Giga

Tesla has confirmed that Gigafactory Berlin has reached a new production rate of 3,000 electric cars per week – just after Texas reached the milestone. During 2022, Tesla has been trying to ramp up production at Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas simultaneously. The goal was originally to produce 5,000 vehicles per week at each facility by the end of the year. It was always ambitious amid the global supply chain crisis. Last week, Tesla announced that Gigafactory Texas reached…

Tesla (TSLA) is planning a massive ramp up in Model Y production output out of Gigafactory Texas in Q1 2023. In the meantime, the situation is a bit more complex in the US with the pending tax credit. Tesla has been keeping us updated on the progress in the production ramp at Gigafactory Berlin, which has been producing 2,000 Model Y vehicles per week as of last month, but the automaker is also simultaneously ramping production up at Gigafactory Texas. However, Tesla is a bit more…

Tesla is looking to replicate the massive success that it achieved at Gigafactory Shanghai in the United States by bringing some of its Chinese engineers to help improve production at Fremont factory. It’s hard to overstate the success that has been Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai. Tesla was extremely successful in ramping up production at Gigafactory Shanghai, which became the most productive electric vehicle factory in the world at an incredible pace. The automaker went from breaking ground in 2019 to starting…

Idra, the maker of Tesla’s large casting press, confirmed that it is now shipping Tesla’s Cybertruck Giga Press, which is going to be the new world’s largest press. Earlier this year, Idra teased a new 9,000-pound Giga press that would take the prize as largest in the world. Considering Tesla’s relationship with Idra, it was rumored that the new machine would be for the automaker. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has since confirmed that the machine is going to be used for the Cybertruck body at Gigafactory Texas. Today, the…

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…

Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday said it has acquired a 20 per cent stake in California-based solar tech firm Caelux for USD 12 million as it strengthens its new energy manufacturing capabilities. Reliance New Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the firm, signed definitive agreements to invest in Caelux Corporation, a Pasadena, California-headquartered company engaged in the development of perovskite-based solar technology, it said in a statement. The partnership is expected to help Reliance produce higher…

Tesla has released impressive new footage of one of its robots pulling a still smoking large casting part from one of its Giga Press machines. This new casting approach from Tesla is going to be critical for the future of the company and especially new vehicle programs like the Cybertruck. Over the last few years, Tesla has been heavily investing in casting and alloy technology to enable larger casted parts that have the capability to greatly simplify manufacturing. The company acquired several units of the…

Tesla is now allowed to sell the Model Y vehicles it produced during the long “test phase” at Gigafactory Berlin. While no number has been disclosed, we are talking about potentially thousands of electric vehicles. For the better part of a year, Tesla was stuck in a regulatory limbo at Gigafactory Berlin before it was finally allowed to officially start production in March 2022. But the automaker disclosed that it actually started producing vehicles at the plant in late 2021. Those vehicles were produced under…

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss our Cadillac Lyriq test drive, a Tesla Model S Plaid achieving a new top speed record, Giga Texas ramping up, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in.…

Tesla has started to offer its new Giga Texas-built Model Y to some customers as an option to accelerate delivery. At the Cyber Rodeo event last month, Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles. We noted that it was strange that Tesla didn’t reveal any details, like specs and pricing, about the new version of the electric SUV. It is equipped with the new 4680 battery cells and structural battery pack technology, which is resulting in a significantly different car with different specs in the new…