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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 May 6, 2022 - 9:31PM
According to leaks citing Tesla cell engineers, today the EV maker has started 4680 battery production at Giga Texas. This is expected to alleviate Tesla's cell constraint and enable the EV maker to launch a Model Y with more than 400 miles of range.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 6, 2022 - 4:35PM
Today, Tesla, together with the company's annual impact report announced that in 2021 the EV maker received 3 million job applications. This is in large part thanks to Tesla's charismatic CEO Elon Musk. And suggests in 2021, Tesla received 100 applications per job opening.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 5, 2022 - 3:51PM
Tesla's stock price has fallen down by more than 9 percent following a CNBC report that Elon Musk is planning to take over Twitter's CEO position. Today's price action has decreased Tesla's market cap by more than $90 billion.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 4, 2022 - 4:23PM
In a letter sent to the local government in Shanghai, Tesla thanked for the support provided and at the same time started talks about the future of the company in Chinese territory.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 2, 2022 - 1:14PM
Tesla's controversial decision to eliminate the portable chargers from the standard equipment of its electric cars led it to reduce the price of both the portable and the wall charger, which is now one of the cheapest on the market.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 2, 2022 - 1:03PM
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 May 2, 2022 - 11:18AM
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 April 29, 2022 - 4:58AM
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.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 28, 2022 - 6:58AM
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 April 26, 2022 - 2:15PM
The 2022 Lexus NX 450H+ AWD earns the highest score awarded in the U.S. for safety.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 26, 2022 - 9:28AM
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 April 25, 2022 - 3:25PM
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.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 25, 2022 - 6:34AM
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.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 23, 2022 - 10:31AM
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 April 22, 2022 - 7:38PM
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 April 22, 2022 - 7:30PM
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 April 22, 2022 - 9:38AM
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 April 20, 2022 - 8:02PM
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 April 18, 2022 - 4:07PM
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 April 18, 2022 - 8:00AM
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 April 18, 2022 - 5:20AM
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 April 17, 2022 - 5:58AM
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 April 16, 2022 - 6:55PM
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".
By Tinsae Aregay on April 15, 2022 - 9:50AM
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 April 14, 2022 - 5:42AM
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 April 13, 2022 - 6:23PM
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 April 13, 2022 - 11:09AM
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 April 11, 2022 - 7:39PM
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 April 11, 2022 - 5:17PM
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 April 11, 2022 - 8:33AM
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.