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We visited ECD Automotive’s new facility where it’s building electric Jaguar E-Types with Tesla motors

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It’s here that the company is setting up a second assembly line to build all-electric versions of the Jaguar E-Type to join all the classic Land Rovers it has been converting for years. The post We visited ECD Automotive’s new facility where it’s building electric Jaguar E-Types with Tesla motors appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight (EVS): ECD Automotive Design is building badass one-of-a-kind electric Land Rovers using Tesla motors

Electrek

Earlier this month, Electrek got an invite from ECD Automotive Design to come visit its facility in Orlando and discover how its team builds completely custom 1:1 electric Land Rovers. The company has recently begun building electric versions of its one-of-a-kind vehicles by integrating Tesla motors and battery packs.

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Tesla’s build quality sees slight improvement in J.D. Power’s 2022 Initial Quality Study

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Power’s annual United States Initial Quality Survey was released today and revealed that Tesla’s build quality score actually improved since last year. The scores seen in the 2022 assessment of new vehicle build quality were the worst in the 36-year history of the survey, J.D.

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Panasonic invests $30M in Tesla Motors

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Panasonic Corporation has invested $30 million in Tesla Motors. The investment was made through the purchase of Tesla common stock in a private placement at a price of $21.15 The investment builds upon a multi-year collaboration of the two companies to accelerate the market expansion of the electric vehicle.

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Is Tesla Motors A Carmaker.Or Really A Grid-Storage Company?

Green Car Reports

Many among the Detroit auto media were skeptical of Tesla Motors for years, correctly noting just how hard it is to start a car company and build a genuinely appealing product--electric car or not.

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Tesla Motors posts first quarterly profit

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Tesla said that it expected to build about 5,000 Model S vehicles in Q2, with some cars to be in transit to Europe for start of deliveries in Q3. Given that it has not yet delivered any customer cars outside of North America, there would appear to be significant upside potential in Europe and Asia, the company said.

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Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors finalize supply agreement for automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells

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Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors finalized a supply agreement for automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells. The agreement supplies Tesla with Panasonic’s lithium-ion battery cells to build more than 80,000 vehicles over the next four years. Earlier post.)