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Panasonic resumes work at Tesla?s Nevada Gigafactory, but not in New York

The Verge

Panasonic has resumed its work making battery cells at Tesla’s Gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada, the company tells The Verge. Panasonic has been in a “steady ramp up” at the Nevada Gigafactory, the spokesperson said. The Buffalo, New York solar panel factory. Image: Tesla.

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Tesla’s readying a ‘million mile’ battery that could greatly lower the cost of EVs

The Verge

The battery is expected to lower the cost per kilowatt hour (the unit of energy most commonly used to measure the capacity of the battery packs in modern electric vehicles) to under $100. The company held a similar event focused on self-driving technology in April 2019. Musk told investors the tech will “blow your mind”.

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Faraday Future just became a publicly traded company

The Verge

Electric vehicle companies are going public left and right thanks to the rise in popularity of special purpose acquisition companies (which you can read a great explanation of here ). Image: Nasdaq. Electric vehicle startup Faraday future is a publicly traded company. It’s okay, I’ll give you a moment. Then the real trouble started.

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Tesla faces criticism of Elon Musk in bid to bring Cybertruck factory to Texas

The Verge

As Tesla made its first public pitch to bring its Cybertruck factory to Austin, Texas on Tuesday, the company faced concerns from citizens about its treatment of workers, the proposal’s impact on the local housing crisis, the need to give the automaker tax breaks, and most of all, CEO Elon Musk. Photos by Sean O’Kane / The Verge.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The Verge

The test took place on Sunday afternoon at the company’s DevLoop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. tons and measures about 15-18 feet long, according to Giegel. The first two passengers were Virgin Hyperloop’s chief technology officer and co-founder, Josh Giegel, and head of passenger experience, Sara Luchian.

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

Highlights this month include website accessibility in Portland, Oregon; project management in Boston, Massachusetts; and data visualization in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nevada: Data Visualization: Turning Information into Action. Los Angeles, California: Can We Measure Social Impact? Las Vegas, Nevada: QuickBooks Made Easy.

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It’s not your imagination — that vaccination website really is crawling along

The Verge

The Markup conducted its performance tests using Google’s open-source Lighthouse tool, in this case relying on the tool’s ability to measure the time it takes for a site to load and be functional.