Tesla recently filed a patent application for an “ultra-hard cold-worked steel alloy” that will likely make its way into the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s Cybertruck, according to a report from electrek. Responding to a report on the patent application from fellow publication Tesmanian, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it was a “new metal.” New metal […]
Pictures showcasing what appears to be the high-definition radar from Tesla’s Hardware 4.0 were recently shared on Twitter by Tesla code sleuth @greentheonly, the same source who brought us images of the full next-generation car computer from a Model X earlier this week. Thank you! now we have photos of the radar and other additional […]
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday notified SpaceX of a proposed $175,000 civil penalty against the space transportation and rocketry giant for not submitting some safety data before launching an August 2022 Starlink mission (via Reuters). According to the FAA, SpaceX failed to submit launch collision analysis trajectory data to the civil aviation regulator […]
Tesla is considering making a bid to acquire Vancouver, Canada-based Sigma Lithium, a company that specializes in mining the critical electric vehicle (EV) battery metal in its name — reports Bloomberg. According to the publication’s sources, Tesla has been in talks with potential advisers about a bid for Sigma Lithium. Shares in Sigma Lithium jumped […]
A Tesla Semi with new lidar equipment attached to the front was recently photographed in the wild by The Kilowatts (@klwtts). The prototype electric vehicle (EV) had hardware from Xenomatix, a company that develops solid-state-lidar technology, mounted under the windshield. pic.twitter.com/h3EXOqjIuP — The Kilowatts 🚗⚡️ (@klwtts) February 16, 2023 When The Kilowatts shared images of […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is scheduled to join over 10,000 government officials, policymakers, thought leaders, and experts from across the globe at the 2023 World Government Summit in Dubai next week, according to a report from Gulf News (via Tesmanian). Held annually, the World Government Summit brings leaders and recognized minds from all over the world […]
Tesla is set to open a new flagship store and service center in Franklin, Tennessee, sometime in mid-2023, according to a press release (via the Nashville Business Journal). The company will occupy a 57,447-square-foot building located on 7 acres at 300 Shingle Way, Franklin, in Williamson Country, TN. Per property deeds, the site is owned by […]
Dan O’Dowd, CEO of Green Hills Software and the founder of The Dawn Project, today shared a Super Bowl ad demonstrating alleged “critical safety defects” in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta and said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “must turn off FSD until Tesla fixes all safety defects.” O’Dowd’s advertisement claims that FSD […]
Tesla’s Hardware 4.0, the much-anticipated successor to the Hardware 3.0 computing system that currently powers the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features in the company’s electric vehicles (EVs), was recently referenced in type approvals for the Model S and Model X in Europe. References to FSD Hardware 4.0 were originally discovered in documents Tesla filed […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that went online across the globe between January 25 and February 5, 2023, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing January 25, 2023 The Restaurant Row at 11604 Amargosa Rd, Victorville, CA, USA 16 […]
Veteran Japanese automaker Nissan plans to debut the first electric vehicle (EV) with its proprietary solid-state battery technology by 2028 (via Autocar). “We think we have something quite special and are in a group leading the technology,” said David Moss, Nissan’s Senior VP for research and development in Europe. “We want to get the cost […]
Lexus’ 2023 RZ 450e SUV, unveiled in April 2022 as the Toyota-owned luxury car brand’s first electric vehicle (EV), is now available to pre-order. The all-electric SUV starts at $59,650 USD, with sales beginning in early 2023. Lexus built the RZ 450e on the same platform as Toyota’s bZ4X (here’s to hoping it doesn’t share […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a Saturday tweet that the company’s long-anticipated Cybertruck will definitely have a red taillight bar. “Production will have red light bar,” Musk said, responding to an inquiry about the taillight from @teslaownersSV. Production will have red light bar — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2023 The Tesla CEO’s remarks came […]
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said in a recent interview with the BBC that buying measles vaccines would be a better use of fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s money than trying to colonize Mars (via CNBC). When asked if he believed the Tesla CEO counts as a philanthropist, Gates said he didn’t think so — but […]
Electrify America has announced price hikes for its electric vehicle (EV) charging network that will take effect starting in March (via @klwtts). Here’s a summary of the price changes: Electrify America Pass+ Members: $0.36/kWh (+$0.05/kWh) Non-Members: 0.48/kWh (+$0.05/kWh) Per-minute billing: $0.15/min (+$0.03/min) up to 90 kW, $0.29/min (+$0.05/min) up to 350 kW Electrify America won’t […]
