Original Tesla Roadster Other Tesla Roadsters on Display Tesla’s 1,000,000th Vehicle Model S Plaid Nürburgring Tesla Cyberquad for Adults Tesla Cybertruck Prototype Model 3 and Model X OG Prototypes Tesla is set to display some of the rarest and historic vehicles it developed in a new exhibit at the ...
Tesla has shared a pretty rare look at its Optimus team’s work in a new video. The clip, which featured interviews with the Optimus team and footage of the humanoid robot’s custom actuators, hinted at the serious work that the electric vehicle maker has been doing for its ambitious ...
As it turns out, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop dreams are still alive and kicking. This was hinted at by The Boring Company, which recently shared an image of what appears to be a Tesla Model 3 sedan inside a “full-scale Hyperloop” test tunnel. Elon Musk’s Hyperloop idea has been faced ...
The original Tesla Cybertruck prototype unveiled back in late 2019 was so radical and filled to the brim with unique features that it was easy to miss some of the all-electric pickup truck’s more subtle components. These include the Cybertruck prototype charge port, which was showcased recently when the ...
Tesla brought in $18.69 billion in automotive revenue in Q3 2022 to represent an increase of 55 percent year over year.
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla’s latest FSD Beta update, Tesla sending Chinese engineers to the US, Mercedes-Benz EQE US pricing, and more. Sponsored by Anyhill: Check out Anyhill’s latest UM-2 electric scooters featuring a ...
Tesla has a new Megapack production facility in Lathrop, California, and via a post shared on Instagram, the company shared some impressive statistics. In the post shared on Instagram, Tesla shows off the production of the Megapack already occurring at the facility. The new manufacturing area is located just ...
JUMP AHEAD Here are some to watch for. JUMP AROUND No one saw Tesla coming. A Silicon Valley start-up putting electric motors into a handful of Lotus sportscars was about a niche as car-making gets. Then Elon Musk took over. Scarily smart, and with the balls to simultaneously bet ...
Nissan is reportedly giving Nissan Ariya reservation holders free VR headsets to see their upcoming vehicle (almost) firsthand. Nissan has seen the lousy press a company can garner if the launch of its first EV doesn’t go well, the Toyota BZ4X being a perfect example. But with the Nissan Ariya ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla’s dominant market share of the electric vehicle market in California slipped again this year, according to Reuters’ calculations based on government data from January to September, as rivals up their game. Tesla controlled 73% of the battery electric market in California from January to September, ...
JB Straubel vs. Elon Musk Not all Tesla co-founders have struck it rich What’s JB Straubel up to these days? While Elon Musk has long been the face of Tesla, there are actually five men that are credited with being the co-founders of the company. Tesla was originally founded ...
Tesla is offering buyers to cover the cost of Germany cutting its EV incentive if the automaker can’t deliver by the end of the year amid a massive sale push in the country. Germany is an important auto market in Europe and one that is difficult to penetrate for ...
Livent Corp., a Pennsylvania-based Tesla lithium supplier, is considering expanding production in Canada. As electric vehicles have grown in popularity worldwide, the demand for lithium, which is found in electric vehicle batteries, has skyrocketed. One company supplying the likes of Tesla, General Motors, and BMW is Livent Corp. The ...
Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and the EU have all requested exemptions from the Biden Administration’s “location of assembly” requirement for electric vehicle subsidies. Since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed, much like any government policy, it has had its detractors. However, the global backlash regarding EV tax ...
Tesla Model Y reservation holders in Germany have received messages from the electric vehicle maker that hints at the company’s focus on its customers. As per the message, Model Y customers who are unable to take delivery of their vehicles by the end of the year will still receive ...
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has triggered a class-action lawsuit against the social media company. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in a San Francisco court, with Twitter workers claiming that the company was violating federal and California law by terminating them without enough notice. A recently leaked email to Twitter ...
