Credit to Author: Vijay Govindan| Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:24:08 +0000
This was a great quarter for Tesla. Record production, record deliveries, tremendous growth, and excellent margins in a difficult operating environment. I felt some opportunities for questions were missed, though. What’s the status of Model X deliveries this quarter? No one cared about Tesla’s second mass-market product. From the looks of the website, it’s sold […]
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Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:13:55 +0000
At the end of the Monday, July 26th Tesla Conference call, CEO Elon Musk dropped one of his wild predictions. While talking about the batteries that Tesla will be making and the batteries Tesla will be getting from its suppliers, Elon said they could use them to produce more Powerwalls. Not just a few more, […]
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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:17:32 +0000
As always, we are putting together a thorough livestream video for the second quarter (Q2) Tesla shareholder call later today. You can find it embedded YouTube video below (or click here) and set a reminder to watch it at 5:30pm ET/2:30pm PT/11:30pm CET later today when it goes live. Aside from including the audio on […]
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:13:50 +0000
Mining for battery materials can be a touchy subject. The haters and the people who stand to lose money in the transition to clean energy love to bring it up. They normally don’t care one bit about the environmental impacts of things (or they wouldn’t support the oil and coal industries like they do). When […]
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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:10:19 +0000
These are some key areas that could be part of the Tesla Q2 earnings call today.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:01:49 +0000
As the world transitions to electric cars and the instant-on torque that comes with them, legacy automakers who have built those legacies on high-performance cars are going to need to step up their engineering games in order to keep up with cars like … well, even a ten-year-old Chevy Spark would spank a few Ferraris […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:00:55 +0000
Rivian will build a second assembly line and a battery factory beginning early next year.
Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:54:02 +0000
Li-Cycle, which is focused on providing customer-centric, end-of-life solutions for lithium-ion batteries while also creating a secondary supply of critical battery materials, has announced a partnership with Helbiz. Helbiz focuses on micro-mobility, and together, the two companies are partnering up to create a safe and sustainable recycling solution for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries used in e-scooters […]
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Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:55 +0000
BHP announced that it and Tesla have announced a nickel supply agreement and that it will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia. The company stated that this is one of the most sustainable and lowest carbon emission nickel producers in the world. Financial Times noted that this would secure […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:04:02 +0000
LG Energy Solutions is feeling the “Tesla effect” thanks to Tesla’s success with its made-in-China Model Y sales. The Tesla Model Y enabled LG Energy Solutions to dethrone CATL as the world’s top battery vendor. Many factors enabled LG to make this accomplishment, but one key factor was the strong demand and increasing momentum of […]
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