape to list on NYSE; $3.3B valuation

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a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), announced a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in QuantumScape becoming a publicly listed company. Transaction overview.

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Tesla Model 3 dominates Switzerland’s 2020 EV Market

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New data shows that the Tesla Model 3 dominated the 2020 EV market in Switzerland, and the figures weren’t very close. After finishing 2020 in the same pole position, the Model 3 continued its undeniable domination of the electric vehicle market in Switzerland. Model 3 2020 the #1 in Switzerland [link].

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Tesla becomes China’s most subsidized EV maker by receiving $325M in 2020

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Tesla may be operating a wholly-owned factory in China, but the company became the most heavily subsidized electric vehicle maker in the country in 2020 nonetheless. Last year, Tesla China received CNY 2.1 Tesla China posts record 44.2k sales in August, a 34% month-over-month increase. million units. .

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NTSB dismisses Tesla Model 3 accident probe from 2020

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The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ditched an investigation into a fatal Tesla crash that occurred in California in 2020. In 2020, a Tesla Model 3 driving in Saratoga, California, crashed and killed a 75-year-old driver and his wife. A Tesla Model 3. Credit: Tesla).

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Tesla signs nickel supply agreement with Australian mining company

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Tesla and BHP, a global mining company in Australia, signed a nickel supply agreement with each other recently. BHP will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia. Talk of a possible nickel supply agreement between Tesla and the Australian mining company started last year in October.

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