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is in full swing, and the long-reported layoffs seem to be here. As noted in recent reports, Musk’s team has broken its silence with Twitter employees, informing them in a message that layoffs are coming to the social media company’s workforce. According to Insider, which published ...
SpaceX has built and shipped its 200th Falcon second stage, highlighting the often underappreciated rocket’s record of achievement on the ground and in flight. Approximately 13 years ago, in late 2009 or early 2010, SpaceX shipped the first flightworthy prototype of the first iteration of its Falcon 9 second stage. ...
Tesla Model Y. Source: Evee The Tesla Model Y dominates the latest month of electric vehicle sales in Australia, accounting for more than half of the 2,098 full battery electric vehicles sold in the month of October. Interest continues to grow in EVs, but supply remains a problem. The ...
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Taiwan-based technology manufacturer Foxconn entered into a joint venture to develop and manufacture electric vehicles. Saudi Arabia’s foray into the global EV market is another step forward in its Vision 2030 goal to reduce its reliance on oil. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad ...
New car sales in Australia continue to improve in 2022, with SUVs and light commercial vehicles accounting for 80 per cent of the market. Top 10 models 🥇 Top 10 cars in Australia: October 2022 Top 10 cars in Australia: YTD 2022 Top 10 car brands 🥇 Top 10 ...
Image: Riz Akhtar Tesla has once again dominated the uptake of electric vehicles in October in NSW, with a more than four-fold increase in EV deliveries compared to the month earlier. New data from carloop shows that Tesla uptake has reached an all-time high in NSW for the month ...
Nissan has been forced to pause orders in Japan for their new EV, the Nissan Sakura, after the waiting period for the vehicle spanned over a year. While those in western markets may be familiar with the upcoming Nissan Ariya EV, they are likely less informed about its smaller cousin ...
General Motors will develop electric vehicle battery separators with manufacturer Microvast in a joint partnership that will yield a new separator plant in the United States. The project is being funded by a $200 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing initiative. ...
BMW Group is considering implementing a direct-to-consumer sales model for their MINI and BMW brands. In an interview with German news site Muenchner Merkur, reported by Reuters, Finance Chief Nicholas Peter of BMW Group said the company is considering implementing a direct-to-consumer sales model that could circumvent their dealer networks ...
Lucid Air Pure Lucid Air Touring Lucid’s Project Gravity Lucid Group released details regarding the unveiling of the Pure and Touring trim levels of its introductory electric sedan, the Air, today. Lucid teased the vehicles through a video it released on its Twitter. The vehicles are set to be ...
Tesla’s recent price cuts in China are reportedly resulting in “significant cancellations” for Chinese EV brands. However, deliveries are down month-to-month in October. Last month, Tesla announced some significant price cuts for the Model 3 and Model Y in China. This was important news for Tesla since there have ...
Fisker will begin production of their long-awaited Fisker Ocean SUV later this month, and the company has already increased its production goal to over 40,000 units in 2023. The day that many feared would never come is upon us. Fisker is starting production of their Fisker Ocean electric SUV ...
Humanoid robots, like the recently unveiled Tesla Bot, could be a $150 billion-a-year business within the next 15 years, according to a new Goldman Sachs report. The idea of robots taking over menial tasks and reducing labor costs has been around for a long time, but it has taken ...
According to the Petersen Museum, this will be the “most comprehensive gathering of Tesla products to date.”
Polestar announced today it received financing from two major shareholders, totaling $1.6 billion, to achieve its future growth targets. The global economy is in a tumultuous period, especially in Europe, where energy issues continue to run rampant. Despite these challenges, Polestar and numerous other brands hope to continue to ...
There’s more than meets the eye… Inventory Picks: 1976 Jeep CJ7 – “Franken-Jeep” There’s more than meets the eye… This week on the Motorious Podcast, we discuss the exploding Dodge engines, and wonder if there’s more going on than meets the eye. Certain Teslas are now considered collectibles, and ...
Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) posted an earnings beat for Q3 by beating Wall Street consensus estimates. The company’s better-than-expected quarter was fueled by a continuance of production output and deliveries of the Tre battery-electric semi-truck, along with numerous developments in the company’s planned buildout of hydrogen dispensing stations. Nikola reported ...
Tesla delivered 71,704 vehicles in China in October, shuttering from the record it set in September with 83,135 deliveries, according to the CPCA. The 14 percent drop in deliveries from September to October does not necessarily represent Tesla’s continuing growth in the Chinese market, which has continued to increase ...
While veteran Japanese automaker Toyota seems to be pondering the idea of electric vehicles with manual transmissions, its longtime rival, Honda, has stated that it will likely not be pursuing any sort of simulated or artificial manual transmission for its upcoming EVs. This would be true even for Honda’s ...
International brand consultancy firm Interbrand has released its Best Global Brands 2022 report, which outlines the strongest brands across a wide range of industries. Among the high rankers in Interbrand’s report was Tesla, which was listed as one of the companies which saw the most significant year-over-year percentage growth in ...
Lucid Air has a higher driving range than all Tesla models Why is the driving range of the Lucid Air so high? Lucid Air also rivals the Tesla Model S for performance In its short existence, the Lucid Air electric sports sedan has already generated a great deal of ...
There are several things that drivers never want to be involved in. A crash with a train is definitely one of them. Fortunately for a driver in Santa Clara, she happened to be inside a Tesla, and she was able to escape the frightening ordeal with minor injuries. The ...
Tesla CEO and now “Chief Twit” Elon Musk may be receiving flak from all sides amidst his takeover of the social media company, but he is receiving some support from a number of key individuals. These include Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell, who stated that he respects Musk for ...
SpaceX has successfully launched French satellite communications provider Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13G satellite, chipping away at a jam-packed November manifest and completing Falcon 9’s 50th launch of 2022. The company’s workhorse rocket lifted off from its Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) LC-40 pad with the 4.5-ton (~9,900 lb) geostationary communications ...
Almost four years after it first revealed, Tesla’s Austin plant is preparing to start building the battery-powered trucks
Musk introduced Cybertruck in a 2019 reveal where the vehicle’s designer cracked the vehicle’s supposedly unbreakable ‘armour glass’ windows. REUTERS Tesla Inc aims to start mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023, two years after the initial target for the long-awaited pickup truck chief executive officer Elon ...
Elon Musk plans to cut 50% of Twitter’s staff by Friday, November 4, 2022. The Tesla CEO’s target to trim Twitter’s employees is not surprising given that news broke about the job cuts before Musk’s $44 billion Twitter deal was sealed. Bloomberg sources revealed that the staff cuts would ...
No, Beyonce has not suddenly decided to start her own car company to fight against Tesla but BeyonCa is a brand-new EV startup from China (with R&D hub in Singapore). Unlike Appollen, its founders have experience in the automotive industry. Both its founders, Soh Weiming and Christian Klingler have ...
Cybertruck. Source: Tesla After years of promises and delays, Tesla is reportedly set to begin mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023. News published this week by Reuters quoted “two people with knowledge of the plans” who revealed that mass production of the Cybertruck would begin ...
Elon Musk’s paid Twitter verification system is rolling out next week, showing that the Tesla CEO is wasting no time getting the social media company in tip-top shape. Paid Twitter verification badges are part of Musk’s plans to discourage fake accounts and generate some revenue on the social media ...
Photo / Supplied The Tesla Semi was recently spotted testing near the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada. The electric truck had a trailer attached, and was filmed coming to a stop at a roundabout before effortlessly taking off, accelerating quickly, smoothly and silently. More Tesla semi fun. Round-about Silver Springs. ...
It doesn’t add new features and focuses on improving the system’s entire operation.
Tesla sought to bar from the event outside consultants who had been critical of FSD Beta in the past, but the DMV refused.
