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Tesla defies odds and paces up hiring to maintain market leadership

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Despite the automotive industry suffering through the challenges brought on by COVID-19, Tesla has defied the odds and continued to hire at a higher rate than average throughout the pandemic.

According to GlobalData’s Jobs Analytics database, hiring in the global automotive industry remained mostly flat, with job postings seeing decline in Q2 before showing signs of recovery in Q3 2020.

However, Tesla continued to hire in Q1 with only a slight decline in Q2. [Read more…] about Tesla defies odds and paces up hiring to maintain market leadership

Tesla: Is It Worth Your Money?

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To many, Tesla is a car company that manufactures electric cars or hybrid vehicles. While this is not wrong, the statement does not provide the full picture.

While they do manufacture cars, Tesla is actually an organization that is on a mission to “accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.” Apparently, it sees the production of hybrid vehicles as a significant step in that direction.

Even with such a noble cause, like many other big companies, Tesla is not without controversy. Many of the issues hurled at the company are actually about their CEO Elon Musk who just happens to brush some partners the wrong way with his views. [Read more…] about Tesla: Is It Worth Your Money?

Tesla buys Perbix industrial automation company

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Electric car maker Tesla has acquired Perbix, a provider of industrial automation solutions, including robots. 

Tesla has been working with engineering company Perbix for some time, and lately has faced increased pressure in its manufacturing process.

The company says it has faced manufacturing “bottlenecks” as it attempts to meet the high demand for its new Model 3 electric car.  [Read more…] about Tesla buys Perbix industrial automation company

Tesla finding manufacturing tough as it struggles with too many orders

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The new Model 3 saloon car from Tesla is way too popular for its own good and the company is struggling to cope with the number of orders it’s being asked to deliver. 

Despite the “bottlenecks” in manufacturing, the electric carmaker says it is on course to sell 100,000 vehicles this year for the first time in its 14-year history.

And if things go to CEO Elon Musk’s forecasts, Tesla will be manufacturing 500,000 vehicles a year by the end of next year, according to Business Insider.  [Read more…] about Tesla finding manufacturing tough as it struggles with too many orders

Tesla begins production at its Gigafactory – said to be the largest battery manufacturing plant in the world

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Tesla’s Gigafactory has almost 5 million square feet of operational space and when it’s completed, it will be the largest building in the world

lockTesla has started making lithium-ion battery cells at its brand new “Gigafactory” in Nevada, US. 

At almost 2 million square feet, the facility is said to be the largest battery manufacturing plant in the world – and that’s just for starters.

In a statement, Tesla says: “The current structure has a footprint of 1.9 million square feet, which houses 4.9 million square feet of operational space across several floors. And we are still less than 30 percent done. Once complete, we expect the Gigafactory to be the biggest building in the world.”  [Read more…] about Tesla begins production at its Gigafactory – said to be the largest battery manufacturing plant in the world

Rootstock Software appoints two executives to foster and accelerate customer success with its Cloud ERP

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Rootstock Software, a leading provider of cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions built on the Salesforce platform, has appointed two executives to continue bolstering customer success.

The appointments include Zach Feige to Vice President of Professional Services and Scott Johnson to Senior Vice President of Customer Operations. Both Feige and Johnson will report to CRO David Stephans.

Stephans says: “We’ve always had a strong customer-centric culture. [Read more…] about Rootstock Software appoints two executives to foster and accelerate customer success with its Cloud ERP

Bitcoin’s Potential of Being the New Currency

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Bitcoin is the first digital currency that was launched as far back as 2009.

It is not backed up or issued by any bank, government or government agencies. This decentralized system is what has made bitcoin globally acceptable.

It has heralded the launch of other multiple digital currencies, which are referred to as altcoins. [Read more…] about Bitcoin’s Potential of Being the New Currency

5 Ways Car Manufacturers Have Evolved Since the Pandemic

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The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly changed a lot of things, including how people view transportation.

Now, many folks realize the importance of having a car, a secure means of transport that you do not need to share with anybody.

A 2020 survey by Deloitte found that 74 percent of Americans support the idea of owning a car, with 56 percent of public transportation users stating that they intended to stop using public transport during the pandemic. [Read more…] about 5 Ways Car Manufacturers Have Evolved Since the Pandemic

Symbio Robotics raises $30 million and launches computing platform to make robots ‘more intelligent’

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Startup company Symbio Robotics has raises more than $30 million in funding and has launched a computing platform to make robots “more intelligent”.

Symbio says it is “pioneering the next frontier of manufacturing” through a combination of artificial intelligence and industrial robotics.

Symbio officially launched the company today, armed with $30 million and a goal of “modernizing industrial manufacturing by breathing new life into existing industrial robots – making them faster, more capable and more flexible”. [Read more…] about Symbio Robotics raises $30 million and launches computing platform to make robots ‘more intelligent’

Can You Hack AI? Yes, and Deep Learning is Being Used to Both Attack and Defend

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Being online these days is scary, but there are simple safety measures you should take

We’re all familiar with Siri, Echo, Google Maps and Translate – as well as IBM – using artificial intelligence, or AI, to answer questions, find locations, help us make sense of foreign languages, and predict the weather respectively.

But AI is getting smarter, which of course, is exactly what it’s designed to do. “Deep learning” means the software gets better at guessing as time goes by. [Read more…] about Can You Hack AI? Yes, and Deep Learning is Being Used to Both Attack and Defend

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