Tesla To Receive Competition in 2018 When Audi Starts Production of Audi Q6

The auto giant will be receiving massive competition from Audi when it starts production of its SUV in 2018.

Tesla Motor’s worst nightmare might be coming true soon, as Volkswagen’s subsidiary Audi has announced that it will be starting production of one of its most awaited electric cars, the Audi Q6. This will be a complete sport vehicle which will be the first one that the smart car makers release.

The auto makers recently announced that they will be starting the manufacturing and production of this SUV in a period of three years, starting from 2018. Another thing that the rival company released on Wednesday in a press release was a picture of the upcoming SUV that served as a teaser for the fans. Along with that, some of the features of the car were also announced by the auto giant. Analyst are talking about how this new car is going to make things difficult for Tesla, turning out to be a huge competitor for the company Model X car, which is also going to be a sports vehicle.

Audi has recently reported that the SUV they are working towards will have a mileage of going on for 310 miles as the driver’s range and it will not have one motor, but three different electric motors placed in the car’s engine. Out of them, two will be situated in the axle on the rear side while the remaining one will be kept in the front. These motors, however, are not something the firm is using for the first time as it has already used these in its previous hybrid vehicles like Electric R8, which is also a sports car run on an electric engine. As per the rumors that have come around about the car, it was seen that this upcoming SUV will have a horsepower coming around at 500 with a massive 518 pounds of torque. These reports have been confirmed by a number of press releases.

Q6 is just the expected name of the car Audi is planning to launch as it has yet now decided what it will naming this SUV. As per an article published by Auto News, it was seen that the car will have four seats along with a new technology called the e-tron Quattro that the firm will be launching in Frankfurt in the upcoming month at an auto show.

According to Tesla’s rival, the fact that Audi will be using ion-lithium batteries from Samsung and LG Chem, both being Korean companies, will really turn out to be a difficult thing for the electric car maker to digest. Tesla, on the other hand, is looking towards boosting up the production of its much awaited SUV, the Model X.

Tesla Beats Illumina Inc By Being Declared As the Smartest Company

The firm is showing massive signs of growth for near future which has made analysts quite positive.

Recently, a list of 50 smartest companies in the auto industry was released in which Tesla Motors managed to successfully secure the first position, beating out the previous winner in the race, Illumina Inc, which is a biotech firm working in the United States. The auto making giant, on the other hand, has been declared as the most innovative firm in the industry to be working on new technology ideas and bringing out the best out of it. In the report that was published, it was stated that the electric car makers have been making it big with their smart cars and have become one of the most competitive companies in the auto industry.

Tesla business is also being planned by the owners to expand more as it has become common news that the hybrid car makers are working on a new business in the battery business where it has settled to establish a new battery making plant that will solely work towards the product of lithium batteries. This step of the firm was initially taken with mixed opinions from analysts but over the passage of time, this has received quite a positive response from not only the analysts but also the investors.

Tesla was seen to reply to the success that it received in its future plans and how it plans to carry them out. The firm’s management informed the press that the actual plan is to bring about such a change in the society where people use electric smart cars on a mass level and get rid of cars that not only consume oil and gas but which also emit harmful chemicals by burning that gas. Taking into consideration the fact that customers start using hybrid cars only that are run by electric batteries chargeable by solar energy, many positives can be expected in the future.

Therefore, Tesla currently plans on focusing on expanding its business out to more and more people. Presently, the cars being produced by the firm are declared as luxury cars because of the price tag they carry but over the period of time, the company has decided to launch cars that carry a mediocre price which is reachable for people of almost all classes. Furthermore, the fact that the batteries in these cars will be chargeable by solar energy gives the customers more to think about and consider buying an electric car for them.

Only in the last quarter that the firm went through, the reported sales exceeded the expectations of the analysts by a mile, making the rivals in the industry believe that the auto giant is here to stay.

Tesla Plans To Expand Its Supercharging Stations All Over Britain

The electric car giants have decided to build more energy charging pumps all over Britain as promised to customers.

According to latest Tesla news, it has been seen that the automaking giant is planning to expand its supercharging business that it has initiated to charge its cars. The electric car makers have been in a dispute with Ecotricity which is an established energy supplier that has been in contract with the smart car manufacturers for quite some time now. However, due to a dispute that started between the two companies, the expansion of the energy project was delayed until further notice. The automakers have reportedly been assuring the customers of the electric cars in Britain that they will be receiving excessive power supply in their country without any issues.

