Stories by Alex Diaz

Tesla announced its production and delivery figures for the first quarter of 2024, revealing that it produced over 433,000 vehicles and delivered approximately 387,000 units during the period. That’s a 20% decline quarter-over-quarter and a 9% drop year-over-year. The company also achieved a record deployment of 4,053 MWh of energy storage products in Q1, marking […]

Tesla has started giving out free 1-month Full Self-Driving (FSD) trials outside of the U.S., now reaching Canada for existing customers. Tesla North readers have shared with us an email received on Friday night, detailing a free FSD trial. This is on a reader that has owned a Model Y for less than a year […]

Tesla is currently offering a free one-month trial of Full Self-Driving capability to new deliveries in the U.S. This is part of Tesla’s plan to promote FSD 12.3, which brings some great improvements over previous versions. According to an email received by @LamarMK today, Tesla says FSD trials begin now. “Your Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Trial […]

Tesla has reached a new milestone: 200,000 total cars delivered in the United Kingdom. The company made the announcement on Thursday morning, saying on X, “Delivered our 200,000th Tesla in the UK! Thank you to our owners, you’re ace.” For now, the Model 3 and Model Y are available in the UK, with vehicles coming […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has mandated SpaceX to undergo a formal rulemaking process if it wants more spectrum for Starlink. The decision comes after the FCC rejected SpaceX’s application to use the 1.6GHz and 2GHz radio spectrums due to a technicality, highlighting the need for public commentary before any decision can be reached. SpaceX’s […]

Tesla is actively pursuing the integration of 5G technology into its vehicles and the Optimus robot, as revealed by a recent job posting by Pat Ruelke on LinkedIn, a lead staff engineer for Tesla’s IT Manufacturing Solutions Engineering, based out of Berlin, Germany (via @Tesla_App_iOS). Although the post has been deleted, it hinted Tesla’s ambitious […]

Tesla yesterday announced a major change—offering up 1 month of free Full Self-Driving (FSD) capability for new car deliveries in Canada and the U.S. This comes after Tesla’s FSD 12.3 has seen some massive improvements over version 11. The current FSD 12.3 is based on a single end-to-end neural network trained on millions of video […]

Tesla has announced an update to its Safety Score algorithm, version 2.1, for vehicles using its Tesla Insurance policy, aimed at fostering safer driving habits (via @Teslascope). The update is grounded in the analysis of over 30 billion miles of driving data, refining the criteria to provide a more accurate assessment of future collision risks. […]

Tesla has updated its website to now offer 1 month free Full Self-Driving (FSD) capability for new vehicle purchases in Canada and the U.S., notes @WholeMarsBlog. This change comes after earlier today, a memo sent out by Tesla CEO Elon Musk urged all new deliveries to include a demo drive of FSD v12.3.1, including cars […]

Lucid Group announced a significant financial boost today, revealing an agreement with Ayar Third Investment Company, an affiliate of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), for a $1 billion investment. This investment will come in the form of newly created series of convertible preferred stock through a private placement, contingent on customary closing conditions. The infusion […]

Tesla started rolling out some recent software updates that included a new version of Autopark, for cars that are Tesla Vision only and without Ultrasonic Sensors. We now have a great look at how this new Autopark works, according to a video shared by Space Cat (@raderje). The video shows a Model Y driving through […]

Information about Tesla’s upcoming Model 3 “Ludicrous” has leaked following an unauthorized entry into a Tesla storage yard in Florida. The leaked details reveal several new features of the upcoming model, including “Ludicrous” badging, an innovative Auto Shift Drive and Reverse functionality, a potential Adaptive Suspension, and an “Insane” acceleration option. The model is also […]

Image via Michael M Tesla has celebrated its 500th Supercharger in Denmark with a special design. According to a picture shared by Michael M on X on March 22, 2024, he added, “Supercharger number 500 in Denmark is now live in Søndervig”, with a design that paints on the flag from Denmark, along with “500th” […]

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled final national pollution standards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 2032 and beyond. The EPA is finalizing this rule as sales of greener cars, such as plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, hit record highs in 2023. “The future is electric. […]

TagEnergy and Harmony Energy announced this week the activation of their Jamesfield battery energy storage system (BESS) near Abernethy, Scotland. The 49MW/98MWh project, leveraging Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries and Tesla’s Autobidder AI software, was progressively brought online from November 2023 and reached full operational status in early February 2024. The Jamesfield BESS, managed by renewable […]