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Tesla Model Y

In this section of Torque News you will find Tesla Model Y news and reports.

By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla's V3 superchargers are currently capped at 250KW. However, a recent glitch in Tesla's mobile app briefly showed a max charging speed of 387KW suggesting the EV maker might be preparing to launch V4 superchargers.
By Jeremy Johnson on
We have an owner of a 2 year old Model Y who gives his experience after his two years of ownership. This is good for anyone thinking about buying a Tesla Model Y.
By Tinsae Aregay on
In the last few days, Tesla shares went down by as much as 18%. Now, we learned the reason Tesla shares were going down was that Elon Musk sold 4.4 million shares to raise $4 billion. This is not the total amount of Musk's sell but, the Tesla CEO says he is done selling, at least for now.
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Tesla has started installing video cameras at superchargers to monitor drivers of non-Tesla EVs. The EV maker has also posted a notice with details of how the footage will be used, who will be able to see it, what is being captured, and when it will be erased.
By John Goreham on
The 2022 Lexus NX 450H+ AWD earns the highest score awarded in the U.S. for safety.
By Tinsae Aregay on
In a move that will surely attract more retail investors, Tesla at the start of this month announced that the company will be doing a stock split. And now thanks to multiple leaks we have information that the EV maker is looking to do a 20 to 1 split.
By Tinsae Aregay on
After The Boring Company raised $675 million from outside investors, Elon Musk's confidence in his tunneling start up looks to be growing. And today, Musk offered the largest and most congested cities in the world if they want The Boring Company tunnels.
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The Boring Company recently announced that it raised $675 million at a $5.6 billion valuation. And today Elon Musk announced The Boring Company will build a working Hyperloop.
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The New York Times recently shared what appeared to be text messages between Elon Musk and Bill Gates where the former Microsoft CEO admits that he has a $500 million short position against Tesla. Elon Musk has now confirmed the text messages are indeed authentic but, denied that he was behind the leak.
By Nicolas Caballero on
Tesla increased its turnover by 81%, in yet another quarter of record sales and deliveries of its Model 3, Model Y and S & X electric models.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Thanks to the sustainable energy focused YouTube channel Now You Know hosted by father and son duo Zac & Jesse, we get a glimpse of how the Model X fairs against the Rivian R1T in a quarter-mile race.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Elon Musk says when you consider all new things created by Tesla and are not made by other automakers, Tesla is actually more than a dozen startups in one. Here are all the different startups included in the Tesla umbrella.
By Nicolas Caballero on
Tesla and Volkswagen are ready to continue manufacturing electric cars on their Chinese production lines after the mandatory break due to the latest COVID-19 confinements in Shanghai.
By Nicolas Caballero on
Boulder City, located in Nevada and very close to Las Vegas, has been the place selected by a group of companies for the installation of a huge project that combines photovoltaic solar energy with battery storage; a big project that has become a symbol of change for the city, capable of feeding energy from the sun to a city of 60,000 inhabitants.
By Tinsae Aregay on
In a heartfelt TED Talk, 2022 interview, Elon Musk opens up about how he loses sleep over Tesla and how he works to the edge of insanity, fueled by the realization that every quality minute of thinking about the EV maker translates to a million dollars.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla's China factory with the entire city of Shanghai is currently under lockdown due to a surge in COVID cases. The factory has now been shut down for 3 weeks and in that time Tesla has lost over $2.5 billion in sales.
By Tinsae Aregay on
In an update to the company's online configurator, today, Tesla announced it will no longer be bundling the Tesla mobile connector as standard equipment that comes with the vehicle. This caused an outcry even amongst Tesla's ardant fans. However, Elon Musk listened to the concerns and has promptly responded with a remedy.
By Tinsae Aregay on
One distinguishing feature of the Tesla Model 3 & Y is that the vehicles only come with a single screen for the entire vehicle. However, this might be about to change after a teardown of the vehicles' MCU revealed a currently not in use connector dubbed "2nd display".
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ARK Invest has released a new Tesla research. In this new model, ARK says Tesla can reach $4,600 per share by 2026. However, this is ARK's base case scenario, in the firm's bull case, ARK says Tesla can reach more than $5,800 per share or a $6.7 trillion market cap.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla has finally given an explanation on why the refreshed Model Y only has a 279-mile range despite sporting the revolutionary 4680 cells and a structural battery pack.
By Nicolas Caballero on
Tesla has already delivered the first Model Y units with 4680 battery cells manufactured at the Giga Factory in Austin, Texas; some of its lucky owners didn't want to miss the event in order to tell about them on social media.
By Jeremy Johnson on
Tesla is beginning production of a standard range Model Y from Giga Texas. This vehicle is eventually going to have huge margins - as high as 35% or more, once Tesla reaches volume production.
By Tinsae Aregay on
In an update to the company's online configurator, Tesla has removed all pricing information for the Roadster. This hints at an upcoming price increase. The EV maker has also sold out of the Founders Series Roadster after making $250 million from reservations.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla China has just posted its second-highest monthly delivery number in March producing and selling 65,814 vehicles. This number is even more impressive when we take into account Shanghai, the location for Tesla's only China factory has been experiencing lockdowns due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
By Tinsae Aregay on
In the past 2 years, prices of lithium have gone up 11 folds. Following this, Tesla CEO Elon Musk now is saying the EV maker is considering entering the lithium mining and extraction business at scale. Musk also added Tesla has pioneered a sustainable process of lithium mining.
By Nicolas Caballero on
The idea is based on the use of a liquid that is basically pumped through the interior of the entire seat, and a series of three layers that allow the flow to permeate through them.
By Jeremy Johnson on
Tesla is set to have its biggest celebration yet, Cyber Rodeo, tomorrow. There's a number of covered cars that I am hoping will be unveiled and talked about.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Twitter in a regulatory filing today announced Elon Musk's stake in the social media platform had gone down by 371,900. This fueled rumors Musk was offloading his Twitter shares after gaining a seat on the company's board. However, Musk says he hasn't sold any shares.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been a vocal critic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, today it was revealed Musk is enriching the Russian government through the use of Russian for its gigafactory in Germany.
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At a recent flyover of Tesla's Texas Gigafactory, we spot two different-sized Cybertruck prototypes parked next to each other. The 2 prototypes were under a car cover still, the difference is easily noticeable.