A manslaughter trial set to begin in Los Angeles for a fatal crash caused by a Tesla operating on Autopilot presents a first-of-its kind test for the legal responsibility of a human driver in a car that was partly driving itself, legal experts say. jQuery(function(){ if (typeof jwplayer_load == typeof indefined) { ...
It was the first store it ever opened in China, back in 2013.
Tesla battery cell supplier Panasonic broke ground on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas, contributing approximately 30 GWh of annual capacity in North America. The facility is set to focus on rapidly ramping up the manufacture of 2170 cylindrical cells to match surging domestic demand within ...
A manslaughter trial set to begin in Los Angeles for a fatal crash caused by a Tesla operating on Autopilot presents a first-of-its kind test for the legal responsibility of a human driver in a car that was partly driving itself, legal experts say. The trial, set to begin ...
Tesla Inc. demonstrated a beta version of its driver-assistance system for California transportation officials, including outside consultants the automaker previously sought to bar from the event. The demo of the system Tesla markets as Full Self-Driving was held last week at the Sacramento headquarters of the Department of Motor Vehicles, ...
Around 200 engineers and production staff from Tesla Shanghai will be coming to California, the first as early as this month.
Reports of Tesla Cybertruck production being delayed again are coming out, but these are based on a weak and confusing report. There’s no evidence that the electric truck is not on schedule. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck back in 2019, Tesla said that the electric pickup truck would make ...
Nikola Corp. announced today that it had secured a 100-unit purchase order from Zeem Solutions for its Tre battery-electric semi truck. Zeem Solutions, a zero-emissions EV ‘fleet-as-a-service’ provider, secured the purchase order today to ensure the immediate availability of the Tre semis for freight and logistics companies utilizing the ...
Canoo announced on Wednesday that it would build electric vehicle battery modules at a renovated facility in the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Oklahoma. The new facility is expected to expand Canoo’s manufacturing and employment footprint in the region as it continues to ramp production of its electric vehicles. The ...
Alex Kantrowitz New Twitter owner Elon Musk is bringing engineers from his other businesses to work on the social network. Insider previously reported that Tesla engineers are reviewing existing Twitter code. Tesla engineers have little experience designing for social media and use a different programming language, CNBC reported. As ...
Elon Musk recently added Twitter to the list of companies he currently controls. Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Company, and others have all worked as an intertwining web of entities with Musk acting as the spider. With the addition of Twitter, Musk adds another dimension to his list of companies ...
Tesla is putting an emphasis on Service needs after reportedly closing a flashy showroom in a luxury shopping mall in China. The move points toward the company’s potential strategy to trim costs by not renewing leases at pricey showroom locations, and instead opening new, dual-purpose locations in less expensive ...
Photo / Supplied A new report says that Tesla intends on starting mass production of the highly anticipated Cybertruck at the end of 2023. If the report is accurate, it’ll mean those who reserved their Cybertruck back in 2019 still have at least another year to wait for deliveries. ...
Tesla seems to be feeling the holiday spirit, with the electric vehicle maker launching some fresh items on its official Shop. In true Tesla fashion, one of the new items sold out extremely quickly. Tesla’s new merchandise was comprised of a fairly large 72×50 inch blanket aptly named the “Tesla…& ...
A perfect storm seems to be brewing in China, and the country’s local electric vehicle champions are feeling some pressure. Covid measures and Tesla price cuts for the Model 3 and Model Y from Gigafactory Shanghai are among the sources of this pressure. China’s local electric vehicle makers have ...
Tesla is looking to replicate the massive success that it achieved at Gigafactory Shanghai in the United States by bringing some of its Chinese engineers to help improve production at Fremont factory. It’s hard to overstate the success that has been Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai. Tesla was extremely successful in ...
Giga Berlin. Source: Tesla Tesla has reportedly continued work preparing to expand its Berlin gigafactory, beginning to clear 70 hectares of local pine forest. In a move almost as paradoxical as the recent dismantling of a wind farm to make way for the expansion of a coal mine, Tesla ...
