Tesla’s new Texas lithium refinery to support 1M electric vehicles by 2025

May 9, 2023

Tesla officially broke ground Monday on a Texas lithium refinery, making it the only U.S. automaker to refine its own lithium. CEO Elon Musk said the refinery will produce enough battery grade lithium for 1 million electric vehicles by 2025, which would make Tesla the largest processor of lithium in North America. Tesla will continue […]

Tesla’s new Texas lithium refinery to support 1M electric vehicles by 2025 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk teases free Tesla FSD trial in North America

May 8, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out a rough plan for expanding access to Full Self-Driving (FSD), the company’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), throughout North America and the rest of the world. “Once FSD is super smooth (not just safe), we will roll out a free month trial for all cars in North America,” […]

Elon Musk teases free Tesla FSD trial in North America by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

EV maker Lucid misses on revenue, earnings in Q1

May 8, 2023

Lucid’s first quarter results showed a company with widening losses and revenue that failed to meet Wall Street expectations, results that sent shares tumbling as investors worried about demand for its luxury Air sedan. Lucid shares dropped more than 9% in after-hours trading as investors reacted to the dismal first-quarter earnings. Shares have since recovered […]

EV maker Lucid misses on revenue, earnings in Q1 by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Terraform Industries wants to solve climate change by making more hydrocarbons

May 8, 2023

Casey Handmer is not intimidated by very large quantities. Trillions of acres. Thousands of gigawatts of solar power. A billion metric tons of carbon. His startup, Terraform Industries, aims to operate at these ambitious scales. The company wants to turn hydrogen and atmospheric carbon into synthetic natural gas at scale. It’s more than a little […]

Terraform Industries wants to solve climate change by making more hydrocarbons by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch