Tesla has its woes and troubles haunting the electronic car producer.Tesla cut the price of the Model S again as electronic vehicle startup Lucid Motor looks to break into the hot electric car market. Tesla stock fell.Tesla woes and troubles, will they last or will they be solved
Hours later, Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded via Twitter: “The gauntlet has been thrown down! The prophecy will be fulfilled. Model S price changes to $69,420 tonight!”
Earlier this week, Tesla reduced the Model S price in the U.S. from $74,990 to $71,990.
Thats not the only troubles Tesla has.
Water turned off at Tesla Gigafactory
The utility company said pipes supplying the carmaker’s first European plant, just outside Berlin, will remain blocked until Tesla pays up. It’s not yet clear how the lack of water will affect construction plans.
A spokeswoman for the water company, Wasserverband Strausberg-Erkner (WSE), said Tesla was repeatedly warned that it was behind on its payments.
“The 14-day notice period has expired,” WSE spokeswoman Sandra Ponesky told the Associated Press. “We can’t treat Tesla any differently than other customers.”
Ponesky said that as soon as the company paid the amount it owed, the tap would be turned back on. She did not say how much Tesla owed.
The plant, based in Grünheide near the capital Berlin, is the company’s first Gigafactory in Europe. It is still being built and the manufacturer hopes to build 500,000 electric vehicles there per year, with a workforce of 12000 employees. Production could begin as early as next summer.
Tesla had only just recently signed the contract for water development. It was not immediately clear how or if the lack of water would affect construction at the site.
The state of Brandenburg, where the plant is located, has yet to give Tesla an environmental permit for the new plant. The construction work thus far has taken place with preliminary permits for individual construction stages.
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