Tesla has informed the British customers as per previous reports that it will be building up Supercharger pumps all over the states where the smart cars are being used. The firm was also seen to give the customers a chance to travel anywhere within the country relying on the new technology charging network that was to be established by the firm, that could help them obtain free energy from wherever these pumps were situated. However, all these plans were overlooked when the firm was thrown towards a lawsuit dispute with Ecotricity. This dispute resulted in a delay which made the customers quite unsure of what to expect next. Except for the energy filling pumps that were already installed, no more were being built.

As for the most recent update on Elon Musk’s automaking company, the dispute has now been settled between Tesla and Ecotricity which has opened up new spaces to cover. The hybrid car producers have recently announced that they will be building more energy pumps in the country following the same place which was to be followed if the hindrance hadn’t occurred. The installation of more pumps will determine the expansion of the project that the auto giant has been planning to carry out since a long time now.

The routes that will be covered are going to be from West Scotland to Eastern England, as per the reports. The firm is currently looking towards establishing around seven more site plants for the purpose of battery charging in the country. Both the companies that got involved in the dispute have announced new progressive plans recently which show that they are looking forward to making productive changes in the industry soon.

As per the press releases, the problem between the two firms started when it was reported by Ecotricity that Tesla is not being completely open about its plans which were causing many problems in operations.

Ford To Release Mustang In Europe Soon

The automaking company has sent its first shipment to the European states with great sales expectations.

Ford Motors has recently announced that it has successfully managed to carry out a shipment of Mustangs for the first time to Europe, and the smart cars are expected to make the customers in the region quite excited about the launch. According to a news article published by USA Today, it is expected that by the time the auto making company’s car are launched in the region, the sales of the cars manufactured by the firm are going to gain momentum by a mile. The new cars of the auto giant have been seen carrying some really exciting features which are predicted to bring about a stir in the European markets.

Previously, the firm has sold around 100,000 cars in the European region in around 20 markets in the west. These sales did raise not even the total sales of American cars in the continent but they also helped the firm to receive an increase in sales by around 1.5 percent as compared to the previous quarter. On the other hand, the firm is looking towards expanding its business and not restricting itself to one country only which is why such steps are being taken.

If only the current year is taken into consideration, it will be seen that around 9.3 percent rise has been recorded in the sales of the Fords cars and only in the first five months of the year 2015, the total cars that have so far been sold to the customers have come around at 542,000, a number that is definitely to be reckoned with.

These sales have not only surprised the analysts but also the investors in the company as the auto industry has so far shown a growth in sales of around 7.2 percent only, which has been surpassed by Ford in a successful manner. This time around, the firm has broken its own records as it has scored massively after two years of struggles. Furthermore, it will be seen that the first half of the year has been taken a little slow by the management of the auto making company. However, the pace will be quickened in the upcoming months, as the firm is planning to strengthen trade even more than before.

Fords has been witnessing a flat share in the stock market for the past 12 months, but the firm has decided to change that by coming into some much needed action. Previously the share that the hybrid car makers had in the market was around 7.8 percent, and as per recent news, the share has now been upgraded to 8.1 percent.

Bidness Autos - Tesla To Receive Competition By Mercedes In Home Battery Business

The automaking giant is soon going to receive serious competition by Mercedes which has also decided to step into the battery-making business.

Tesla has been going through some massive changes within the functions of the firm that it has always been carrying and one of the newest ventures that it has reportedly stepped into is all about making home based batteries for the customers to save money on their electricity bills.

Even though at first the automaking giant did not receive the right reaction from the automotive industry about going into battery making business and analysts were seen saying that the firm is just changing its track a little bit to hide the sluggish sales of its car lately. However, this business is now being taken as a huge step towards progress by analysts and there is one more trend that the electric car makers seem to be setting. According to a recent news release, it was seen that Mercedes has decided to adopt the whole idea of manufacturing and selling batteries too.

This news has not only surprised the auto industry and analysts, but it has also amused them since the luxury car making firm did not make such business plans in the past. The energy storage business plan that has taken its toll in the industry is sure to bring about a change that turns around how things worked in the auto companies before. Mercedes has decided to look past the manufacturing and selling off of cars and automobiles and have a look at the battery making business instead. According to the recent news on Mercedes-Benz, it was seen that its parent company Daimler AG was seen working towards making the tests needed to be done for the batteries that are used in the homes. As per the press release, it has been heard that before September, the firm will be launching the first of its batteries.

