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Tesla has added two new paint colors, Quicksilver and Midnight Cherry Red, to their Giga Berlin paint lines. The new colors are available now – but only for European and Middle Eastern customers. The colors are a slick-looking medium-silver and a deep red metallic color. They replace the former Midnight Silver Metallic (which is more of a gray) and Red Multi-Coat paint colors, but only on Performance and Long Range Model Ys. Other models, and the base rear-wheel-drive Model Y, keep the old color lineup. The…

Elon Musk-run Tesla has reported $3.3 billion in net income for the third quarter (Q3), more than double from a year ago, and its automotive revenue jumped 55 per cent from the same period last year.In a letter to the shareholders, the electric car-maker said late on Wednesday that the third quarter was another strong quarter with record revenue, operating profit, and free cash flow."In the last 12 months, our free cash flow exceeded $8.9 billion. Our operating margin reached 17.2 per cent in Q3," the company said in a…

Tesla is reportedly running into problems establishing battery cell production at Gigafactory Berlin, and it is moving battery manufacturing equipment to Texas. For over two years now, Tesla has been working to build its own battery cells with a new 4680 format. The plan is critical to the company’s long-term growth as it powers its next generation of electric vehicles using a new structural battery pack architecture. Tesla is currently building the cells at its pilot plant in Fremont, California, but the…

The head of Germany's national cybersecurity agency is under scrutiny over reports of ties to Russian intelligence, officials said Arne Schoenbohm, who heads the BSI agency, co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brings together experts from public institutions and the private sector. German media reported that one of its members is a company founded by a former Russian intelligence agent. "The Interior Ministry takes the matters reported over the weekend seriously and is investigating them comprehensively,"…

Berlin remains one of Europe’s starriest tech hubs, with Atomico’s 2021 State of European Tech report ranking the city second only to London in capital investment, after its startups collectively raised $7.1 billion (roughly €7.3 billion) in 2021 alone. It’s been a constant upward trajectory too, with investment increasing 150 percent year-on-year since 2017.“We are finally reaping the fruits from an ecosystem that was slow in developing,” says Bettine Schmitz, angel investor and founder of Auxxo, a VC fund that focuses…

International travel may still have its challenges.But finding a solid hotel for a business trip isn't one of them.     CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe.This is the first ranking of its kind between CNBC and Statista, who are also releasing hotel rankings in the Middle East today. Asia-Pacific rankings were published in September.In total, we analyzed more than 10,000 four- and five-star hotels in 117 locations to produce lists…

Tesla confirmed today that Gigafactory Berlin has been able to ramp up production to 2,000 electric cars a week for the first time. If this new production rate is maintainable, it is a giant achievement for the automaker. Every automaker in the world is currently navigating an extremely difficult supply chain crisis in order to ramp up electric vehicle production and survive the fast transition to electric vehicles that is sweeping the industry. Tesla has been a leader on that front for a decade now and it is not…

Money Heist Berlin cast has been revealed. At a press conference in Madrid, held Wednesday, Netflix confirmed that the spin-off prequel has begun production, alongside its ensemble lineup. Pedro Alonso reprises his role as the iconic jewel thief Andrés de Fonollosa aka Berlin, as he constructs a series of heists before the mainline show. The eight-episode series is being helmed by directors Albert Pintó (Sky Rojo), Geoffrey Cowper (Day Release), and David Barrocal — the latter of whom wrote a few Money Heist episodes.The…

Mercedes-Benz has opened its Digital Factory Campus (MBDFC) after turning its Berlin-Marienfelde site into a centre for ‘digitalised’ automotive production. With pilot lines and test cells, the campus is now a hub for global digital production technology, combining development, testing, and rapid global implementation of pioneering MO360 software applications for automotive production as well as acting as a digital startup…

A major fire broke out at the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin after a significant pile of cardboard and wood caught fire in the factory's recycling facility.Tesla's own fire brigade at Gigafactory Berlin called the local fire department of the municipality of Grunheide at 3.33, where the factory is located, for help on Monday morning, reports the auto-tech website Electrek.According to information from the Oderland regional office, 800 cubic meters of paper, cardboard, and wood reportedly caught fire, resulting in the blaze.Read…