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LIVE BLOG: Tesla Q1 2024 earnings call

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Musk clarified that Tesla is now seeing a lot of competitive prices from its battery suppliers due to excess capacity. This was due to battery orders from other automakers declining dramatically. “There’s gonna be a boom and bust in battery supply,” Musk noted. A question was asked about the Cybertruck ramp.

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Ford CEO Farley Again Promises Profitable, Affordable EVs for the Masses

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Speaking with Yahoo Finance , Farley said his company aims to develop affordable EVs that compete with the rising tide of Chinese models. Saying that China’s investments in EVs have “paid off so far,” Farley noted that Ford is on track for its next-generation electric models to be profitable and affordable.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

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Following is a Live Blog of Tesla’s 2023 Investor Day. 18:54 CST – A question about Tesla’s dry battery electrode efforts was asked. Drew Baglino noted that Giga Texas already makes dry electrode batteries. Most times, it’s a matter of whether people can afford one. Affordability is what matters,” Musk said.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla 2023 Cyber Roundup (Annual Shareholder Meeting)

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16:50 CT – With the meeting concluded, we’d like to thank you once more for staying with us for this live blog. Musk added that, as he predicted in the past, Tesla’s stationary battery storage business is indeed growing at a faster rate than the company’s electric vehicle business. Until the next time! The audience cheers loudly.

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Report: Ford's EV Skunkworks Team to Create Three Affordable Electric Models

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A few weeks ago, Ford announced that it had created an internal skunkworks team to focus on affordable EVs and a new platform to underpin them. The report also stated that Ford will use lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells to save money, an approach that it already uses for base Mustang Mach-Es and which Tesla takes with the cheapest Model 3.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla Q4 and Full Year 2022 earnings call

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The company’s 4680 cell production line was also able to produce enough batteries to make 1,000 battery packs. Thanks so much for staying with us for this live blog. The analyst asked about the Giga Nevada’s batteries, and how the 4680 cells from Nevada would be allocated in the future. Until the next time!

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LIVE Blog: Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2021 earnings call summary

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15:20 PT : Collin Rusch from Oppenheimer asks about battery anode materials. He asks about any possible impact from the battery material price hikes. We want as many people as possible to afford our products,” the CFO said, noting that this is key to the company’s mission. Credit: sunnyvaletree/Tesla Motors Club. Now we wait. .

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