The report on Mercedes plans has made it clear that the automakers have been testing batteries for a long time now, probably as long the smart car making company, Tesla. A subsidiary of Daimler was set up around six year back which was made to focus on the production of lithium-ion batteries.

Analysts believe that Tesla has made its focus on the batteries quite a straightforward and obvious decision while on the other hand Mercedes’ parent company is not doing the same and is taking baby steps into the industry. The hybrid car makers are looking towards expanding their business by making batteries in a huge number while Daimler aims to make batteries but not in a large quantity. However, it is expected by the analysts that the electric car producers need to look out as serious competition is headed their way.

Bidness Autos - Tesla All Ready To Start Operating Its Mobile Shop In Santa Barbara

The automakers are all set to introduce an exciting mobile shop in the state for customers to choose and buy Tesla cars with ease.

Tesla Motors is one of those few companies who has been in the news for quite some time for the unique and tactful techniques that it chooses to carry out for its business activities. The marketing strategies adopted by the automakers have always been highlighted to be one of their kind and quite smart as well. The firm has always surprised its fans by always coming up with something to amuse and this time around, the electric car makers have decided to make it big by planning a campaign through which they will be directly selling their automobiles to the customers. A recent press release has made it evident that the auto giant’s management has announced that the company will be taking its adopted marketing campaign for something useful like being a direct provider of its cars and selling them on a direct basis without a middle man.

The first place that has been chosen by Tesla to start selling its hybrid cars has come around to be Santa Barbara, where the company’s first outlet will be made for its valued customers who will be able to visit the place and choose from their favorite cars. The grand opening of the store has been scheduled to take place a day after the Memorial Day, and the store will be quite like the other brick stores owned by the company. The customers who wish to make a transaction will be first taken around the store for a quick tour in which they will be made familiar with what the store has to offer. Later, they can choose accordingly if they like the different parts and components of the Model S. Furthermore, for a better experience, a new Model S will be made available at the store in which the users can take a test drive and get to know the car better.

This store will be a mobile store with the ability to spread out like a huge flatbed, as huge as a terminal. According to the most recent reports, the firm is planning to keep their mobile store in the state of Santa Barbara for four weeks before taking it to Hamptons.

Coming up with such a store in the United States is an idea not foreign for Tesla as the smart car makers have done the same in the European countries like Denmark and France, around two years back. More importantly, the electric car giants are not the only ones to have a mobile store in the country as many other auto makers have done it in the past.

Bidness Autos - Tesla To Launch Its Self Driving Car In The Upcoming Months

The auto-making firm is planning to make an update on its software of the Model S cars, which analysts believe is for some autonomous features to be added to the vehicle.

The rumors regarding Tesla Motors planning to work on an autonomous car have been circulating in the air for quite some time. The electric car makers have been treating its fans with the idea of making its luxury cars into cars that are self-driven automobiles which have excited the audience to no end. Even though the rumors have been going on about the auto industry for quite some time now, it had not been made clear yet as to when the firm plans to actually launch those special cars.

According to the most recent news on the hybrid car making company, it has been made public that in it will be going through a software update on its systems soon which will not only make the firm capable of bringing its first autonomous car on the road in a time period of only two months, but it will also open the gateway for more software updates to take place in the auto-making company’s system in the coming time.

As per the latest press release, it has also been made evident that Tesla’s Model S car will be receiving more updates in its software which will be making it become a better self-driven car in the coming times. For customers who are in possession of Model S cars, this has come out to be quite an exciting news as their cars will also be made into cars which carry the updated software bring about some features that will make them autonomous to some extent. Keeping in mind the fact that all the Model S cars, released since the month of October, have been made in such a way that their software system can be updated with features that support an autonomous system of driving a car, all the customers who bought their Tesla cars after that time will be able to enjoy the updates on their luxury vehicles soon.

The hardware system that has been installed by Tesla into its Model S cars includes special features like an updated steering plan and an improved braking system, along with a camera that faces the front side of the car. With radar for the front face of the automobile and ultrasonic sonar with a 360-degree scale, the updates on these will turn out to be very happening.

In the latest press conference that was held by Tesla’s management, the fact that a software update is going to take place soon has given a hint to the investors and analysts that this update will involve features with some autonomous characteristics.