The new Detroit Electric sports car will be on sale in target markets by the end of August 2013, and will spearhead a diverse family of
all electric production cars, including 2 high - performance models that will enter production by the end of 2014.
The FIA endorsed new one - make Tesla race series,
the Electric Production Car Series, will get underway this year
This has been verified as a new world record for
an electric production car.
CES also previewed a future Kia
electric production car in the shape of the Niro EV concept.
Some componentry has been borrowed from Jaguar's upcoming
electric production car, the i - Pace, while Jaguar quotes a real - world range of 170 miles from the 40kWh battery pack - which puts it roughly on par with several production models from mainstream manufacturers.
Electric GT Holdings, Inc. announced today that the FIA, motorsports» international governing body, has officially sanctioned an all - Tesla racing series called
the Electric Production Car Series.
While it is the first all -
electric production car from a Detroit automaker in the 21st century, it is not the first from an American company.
We reported last year that Kia was developing its first all -
electric production car based on the All - New Soul.
Jaguar announced their all -
electric production car racing series, while over at Land Rover, the conventionally powered Discovery SUV gets the extreme SVX all - terrain treatment.
Faraday Future's story starts with a disappointment: FF implied it would show its first
electric production car at the last CES only to rush out a nonfunctional concept that cost the company $ 2 million.
Not exact matches
Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn discusses the potential
production issues in the nascent, but growing,
electric car market.
Tesla's Model 3
production problems were first revealed in early October when the automaker reported it had produced just 260 of its new Model 3
electric cars in the third quarter and delivered only 220.
Tesla posted a narrower - than - expected on Wednesday as the
electric car maker made gains in Model 3
production in April.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is sleeping on a couch, when he sleeps at all, while trying to ramp
electric car production.
Tesla's
production problems were revealed in early October when the automaker reported it had produced just 260 of its new Model 3
electric cars in the third quarter, of which it delivered 220.
And with traditional automakers slow to cannibalize their combustion engine vehicles, he thinks it's going to be hard for them catch up to on
electric, despite the
production problems plaguing Tesla's new Model 3 sedan, its first vehicle aimed at the mass
car - buying market.
Infographic: In March, GM halted
production of its Chevrolet Volt
electric hybrid
car for five weeks, citing insufficient sales.
In response to a shareholder question about what could be done to speed up the glacial pace of adoption of
electric car production by other
car companies, Musk said he was «playing with doing something fairly significant on this front which would be kind of controversial with respect to Tesla's patents.»
A key point of difference between Merkel's Christian Democrats and the SPD is that the latter wants
car - makers to have quotas for the
production of
electric vehicles, whereas the former see this as too difficult to put into practice.
Given that annual new vehicle
production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion
cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build
electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is so focused on automating
electric car manufacturing that it's hurting the company's ability to deliver on its Model 3
production goals, Bernstein said Wednesday.
Blackstone's Foley added that oil will still be part of the equation in 25 years, despite a move to
electric cars and lower long - term
production.
«Tesla is making the first real
production electric car.
However, in the long run, this will be a losing strategy for American workers if it forces Carrier to sell its air conditioners on the world market at non-competitive prices, or replace its
production workers with robots, as Tesla (TSLA) has done in producing its
electric cars.
The
electric automaker will ramp up
production to 1,500 sedans a month in September and 20,000
cars in December.
Tesla Inc investors gave a rare rebuke to iconoclastic Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday after he cut off analysts asking about profit potential, sending shares down 5 percent despite promises that
production of the troubled Model 3
electric car was on track.
Apple is gathering advice on parts and
production methods, focusing on
electric and connected -
car technologies, while studying the potential for automated driving, the source said.
Tesla struggled to produce the mass - market Model 3
electric car during the quarter, falling short of
production estimates.
More recently, Tesla acquired Grohmann Engineering, a German automated manufacturer, to fuel
production of its
electric cars.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra says company expanding
production of Chevrolet Bolt
electric car at Detroit - area plant as EV demand grows.
Production delays, a recall and other problems have presented the
electric -
car maker and its founder, Elon Musk, with a crisis of confidence among investors.
The chief executive said the
electric -
car maker would be profitable in the second half of the year if it met its
production goals.
Tesla coaxed Model 3
production to 2,270
cars per week in April, the
electric automaker confirmed today, after CEO Elon Musk took drastic steps to boost manufacturing.
A
production version of the coupe is slated to arrive in the next few years as part of BMW's big push to over 12 all -
electric cars by 2025.
On Wednesday, the
electric car maker released delivery numbers for the fourth quarter of 2017 that fell short of many expectations on Wall Street, and once again pushed back
production targets on its highly anticipated Model 3 sedan.
The controversy surrounds the
production of Tesla's Model 3, which is the
electric car maker's maiden vehicle designed for the mainstream, and the company's cash burn, the latter of which took Wall Street by surprise.
Musk had said in October that Tesla has been «deep in
production hell» making the Model 3, its first attempt to cross over from being a niche maker of high - end
electric cars to a mass manufacturer or more midpriced vehicles.
On the bright side, the acquisition will allow Tesla to streamline its
production of
electric cars and batteries alongside the manufacture of solar panels, thereby creating a one - stop shop for customers.
The crash, which is being investigated by U.S. authorities, adds to Chief Executive Officer Musk's challenges including concerns that the
electric -
car maker won't reach its
production targets for the all - important Model 3 sedan.
This constituted 43 percent of global
electric car production and made China the country with the largest number of
electric cars on the road, surpassing the United States.
According to the
electric car maker, these improvements make the sedan with Ludicrous mode the third fastest
production vehicle.
He also promised that the tiny
electric car company would be cranking out «a few million
cars» by 2025, putting it eye - level with BMW in terms of
production and far surpassing the company's 2014
production tally of just 33,000 units.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) earnings will also be in focus after Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday cut off analysts asking about profit potential in the company's first - quarter's earnings call, sending shares down 4 % in after - hours trading, despite promises that
production of the troubled Model 3
electric car was on track.
The
electric -
car maker denied the article's claims and asserted that Model 3
production is on track with its previous forecasts.
In August, the
electric vehicle manufacturer began
production of its first - ever mass market
car, the Model 3.
In a letter to shareholders, CEO Elon Musk has announced its intention to top the company's
electric car production at 100,000 units by 2015.
Elon Musk's
electric car company Tesla has stopped
production on their already delayed Model 3 sedan and has replaced their automated
production robots with human workers.
FREMONT — Shares of Tesla Inc. traded lower Tuesday after reports that the company had shut down
production of its Model 3 mass - market
electric car...
Faraday Future, once hyped as a legitimate challenger to
electric car industry leader Tesla Motors, finally unveiled a
production electric vehicle at CES 2017.
Faraday Future has a promising view of high tech, state - of - the - art future
electric cars as it breaks ground on its first
production plant in North Las Vegas, Nevada.