Tag: Tesla

• Saturday, November 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Too many overburdened Tesla workers in Germany on sick leave

  

  While leaders at a Tesla plant in Grünheide (Germany) -near Berlin- complained about the high number of employees under sick leave, the trade union spoke of a “shockingly” critical workload resulting in these health problems and has a survey to back that up. “The results are shocking and make me angry,” said Dirk Schulze, head of the IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg district.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2024 - 19:19 UTC

  Argentina is the promised land for businesspeople, Milei says

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei told attendees at the Milken Institute's Global Conference in Beverly Hills that his country “has all the conditions to be the new Mecca of the West” and asked businessmen to help build “the new Rome of the 21st Century.”

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Milei meets Musk at Tesla factory

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei and South African-born tycoon Elon Musk met Friday at the Tesla factory in Austin, Texas, in the United States, in another sign of the liberal government's inclination to welcome global business. Musk's Internet connectivity provider Starlink has just become available to customers in the South American country.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2024 - 20:38 UTC

  Lula joins diatribes against Elon Musk

  

  Although he did not mention him by name, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva targeted X owner Elon Musk when he warned that billionaires must learn to preserve the rainforest. Lula made those remarks during an event at the Planalto Palace announcing funding worth US$ 145.8 million to combat wildfires and achieve the 2030 goals.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 20:31 UTC

  Livent to increase lithium output in the Argentine province of Catamarca

  

  Business developer Elon Musk's Tesla has been eyeing Argentine lithium for its battery-powered cars, due to which suppliers intend to double down output at Catamarca, it was reported.

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Major European firms sign agreement for sustainable exploitation of Chilean lithium

  

  As the world transitions from fossil fuels to sustainable energy-powered vehicles, four European giants have signed an agreement for the sustainable exploitation of Chilean lithium, it was announced Thursday in Santiago.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:40 UTC

  Milestone for Tesla and NASA's “space taxi contract”: US can now send and bring back its astronauts

  

  The United States first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. The successful mission, carried out jointly by SpaceX and NASA, demonstrated that the United States has the capacity once more to send its astronauts to space and bring them back.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  What does “pedo guy” really mean, and what it is helping to reveal

  

  Tesla founder Elon Musk said in a court filing on Monday that he did not mean to accuse a British caver of pedophilia when he referred to him as “pedo guy” in a tweet.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 17:04 UTC

  Oil Price Rally Boosts Electric Car Sales

  

  Tesla's competition is about to get more crowded next year with many legacy automakers and luxury brands launching a record number of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.

• Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  When Will Electric Cars Take Over The Roads?

  

  The age of the electric vehicle (EV) will be here sooner than you think.