Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

Despite the supply chain challenges—especially global semiconductor shortages and port congestion—the Tesla team kept production running as close to full capacity as possible. Volume production is still in the future. Tesla says it is on track to build the first Model Y vehicles in Berlin and Austin in 2021.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Tesla has been vocal about the supply chain challenges this year due to the COVID pandemic. Is the supply for that material sufficient for immediate ramp-up, say, in ’23, ’24 time for Cybertruck? He also provided some information about the Cybertruck’s development in terms of supply chain and production.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2022

Former Tesla 4680 battery cell production engineer James Herbermann has been named Vice President of Manufacturing at the American Battery Factory (ABF). ABF is working to eliminate LFP shortages with a series of production plants across the U.S., f you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Tesla’s ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) plans to expand its production capacity, along with other factors like surging oil prices that could sway consumers to electric vehicles, have contributed to Daiwa Securities analysts upgrading their outlook on the automaker’s stock.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Tesla originally planned to build battery cells in Germany at Gigafactory Berlin to support electric vehicle production. The automaker had plans for 50 gigawatt hours of production annually when fully ramped, but now Tesla is reportedly switching up the plans as the United States is incentivizing domestic battery production.

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Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said after a recent sighting of the upcoming Cybertruck that he believes it will be the company’s “best product ever.” In the past, Musk has spoken highly of all of his company’s products, especially the Model S Plaid. It will be our best product ever imo. No easy solution.

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2022

So Tesla deliveries have increased by about 60% compared to Q1 2021 — although it may not be a fair comparison since Model S and Model X production was paused at the time. More broadly, we’ve seen Tesla execute incredibly well in a challenging supply chain environment as well,” he added.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2024

In a note released last week, Gianarikas provided some insight into Tesla’s production and delivery numbers in the first quarter. Ford postpones EV launches to focus on hybrid production Gianarikas discusses the possibility of Tesla having a demand issue and states the following: “Adventure 1 – Demand issue. Adventure 2 – Supply issue.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The collaboration is focused on unlocking the North American supply of lithium by using EnergyX’s direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology portfolio to maximize efficiency while improving sustainability for GM’s rapidly scaling EV production. We will unlock lithium supply in the US, a pivotal move in expanding the EV industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Prior programs in Alaska have explored gas hydrate reservoir potential and alternative production strategies, and additional testing programs are in development.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We are nearing the end of manufacturing validation at Kato: field quality and yield are at viable levels and our focus is now on improving the 10% of manufacturing processes that currently bottleneck production output. While substantial progress has been made, we still have work ahead of us before we can achieve volume production.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The 2X indicates the rough doubling of production capacity by the company with the opening of new plants in Germany and Texas. Timing aside, both plants are delivering products (initially the Model Y crossover) to fill backlogs of orders in Europe and the U.S. Last year Tesla produced around one million vehicles. Next Year. “So

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2021

The two companies already share a partnership for Full Self-Driving chips and cameras, two items that Samsung already supplies to Tesla. The Smart Headlamps are already in mass-production, and Tesla owners could see them installed in new vehicles very soon, the Korean media outlet added. H/t: DriveTeslaCA.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The end goal of the effort is to hone the product trajectory into an industry-guided usable solution. Torc operates test facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and engineering offices in Austin, Texas, and Stuttgart, Germany. Schneider is a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tesla is hoping to replicate production lines in Shanghai at its upcoming Giga Mexico factory by inviting Chinese companies to supply the manufacturing efforts with localized plants. officials are not thrilled about the potential for Chinese companies to supply Tesla and its new factory, which will produce its next-gen platform.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 28, 2023

LG Innotek and Samsung Electro-Mechanics are vying for Tesla’s “Berlin Project” to determine which company will supply camera modules for electric sedans Tesla plans to sell in Europe. Samsung Electro-Mechanics’s main production facilities are in China, while LG Innotek’s is in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2016

Alcoa has entered into an agreement with Airbus to supply 3D-printed titanium fuselage and engine pylon components for Airbus commercial aircraft. Alcoa expects to deliver the first additive manufactured parts to Airbus in mid-2016. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

The company has recently accelerated pilot projects in the automotive sector, some of which will be transferred to series production in the course of the current fiscal year. As of the current quarter, Voltabox will deliver 30 systems in two different variants: 48 V and 72 V with 6.1 kWh respectively 37 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

The partnership is currently focusing on two separate initiatives: The University of Texas at Austin will host a first-of-its-kind integration of commercial hydrogen production, distribution, storage and use. At the Port of Houston, the project team will conduct a feasibility study for scaling up hydrogen production and use.

