The race is on: VW says it can catch up to Tesla in three years, maybe sooner
Volkswagen can catch up to Tesla within three years or sooner says Bernd Osterloh, the head of Volkswagen Work Council.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
Tesla’s Giga Berlin electric vehicle factory plans are massive
Tesla could end up hiring four times the staff currently employed at Fremont for Giga Berlin, with eight Giga Presses planned to make Model Y.
Audi, Mercedes and Polestar lead sales in world’s most successful EV market
Polestar 2 leaps into third place in Norway's new car sales in first month of deliveries, just behind the Audi E-tron and the electric Mercedes.
“It’s not a race machine:” VW boss shares video of Elon Musk’s test-drive in ID.3
In a landmark moment, two rival auto bosses sit in an EV that represents the start of one's offensive against the other.
Thanks to Tesla, my daughter will never need to pass her driving test
Some car designers simply do not want electric cars to succeed, which is why they are so far behind Tesla in the transition to EVs.
Elon Musk takes VW’s electric ID.3 for a spin while in Berlin
Musk visits Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess and drives the electric ID.3 during visit to Germany last week.
“Radically” redesigned Tesla Model Y to be built in Berlin, Musk says
Radical Model Y redesign will be built at Tesla's Berlin gigafactory, with core technology developments, and battery cells may follow.
Tesla sells 80% more than other EV makers as hybrid sales soar
August EV sales data shows Tesla is still dominating the Australian EV market, while consumers show a distinct preference for hybrids.
Tesla taps surge in market value to raise $5 billion in capital
Tesla taps post-stock split surge in values to strengthen balance sheet ahead of triple-factory build.
Tesla Model 3 prevails with two hill climb victories after Pikes Peak crash
Two Tesla Model 3s claim first and second place in exhibition class of 2020 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with one Model 3 resurrected after it literally bit the dust.