Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory Receives Parts For The Giga Presses To Build The Model Y
Tesla Gigafactory Texas has received the first parts of the Giga Press machines to be installed on the site. The parts come from IDRA, an Italian company and Tesla s manufacturing partner for the Giga Press.
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Tesla has received parts for the Giga Press, the company’s giant casting machine and the biggest casting machine in the world, at its Texas Gigafactory building site. For the construction of the machine, Tesla has contracted a company called IDRA out of Italy. Giant boxes from IDRA were seen being unloaded from 18 wheelers in drone videos taken by Joe Tegtmeyer and Jeff Roberts.
Tesla Gets Preliminary Approval To Get State Aid And Add Battery Manufacturing facility To Giga Berlin
Tesla has been granted permission from Germany s Economy Ministery to start preliminary work on Giga Berlin. The EV maker might also get financial support from the EU.
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Tesla has been given the go-ahead to start preliminary work for the battery cell manufacturing facility that will supply the Berlin Gigafactoy. According to BZ-Berlin, the news comes as a surprise to the Brandenburg government, which oversees the location for Giga Berlin.
Tesla hasn’t submitted an official application to build a battery cell manufacturing facility to the Brandenburg authority. However, the preliminary permit comes in the way of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics.
By Tinsae Aregay Jan 19 2021 - 3:45am
Tesla Signs A 5 Year Exclusive Deal With Jeff Dahn, Possibly The Best Battery Researcher In The World
Tesla has extended the battery research deal it had with Jeff Dahn s Lab. The electric car market has also added two researchers as chairmen.
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Tesla has extended its battery research partnership with Jeff Dahn of Dalhousie University in Canada. Jeff Dahn is one of the top researchers in the lithium-ion battery field and his lab has already achieved notable improvements to battery tech such as extending the lifetime of a lithium-ion battery pack over a million miles.