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☆ 'It looks like a child's toy': 3 car designers react to Tesla's Cybertruck
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla's Cybertruck is closer than ever, so we asked three experts on car design what they think about it. AdvertisementAdvertisementTo some, the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck looks like a clumsily designed, doorstop-shaped monstrosity. Instead of mimicking the upright, boxy shape of conventional pickups, Tesla's truck looks more like a triangle. "In car design, you wouldn't believe how much of a difference some small changes make," Licata said. Simplicity and purity are hallmarks of timeless design, Snyder said, and Tesla's wacky truck could fit the bill.

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☆ Cybertruck photos in the wild reveal the truck's quirks ahead of Elon Musk's most important launch yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Every new Tesla Cybertruck sighting has fans zooming in and picking apart its features. Cybertruck fans have lots of opinions about the truck's frunk and stainless steel body panels. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe look of the Tesla Cybertruck has been polarizing since the day CEO Elon Musk debuted the futuristic-looking truck. A lot is on the line for the Cybertruck launch, which is planned for the fourth quarter of the year. Here are some of the latest topics of conversation surrounding the final look of the Tesla Cybertruck.

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☆ The Tesla Cybertruck might always look a little busted
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Tim Levin | Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe polarizing polygon known as the Tesla Cybertruck is almost here, and it will probably look far from perfect when it finally hits the road. It all means that Cybertruck buyers who have suffered through years of delays may wind up with trucks that always look a little rough around the edges. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: How Tesla's Cybertruck stacks up against the Amazon-backed Rivian R1T electric truck"This is going to be a measure of the appeal of Tesla," Fiorani said. Anyone who's owned a stainless steel fridge knows they are a magnet for grime and are a nightmare to keep clean. "Musk has learned from his past mistakes – he understands that people will scrutinize this vehicle," Fiorani said.

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☆ Tesla hasn’t issued final pricing or specs for Cybertruck as Musk memo warns of manufacturing challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promoting the company's long-delayed, sci-fi inspired Cybertruck on social media this week. The company also said in a shareholder deck that it was "working on equipment installation for Cybertruck production, which remains on track for initial deliveries this year." On Wednesday, Musk shared a post on X, formerly Twitter, with an image of the Cybertruck, saying, "Just drove the production candidate Cybertruck at Tesla Giga Texas!" Musk also sent an email to "everybody" at Tesla on Wednesday about the Cybertruck and the challenges of producing the vehicle. What Musk said in the email implies that Tesla is still struggling with Cybertruck quality.

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☆ Part of the secret to Austin's thriving clean-tech startup scene: mentorship
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Austin, Texas, is home to a number of clean-tech startups. Austin's clean-tech scene isn't only composed of household names. But why do so many clean tech companies call Austin home? That's poised to help clean-tech companies, according to recruiters, venture capitalists, and those who have shifted to working for green companies. Taylor, who's lived in Austin for 38 years, has been part of the Austin startup scene since 1991.

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☆ Tesla plans to spend more than $770 million on Texas factory expansion
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A giant cowboy boot is on display outside the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing facility during the "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. Tesla has registered with the state of Texas to expand its electric vehicle factory in Austin this year. January filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration reveal that Tesla plans to spend upwards of $770 million on the construction of facilities there, including for battery cell testing and manufacturing, cathode and drive unit manufacturing, and a die shop, among other things. The Elon Musk-led automaker officially opened its Texas electric vehicle and battery factory in April 2022, hosting a "cyber rodeo" party for shareholders and fans there. Today, Tesla manufactures some of its Model Y crossover utility vehicles in Austin, and plans to mass-manufacture its science fiction inspired Cybertruck, an unconventional pickup, there as well.

☆ Tesla shares have fallen 28% since Elon Musk took over Twitter, lagging other carmakers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party in Austin, Texas, on April 7, 2022. U.S. electric truck maker Rivian has fallen by 27% over that period. Shares in electric vehicle maker Tesla have fallen 28% since October 27, when CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter and appointed himself "Chief Twit," or CEO, of the social media business. Musk sold billions of dollars' worth of his Tesla holdings to finance the Twitter takeover. Since he took over the company, Musk has been regularly posting incendiary tweets, especially aimed at people who hold center-to-left political values, and whom Musk often paints as enemies with a "woke mind virus."

☆ Musk taps Tesla's China chief to run Texas gigafactory - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) chief Elon Musk has roped in longtime executive and the company's president in China, Tom Zhu, to help run the carmaker's new plant in Austin, Texas, Bloomberg News reported late on Wednesday. Zhu, who joined Tesla in 2014 and is heading Tesla's Asia Pacific operations, is in Austin this week. He has brought some of his engineering team from China with him to assist in overseeing the ramp-up of Giga Texas, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Giga Texas, which opened earlier this year, makes the Model Y and will produce Tesla's upcoming Cybertruck. It is not clear whether Zhu will retain his Asia responsibilities or for how long he will be in Austin, Bloomberg added.

☆ Tesla plans to ramp up Model Y production from Giga Texas in 2023 - Electrek
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is planning to ramp up production of its Model Y cars from Gigafactory Texas next year, Electrek reported on Wednesday. The electric-vehicle manufacturer is currently preparing to roll out 75,000 Model Y vehicles from Gigafactory Texas in the first quarter of 2023, according to the report. Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reporting by Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Elon Musk's righthand man at Tesla has reportedly joined SpaceX after the electric-car maker launched an investigation into the top lieutenant
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk has brought in Omead Afshar to help lead Starship production, Bloomberg reported. In July, Tesla was reportedly investigating Musk's righthand man after he authorized the purchase of construction materials that the system flagged as items that could be for Elon Musk's personal use. At the time, Tesla had already terminated several employees as a result of the investigation and Bloomberg reported Afshar was likely to leave the company next. Though, David Searle — the legal chief that was reportedly investigating Afshar — left the company in August, Bloomberg reported. Do you work at Tesla, SpaceX, or have insight to share?

☆ Cryptoverse-Elon Musk frees the bird and the dog coin flies
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Vidya Ranganathan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has put fresh wind in the sails of dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency he catapulted to fame. It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership. Not bad for a coin that was created as a "joke" satirizing wild speculation in the crypto market and named after an internet meme of a Shiba Inu dog. Its share of the $1 trillion global crypto market cap through the year until the end of October was 1%, a fraction of bitcoin's 39%, according to CoinMarketCap. Bets that Musk may allow crypto payments with dog tokens were kindled by his tweet last week of a picture of the Shiba Inu dog wearing a Twitter T-shirt.

☆ Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Here are the busy billionaire's 4 other companies and what they all do.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Elon Musk is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, which he helped start in 2003. The automaker has since designed seven electric vehicle models, four of which are currently in production. CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images

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