On the day of the highly-anticipated Tesla Gigafactory investor-only event, Tesla announced on its blog that it was beginning its battery cell production. “Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy through increasingly affordable electric vehicles in addition to renewable energy generation and storage. At the heart of these products are … [Read more...]
Tesla Expected to Announce Big Plans for 2017 at Wednesday Event
Tesla recently showed drone footage of the construction progress of its Gigafactory in Sparks with the plan to produce at least 500,000 cars a year by 2018. While the main goal of the Gigafactory will be pumping out electric car batteries at record speeds, construction will not be completely finished for at least a few more years. The aerial views of the gigafactory also … [Read more...]
Ballot Measures May Let Voters Determine Battle of Titans
It can be rather entertaining to watch titans grapple for power — unless they are doing it in your backyard and you can be trampled. The titans in this case are billionaires Warren Buffett, whose companies own Nevada’s largest electricity provider NV Energy, and Elon Musk, chairman of SolarCity, which installs rooftop solar panels that allow customers to purchase less … [Read more...]