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Tesla delivered 367,500 vehicles in 2019; up 50% from 2018 and within guidance

Green Car Congress

Tesla Motors reported record production in Q4 of approximately 112,000 vehicles. In 2019, Tesla delivered approximately 367,500 vehicles, 50% more than the previous year and in line with its full-year guidance. Tesla Q4 production and deliveries. Production (vehicles). Deliveries (vehicles).

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EPA settles with Tesla over Clean Air Act violations at Fremont plant; $275K penalty

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Tesla Motors Inc. EPA found Clean Air Act violations at Tesla’s automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif. Under the settlement, Tesla agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty.

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2019 Ford 'Model E' hybrid, electric car coming from Mexico plant?

Green Car Reports

Two years ago, Ford successfully fought efforts by Tesla Motors to register the name "Model E" for what we now know as the Tesla Model 3, unveiled last week to great fanfare.

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No Tesla for India, Confirmed! Big blow for Indian Tesla fans. Here’s reason

EVehicleShop

“With assigning different projects to the employees working on Tesla India it has made the speculations of Tesla exiting India more promising” With the explosion in the electric vehicle industry in 2019, Tesla motors started laying its foundation to capture the electric vehicle market just as it has done in the whole world.

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Six new electric cars coming for 2018 and 2019

Green Car Reports

A minimum of six new models are expected in that time period, all promising ranges of 200 miles or more—which until a few months ago had been the exclusive province of Tesla Motors. The list includes two affordable 200-mile electric cars: the second-generation Nissan.

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Review: “Getting Ready for Model 3”

Green Car Congress

In Chapter Six (“Model 3 Performance”), for example, Pressman runs through an easy-to-read run-down of BEV architecture, chargers, batteries, motor and torque, control electronics, regenerative braking, performance and vehicle dynamics. One thing we’ve noticed is that Tesla Motors operates on “Tesla Time.”

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Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s $1.4 billion loan for Giga Shanghai was paid off early

Teslarati

On October 4, 2021, @jpr007 , a Tesla enthusiast on Twitter, showed documentation that Tesla had officially paid off its entire $1.4 The loan was announced in December 2019, and appeared to have no balance as of Tesla’s Q2 2021 financial documentation. Tesla paid the loan back nine years early.

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