The production of the Cybertruck could happen in Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas, USA. According to media reports, Tesla is expected to start production of its Cybertruck in Q1 of 2023. Reports state that initial production numbers will be limited before increasing output. It also states that Tesla is changing ...
A massive and comprehensive Tesla-focused exhibit that will highlight the company’s influence on the global automotive industry is set to come to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles starting November 20. Petersen Automotive Museum is hosting a new exhibit called “Inside Tesla: Supercharging the Electric Revolution,” which will ...
Northvolt has announced that the ongoing European energy crisis is forcing them to postpone battery production at the company’s new facility in Germany; it is now considering U.S. battery production instead. Northvolt has been in the process of expansion for a long time; most recently, they intended to begin ...
If there is one thing that Tesla China’s team at Gigafactory Shanghai knows very well, it is how to improve the output of an electric vehicle factory. With this in mind, it appears that Tesla is looking to tap into the talents of its Giga Shanghai team to help ...
At least that's what two people with knowledge of the plans told Reuters.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy has continued a streak of successful dual-booster landings during its first attempted launch directly to geostationary orbit, a mission that was also the rocket’s first launch in more than three years. Known as USSF-44 and initially scheduled to launch more than two years ago, the US Space ...
Under the new leadership of Elon Musk, Twitter is working harder to thwart hateful conduct. The new Chief Twit took ownership of the platform just before Halloween weekend and has been rapidly implementing new changes, addressing the needs of Twitter’s users, such as wrongful suspensions and addressing a spike in ...
Tesla reluctantly gave a Full Self-Driving Beta demonstration to the California DMV and some critics advising the agency that the automaker didn’t want present. Lately, Tesla has been under pressure from the California DMV over its Autopilot and self-driving claims, which the agency believes could be deceptive. Earlier this summer, ...
Dodge has announced that the upcoming RAM 1500 Revolution electric pickup truck will be revealed at CES at the beginning of January next year. Much like their gas counterparts, electric pickup trucks have gained massive followings in the U.S. already. Ford has made their name with the Ford F150 ...
Chief Twit makes sweeping changes
Tesla demonstrated Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta’s capabilities for California transportation officials on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Tesla’s FSD Beta demonstration would give autonomous vehicle regulators a good basis for self-driving cars in the future. Tesla’s FSD Beta demo was held at the Sacramento headquarters of the Department of Motor ...
Tesla is starting to release a new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software update that includes many high-level changes that should positively impact performance. FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles to drive autonomously to a destination entered in the car’s navigation system, but the driver needs to remain vigilant and ready ...
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is expanding, and progress on the early stages of land development has officially begun. Tesla has started clearing additional trees from the property, according to drone operators who followed the Gigafactory Berlin property this weekend. The new project will clear an additional 70 hectares (~172 acres) ...
Twitter owner Elon Musk has enlisted Tesla employees to work at the social-media company. AP Elon Musk has authorized Tesla, Boring Company, and Neuralink staff to work at Twitter, per CNBC. Some Tesla directors were also enlisted to work at Twitter, CNBC reported, citing documents. Musk has already made ...
Audi will cut production of their flagship A8 luxury sedan and, in turn, will increase Audi E-Tron production. The Audi E-Tron has quickly become one of the brand’s most popular nameplates, easily surpassing lackadaisical Audi A8 sales. According to the German news site Stimme.de, the brand is shifting production, focusing ...
Tesla aims to start mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023, two years after the initial target for the long-awaited pickup truck Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled in 2019, two people with knowledge of the plans told Reuters. jQuery(function(){ if (typeof jwplayer_load == typeof indefined) { var jwplayer_load ...
Tesla is planning to begin Cybertruck mass production at the end of 2023, a new report states. Tesla is “in the final lap” of Cybertruck development, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s Q3 Earnings Call in October. Now the company is reportedly preparing to set potential dates for production ...