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Teslarati

MARCH 22, 2023

After Tesla announced it would build its next production plant in Mexico recently, speculation persisted that the automaker would help surge the electric vehicle supply as demand continued to rise. Trade experts believe logistics and trucking will surge due to the transport of supplies and parts. However, things go past EVs.

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EV Central

JULY 20, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck is on track for mainstream production late in 2023 as the electric car maker’s outspoken CEO claims demand is “off the hook”. “This might be the most unique vehicle product in decades; with that comes trialing and testing new technologies.”

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2024

Tesla posted quite a few open jobs related to Semi production. The Tesla Semi jobs are in Sparks, Nevada; Palo Alto, California; and Austin, Texas. Tesla Boomer Mama on X counted 86 new jobs posted by the Tesla Semi department , including positions called for Asset Technicians, Software Engineers, and supply chain specialists.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

Tesla said in its Q1 2022 Shareholder Deck that it anticipates Model Y vehicles built at its new Gigafactory Texas production plant to equip both 4680 battery cells with a structural pack and 2170 cells without structural packs. Tesla’s production 4680 battery cells debut at Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

A more recent trend with Europe’s lithium-ion battery build out is the emergence of auto majors as pseudo-battery producers seeking to secure cell supply through joint-venture plants. Benchmark cautions that capacity does not necessarily equal reliable supply for the EV industry.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2021

Additionally, the news confirmed that the Cybertruck is taking a backseat to the Model Y, ending speculation of what vehicle Tesla would manufacture first at its Texas-based production plant. Tesla primes robots for Model Y production at Giga Texas.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic showed off some 4680 lithium ion cells and shared a few details about its production. The Japanese battery maker plans to start 4680 test production by March 2022 in Japan. ” “We’re working on a strategy to increase our production rates as quickly as possible.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared some new details about the automaker’s plans for its next-generation, $25,000 electric vehicle (EV), including that it will be built first in Austin, Texas. “The first production line will be here in the Gigafactory in Texas, in this facility,” he said during the interview.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2021

Tesla’s Giga Texas production facility is rumoredly undergoing some test runs of the Model Y’s rear, one-piece casting months ahead of its scheduled initial production phases, according to some close to the project. It appears that the company is already performing casting tests ahead of production phases.

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Teslarati

MAY 18, 2021

While discussing Gigafactory Berlin’s Model Y program, Musk was asked by FSD Beta tester and Model 3 owner @WholeMarsBlog if Austin would begin its Model Y production using 2170 cells like the vehicles being produced at the Fremont Factory today, or if Giga Texas would jump straight to 4680 cells.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Unifrax recently broke ground on its first production line located in New Carlisle, IN, which is expected to come online in early 2022. The SiFAB technology becomes part of a Unifrax battery portfolio that also consists of thermal management products and separator media. and Senior Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain, Motorola.

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Teslarati

APRIL 9, 2022

The three products above saw new expected production dates from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday at its “Cyber Rodeo” at Gigafactory Texas. The Cybertruck was slotted for production in late 2020. But more than anything, 2023 is a chance for Tesla to truly break away from its competitors in terms of its product line.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

million square feet, the Taylor facility would be over four times the size of the company’s Austin plant, which was affected by the state’s power issues earlier this year. The chips used in Tesla’s FSD computer are produced at Samsung’s Austin site. Planned to measure 51.7 computer. .

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Tesla is ultimately planning to build the Cybertruck in Austin at Gigafactory Texas. However, battery cells and cell pack manufacturing are not yet ready to take off at the new Tesla plant, which is located just outside Austin. And, yeah, so that’s — there are multiple supply chain challenges.”

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Teslarati

AUGUST 13, 2022

Will enable again as we ramp production. Tesla has battled supply and demand issues for several years, only solidifying Musk’s thoughts which are “Tesla has a supply problem, not a demand problem.” Of course, supply issues are not specific to Tesla. Waitlist is too long.

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Teslarati

MAY 30, 2023

The production prowess of the Austin, Texas-based electric automaker remains a key advantage for Tesla moving forward, the note says. But the implications of the potential meeting between Musk and government officials hold significant value moving forward as the automaker attempts to fend off domestic competition.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Created in 2018, EnergyX is a startup focused on providing efficient, sustainable solutions to challenges facing global lithium supply chains from the raw battery materials extraction process to refining and the manufacturing of next generation batteries. Founded in 1991, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) is a $3.4-billion

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