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Tesla Model 3 makes its way to East Coast showrooms in NY, Boston and Miami
Tesla’s Model 3 is heading to the East Coast, following a successful debut in the company’s Southern and Northern California showrooms. The Silicon Valley-based electric car maker is displaying its mass market compact sedan at the company’s store on Boylston Street in Boston and its New York City showroom in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district, as well as at the Aventura store in Miami, FL.
All three East Coast showrooms are displaying the Model 3 for public viewing starting Friday.
As could be seen in the Aventura invite, the general public would be able to experience the Model 3 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST. The invite also specified that those interested in the mass market electric compact sedan would be able to sit inside the Model 3 to experience its expansive glass roof and premium interior. Apart from this, attendees of the Model 3 display event would also be able to interact with the electric car’s 15-inch center touchscreen.
Quite notable in the invite was the fact that it explicitly mentioned that Tesla would be talking about the company’s dual-motor electric powertrain, which is expected to be offered in the Model 3 later this year. Considering that the California-based electric car firm is specifically discussing AWD during the Model 3 debut in the Miami store, there seems to be a pretty good chance that Tesla is on track to release the Model 3’ with dual-motor, all-wheel-drive configuration this Spring.
Apart from the Model 3 making its way to Massachusetts, New York, and Florida, the company will also be rolling out the vehicle to additional showrooms in the San Francisco Bay area, including San Jose and Walnut Creek.
The Model 3 has been a massive hit for Tesla — so much so that the electric car maker has tried to anti-sell the mass market sedan. Not long after its successful reveal back in 2016, Tesla, even CEO Elon Musk began anti-selling the car, comparing it unfavorably to the Model S. Despite this, however, reservations for the compact sedan continued to climb at a steady pace.
With the number of Model 3 displays increasing by steadily, Tesla is well on its way to increase the size of its reservation backlog for the mass market all-electric sedan. More importantly, it’s a signal that mass production of its most disruptive electric car to date could be hitting its stride.
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Tesla posts Semi factory update, shares new Semi logo design
As per Priestley, there are a lot of exciting things coming to the Semi factory and the Tesla Semi itself.

Tesla has posted an update video on the construction of its Semi factory near Giga Nevada.
The electric vehicle maker also shared the new logo of its Class 8 all-electric truck, which is pretty slick and classic Tesla at the same time.
Semi Factory Update
In the video, Tesla Semi program lead Dan Priestley stated that the last few months were spent building the factory shell of the facility, from its walls to its columns to its concrete floors. With the Semi factory shell completed, it is now time to equip the facility with the necessary equipment that would allow it to mass produce the Tesla Semi. The Tesla executive also shared the facility’s target output.
“This factory is designed with an annual capacity of 50,000 units a year. So over the next several quarters, we’re going to be industrializing the factory, installing the equipment, and preparing for high volume production. First units are set to be on the line by the end of this year, and we’ll be ramping the factory through 2026,” Priestley stated in the video.
The Tesla Semi is arguably Tesla’s most underrated product, with the vehicle operating in real-world fleets over the past years. As per Priestley, there are a lot of exciting things coming to the Semi factory and the Semi itself. These things, the Tesla executive noted, would prove that electric trucking is ready to scale.
New Tesla Semi Logo
The end of the Tesla Semi factory update video featured a logo for the vehicle that had not been shared by Tesla before. Similar to the Cybertruck, it appears that Tesla will be giving the Semi its own stylized logo. Unlike the Cybertruck’s graffiti print, however, the Class 8 all-electric truck’s logo features the word “Semi” written in a futuristic, thin font. Interestingly enough, the “E” in the word “Semi” was written with three horizontal lines, similar to the Tesla Model 3’s original logo.
Below is the Tesla Semi’s new logo.
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Berlin Senator calls Tesla “Nazi” cars, pisses off Brandenburg because Giga Berlin is a giant employer
Kiziltepe’s comment garnered so much negative attention that she ended up deleting her post.

