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Gigafactory Q&A With Tesla Analyst
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 11:37am | 407Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research has answered questions regarding his recent commentary that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is creating a new industry with its "Gigafactory," which is effectively being built with zero dollars. Chowdhry said Tesla's Gigafactory (a $5 billion investment)...
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Panasonic Partners With Japanese Firm To Join Deep Learning Revolution
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 12:24pm | 485In an age where everything seems to boast an Internet connection, it is no longer enough for electronics to simply carry out pre-determined tasks. To set their products and services apart, big name companies like Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) have poured...
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Report: Panasonic To Ship Workers To Tesla's Gigafactory
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 12:26pm | 362Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s Gigafactory in Nevada will see hundreds of employees from Panasonic Corporation (OTC: PCRFY) arriving later this year, according to a report on Monday. "We'll need hundreds of people at the start," Yoshio Ito, head of Panasonic's...
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Check Out 3D Systems' Newest Acquisition
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 10:05am | 2713D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) announced on Monday that it acquired Easyway Design and Manufacture Co. in China. According to a press release, Easyway is a 3D printing sales and service provider with operations in Shanghai, Wuxi, Beijing, Guangdong and Chongqing. "The firm brings 3D...
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Could Tesla's Gigafactory Site Announcement Come Thursday?
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 9:15am | 673Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) could be gearing up to make an important announcement as early as Thursday -- when it announces earnings -- about its massive lithium-ion battery Gigafactory. Reno In The Crosshairs Forbes suggested Tesla could announce the future gigafactory's site as Reno, pointing...
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Report: Tesla Signs Panasonic Battery Joint Venture Pact
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 2:48pm | 253Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) inked a joint venture agreement with Panasonic (OTC: PCRFY) for Tesla's so-called Gigafactory in the U.S., according to a Japanese new service. Tesla traded recently at $228.72, up 2.3 percent. Nikkei Asian Review reported Monday that Panasonic will...
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New Emissions Regulations May Mean Tesla Battery Boom
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 10:08am | 625When the Obama administration and the Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed new regulations designed to limit power-plant pollution, they set in motion a chain reaction that could create a $200 billion surge in the value of one industry in six years, according to Bloomberg. That...
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Is Tesla's Elon Musk Channeling Henry Ford?
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 12:17pm | 624Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk wants to build an environmentally friendly $35,000 electric car for the masses at the astonishing rate of 500,000 per year. To accomplish that, it appears Musk might “pull a Henry Ford.” Musk’s highly-publicized Gigafactory, according to Slate, is designed to...
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Market Wrap For May 9: Markets Marginally Higher, But Nasdaq Still Suffers
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 4:36pm | 1982U.S. stocks struggled to stay in positive territory as earnings continue to come in mixed and investors and traders still showing a "risk-on" approach. The Dow closed at new record highs as the S&P 500 struggled to stay in positive territory for most of the day. The Nasdaq saw a strong end...
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Tesla, In Talks With Panasonic, Makes Pricing Appeal To Chinese Consumers
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 3:04pm | 464Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) is building on its recent successes in the U.S. by looking overseas to Asia – for both new markets and new investments. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Tesla and Panasonic are working on an agreement to build a lithium-ion auto battery factory in the U.S. – a...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For February 26
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 10:14am | 1050Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Yandex: Teaming up with Google Russia's largest search engine Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) has inked an agreement of cooperation with Google. Under the agreement, Google's advertising clients will gain access to Yandex's advertising inventory...
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Disrupter Alert: Mozilla Says It Will Unleash A Flood Of $25 Smartphones
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 11:57am | 777Android giant, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) may have stolen thunder with the launch of its long-awaited Galaxy S5 Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but as keen observers noted, Mozilla had a little thunder-stealing of its own up its sleeve. With all the attention on Samsung, not...
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What Companies Stand To Benefit From The Winter Olympics In Sochi?
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 11:13am | 1169Go big or go home isn't the mantra of just Olympic athletes anymore. With more pomp, circumstance and security threats than any other global athletic event, the Sochi Olympics may deserve its own medal – or at least those backing it do. The competitive events of The Olympic Partners (TOP)...
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SLIDESHOW: Larger iPad, iPad Mini Delay And More From The First Week Of November
Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 1:41pm | 188Is it possible for one product to control the week's biggest headlines? If any, some might expect it to be the iPhone. But this week Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) proved that another one of its products -- the iPad -- can dominate the media unlike any other. There were so many iPad-related stories that...
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Panasonic's New 4K Tablet Is 12X More Expensive Than Apple's iPad Air
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 3:50pm | 469Panasonic's (OTC: PCRFY) 20-inch 4K tablet will retail for $5,999 when it is released in January. According to Engadget, the device (officially known as the Toughpad 4K) will come with an Ultra High-Definition 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD display with 3,840 x 2,560 pixels and 230 pixels per inch. The...