BUSINESS AUTOS EV Makers Get Two-Year Reprieve on Tax-Credit Restrictions Treasury Department extends eligibility for cars containing Chinese graphite through 2026 By Richard Rubin and Mike Colias Updated May 3, 2024 1:18 pm ET Share Resize Listen (2 min) EV tax credits were expanded in 2022 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. PHOTO: JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES The Biden administration softened its proposed limits on tax credits for electric vehicles, letting consumers get up to $7,500 for cars containing Chinese graphite through 2026. That is a two-year extension before some of ..read more

Not even close to a rational explanation. Adjusting the business model somewhat happens all the time but trying to do it with a completely new team (learning curve and related cost) makes absolutely no sense. Pros & Cons of Tesla Supercharging Changes - CleanTechnica ..read more

From the article: “According to the coding, Tesla’s Voice Assistant will be activated by a “wakeword,” which means it will always be listening. If you have Amazon Alexa, you know what this means.” Checked the comments to this article. No one seems to be concerned about this which I find surprising ..read more

News Tesla prepares to launch newest driver assistance setting — and it’s not related to FSD Credit: Tesla teslarati.com ..read more

Elon Musk explained the reasoning behind disbanding Tesla’s supercharger team in a communication on his social media platform X. Elon Musk explains reasoning behind Tesla Supercharger team disband (teslarati.com ..read more

Tesla Model Y Police Car - Model PD Munro Live 427K subscribers May 1, 2024 #policecar #modely #tesla Zak from Model PD stopped by to show us a police ready Tesla, the Model PD! youtube.com ..read more

Tesla’s move this week to lay off much of the team responsible for creating the largest and most successful electric-vehicle charging network in the U.S. threw the industry into a state of shock and confusion. The layoffs halted construction work at a dozen Supercharger sites in Texas. In New York, property owners in negotiations with Tesla were left hanging as discussions about adding chargers to their sites were ongoing. The upheaval comes as the EV industry struggles with sluggish sales growth and a bumpy rollout of a national highway-charging network. The Tesla layoffs were sweeping and i ..read more

News Tesla Megapack Factory in China to start construction (Credit: Tesla) By Maria Merano Posted on April 30, 2024 Tesla’s Megapack Factory in China is ready to start construction this month. Construction started at Tesla’s Megafacotry Shanghai site in March 2024. Since then, very little has been built on the site. Tesla Giga Shanghai’s resident drone operator, WuWa, recently provided an update on the company’s Megapack Factory in China. He explained why construction stopped after the initial sighting in March. “In April this year, the Tesla Shanghai Megapack factory site, which has ..read more

Musk’s erratic decision making trend is accelerating. Feels like he got bored with turning Twitter upside down and is now focusing on doing the same with Tesla. I wonder how long it will take shareholders to realize that the FSD China deal is nothing but smoke and mirrors ..read more

Business Retail Tesla fires many on charger team, raising doubts about expansion May 1, 2024 at 5:00 am Updated May 1, 2024 at 5:00 am FILE — A Tesla charging station in Santa Monica, Calif., on Jan. 24, 2024. The layoffs of several hundred Tesla employees, which many of them posted about on social media on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, raised questions about... (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By JACK EWING The New York Times Elon Musk has gutted the part of Tesla responsible for building electric vehicle charging stations, sowing uncertainty about the future of the largest and most reli ..read more