Stories by Nehal Malik

CNNBusiness recently took to analyzing the niche cottage industry that has sprung up around space exploration and transportation company SpaceX, which focuses on documenting progress on the company’s prototypes and plans, as well as streaming launches and developments. The industry has grown almost as exponentially as SpaceX itself, peddling content captured directly from SpaceX’s launch facilities […]

Tesla owners have been fined by traffic police for some weird shenanigans, but Calgary, Alberta-based resident Scott McKay was hit with a $373 ticket for speeding, when a Calgary police officer pulled him over after estimating he was going 120 km/h in an 80 km/h zone — reports Livewire Calgary. Issuing speeding tickets based on speed […]

According to a recent thread from Reddit user citing a conversation they had with a Tesla employee working on a new Supercharger location in Beaver, Utah, Tesla has started using ‘prefabricated’ setups to speed up Supercharger construction. A prefabricated Supercharger slab consists of Tesla Supercharger stalls already set up on concrete slabs, ready to start […]

Gabeincal has provided us with yet another bird’s eye view of Tesla’s Fremont factory in California, in a recently published flyover on YouTube on Saturday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about increasing Model S/X production at the Fremont factory in a company-wide email earlier in the year, and it looks like the factory is gearing […]

In response to a tweet showcasing a massive line of Teslas waiting at a Supercharger station in Santa Monica as substantive proof of the company’s exhilarating Q1 results, CEO Elon Musk announced a “major new Supercharger station” would be coming to Santa Monica “soon”. Major new Supercharger station coming to Santa Monica soon! Hoping to […]

On March 25, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Tesla had violated U.S. labor law and ordered the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer’s CEO to delete a tweet pointing towards the violation from his Twitter account. According to Yahoo! Finance, Tesla Inc. filed an appeal against the ruling and the agency’s order with the […]

Courtesy of new data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger installations that have gone live in the U.S. this week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing March 28, 2021 The Wawa at 425 South Main Street, Doylestown, PA 8 250 kW Tesla March 29, 2021 […]

A recently published YouTube video from NASASpaceflight showcases SpaceX lifting the Starship SN15’s nosecone and stacking it up onto its tank section, effectively completing the spacecraft’s initial assembly at the Boca Chica facility. The SN15 is the latest in a line of Starship prototypes designed in working towards a reusable space transportation vehicle for both crew and cargo. […]

According to a recent tweet from @TeslaOwls citing statistics from AAA Data, the Tesla Model 3 has taken over the French electric vehicle (EV) market to become the best-selling all-electric car in the country for Q1 2020 with 5,763 units sold in the first quarter. BREAKING:Tesla Model 3 is now the best selling EV in France by […]

According to a recent thread on Reddit, used Teslas are now popping up on CarMax — the largest retailer of used cars in the U.S. This is big news as used Teslas were previously only available directly through Elon Musk’s company. CarMax currently has a number of used Teslas listed, including multiple Model 3 units, which […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently held a company-wide call, according to recent information shared by @SawyerMerrit. Musk reportedly held a company-wide call on Friday to review 2020, and also discuss some of the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s plans for the near future. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1375303206662705155 According to the investor’s sources, Musk can be quoted as saying the […]

Mercedes-Benz USA has revealed the 2022 EQS — its upcoming all-electric luxury sedan, complete with pictures and videos of a production model. The 2022 EQS focuses heavily on delivering a design and user experience that justifies the hefty price tag that it is virtually guaranteed to be accompanied by, and is touted to offer a […]

Courtesy of new data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, lets’ take a look at all the new Tesla Supercharger installations that have opened their doors to Tesla owners across the U.S. this week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing March 24, 2021 1414 S 324th St, Federal Way, WA 12 250 kW Tesla […]

According to Reuters, the Canadian government has moved to sure-up its defenses against takeovers of and foreign investment into companies mining critical minerals and Canada’s critical mineral supply chain as a whole. The move preempts major demand for metals to produce electric vehicles. Earlier this month, Canada named 31 minerals critical to its economy, including aluminum, […]

In a “Model 3 showdown”, U.K.-based car buying platform Carwow pit all three available variants of the Tesla Model 3 against each other in a drag race, acceleration test, and brake test, showcasing the results in a YouTube video. Carwow’s goal from the get-go was to determine just how much of a performance difference exists […]