It is no secret that Elon Musk is a lightning rod for controversy today, especially with his work with the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But as could be seen in Germany’s reactions to a Berlin Senator’s post on X, you can criticize the man, but you do not go for the thousands of people that Tesla employs.
Strike Against Tesla
As noted in an rbb24 report, Berlin’s Labor Senator Cansel Kiziltepe (SPD) ended up pissing off a lot of people, especially in Brandenburg, after she dubbed Teslas “Nazi” cars on social media platform X. In her post, Kiziltepe wrote, “Who wants to drive a Nazi car?” She also shared a news article that highlighted Tesla’s decline in Germany in the first quarter, titled “Electric Car Manufacturers Experience Sales Boom—Apart from Tesla.”
Kiziltepe’s Tesla comment garnered so much negative attention that she ended up deleting her post. She did, however, share a follow-up which explained that her sentiments against CEO Elon Musk do not extend to the thousands that Tesla employs, especially in Germany.
“Tesla is currently experiencing a sales slump because customers attribute the right-wing extremist positions of its shareholder Elon Musk, who holds around 13% of the company. I explicitly stand by my assessment of Elon Musk. Of course, this does not mean that I hold Musk’s employees or customers responsible for his political positions,” the senator wrote in her post on X.
Brandenburg Backlash
A lot of the anger that resulted from Kiziltepe’s post came from other officials, such as Brandenburg’s Minister of Economic Affairs and SPD party colleague Daniel Keller. The official’s sentiments are understandable considering that Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is the largest employer in the region, providing jobs to thousands of people in the area.
“Such a Nazi comparison hurts the people who work there and is completely inappropriate for a labor senator. I expect the labor senator to retract her historically unacceptable comparison and return objectively to the major economic and labor market policy challenges that Berlin and Brandenburg should tackle together.
“Everyone can have their own personal opinion about Elon Musk. But it’s important to me that we don’t forget the people behind the Tesla factory in Grünheide. 11,000 people from 150 nations work here – more than half of the employees live in Berlin… Brandenburg and Berlin benefit from this in terms of employment and value creation,” Keller noted, highlighting that Giga Berlin provides well-paying, permanent jobs.
Equally Pissed Off
In a comment to the BZ newspaper, Brandenburg’s Minister-President Dietmar Woidke (SPD) stated that Kiziltepe’s comments were out of place, because in addition to the numerous Berliners who work at Giga Berlin, people from about 150 nations also work at the plant. Berlin CDU parliamentary group leader Dirk Stettner was more direct, stating that the Berlin Senator’s post was a “dangerous relativization of Nazi terror and thus also of the Holocaust.”
The Berlin-Brandenburg Business Association (UVB) shared their frustrations with the senator as well, with General Manager Alexander Schirp stating that Kiziltepe’s comments were unbecoming of someone who sits at the Berlin Senate. Schirp also stated that the comments were an affront to Tesla employees. “This will not increase the manufacturer’s chances of investing in the capital. Statements of this magnitude do not bode well for the election campaign,” Keller stated.
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Tesla Sweden defies unions again by opening yet another Supercharger
The site features 12 Superchrger V4 stalls that are ready to provide up to 250 kW to electric vehicles.

Tesla Sweden’s issues with the country’s unions are not over yet, but the electric vehicle maker seems determined to support all EV drivers in the country anyway. As per industry watchers, Tesla Sweden recently opened yet another Supercharger, this time in the Municipality of Ödeshög.
The new Supercharger benefits not just Tesla owners since it offers rapid charging services to other EV brands as well.
New V4 Tesla Supercharger
As per Tesla watcher @NicklasNilsso14, who has long been following the activities of the electric vehicle maker in Sweden, the newly opened Supercharger is located at Östgötaporten in Ödeshög. The site features 12 Superchrger V4 stalls that are ready to provide up to 250 kW to electric vehicles. Its location is good, too, as it was built near the E4 highway exit, making it close to amenities in the area.
The fact that the Supercharger serves not just Teslas but also electric vehicles from other brands will likely be appreciated by drivers in Sweden. Tesla Superchargers, after all, are among the most reliable and convenient rapid charging systems in the country.
Anti-Supercharger Union Efforts
Amidst Tesla’s conflict with IF Metall, other unions in the country have rolled out sympathy measures in an attempt to cripple the company’s operations. Two of the most notable are the Elektrikerna union and Seko, both of which have initiated efforts to block the launch of new Superchargers.
Unfortunately for the unions, Tesla is a very stubborn company, and it is also creative. Tesla also does not hesitate to use its resources to get around the measures being implemented by the unions. Earlier this month, for example, two new Supercharger sites were opened in the city of Södertälje.
The new Södertälje Superchargers upset the unions, with a press officer for the Elektrikerna union stating that Tesla seems to be flying in people to help launch its Superchargers. “It is a good question how this has happened. We think it is unfortunate. But they seem to have their methods. They bring in foreign companies and fly in people, we think,” Bello noted then.
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