According to The Verge, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer stopped and ticketed a driver on Friday for sticking a Starlink user terminal, lovingly known as Dishy McFlatface, right onto the middle of their car’s hood, which constitutes a “visual obstruction”. “Sir I stopped you today for that visual obstruction on your hood. Does it […]
Porsche has announced a recall of all 43,000 units of its Taycan electric vehicles (EVs) across the globe over a confirmed issue involving sudden, unexpected power loss to the entire vehicle — reports Autoblog. The recall covers all Taycan units produced and delivered by June 2021. According to Porsche, each of the recalled cars will […]
General Motors announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment in and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to source locally extracted, low-cost lithium in a press release on Friday. At its Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, located in Imperial, California, CTR is working on a closed-loop process to […]
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger stations that went live in the U.S. this week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing June 28, 2021 The Mountain Mile at 2655 Teaster Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN 12 250 kW Tesla June 28, 2021 […]
In response to a tweet congratulating Tesla and CEO Elon Musk on yet another record-breaking quarter while also probing for information on the Cybertruck, Musk said that the highly anticipated all-electric pickup truck will feature 4-wheel steering for increased maneuverability. Friday afternoons are usually Tesla design studio time. Cybertruck will be almost exactly what was […]
Louis Navellier, Chief Investment Officer at asset management firm Navellier, believes homegrown electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO is poised to replace Tesla as the market leader in the Chinese region — reports The Street. “Another electric vehicle company will eventually displace Tesla as the biggest manufacturer of EVs in China,” Navellier wrote in his bold […]
The financial analysts at UBS Global have adjusted their Tesla price target, based on concerns with rising local competition in China, reports Yahoo! Finance. While UBS maintained its ‘neutral’ rating on Tesla’s stock, the firm adjusted its price target down from $730 USD to $660 USD. In addition, UBS Global has also reduced its EPS […]
In his virtual video interview during the Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talked about Starlink’s exponential growth, and also touched upon the venture’s finances, reports Reuters. Starlink is SpaceX’s high-speed satellite broadband project designed to bridge the connectivity gap in rural/remote areas and provide affordable internet at viable speeds […]
After Tesla switched out the 2021 Model 3’s radar-based AutoPilot and safety systems for the entirely camera-based ‘Tesla Vision’ system, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rescinded its ‘2021 Top Safety Pick+’ rating for the car (which it had earned for the third year in a row). According to recent tweet from the IIHS, […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Tobias Lindh has shared a construction update on Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. Drone footage of the under-development facility, located in Gründheide, Germany, showcased a number of new tent structures. The tents will most likely be used to store equipment as construction progresses. Over half way through the video, a […]
Tesla ‘Recall’ in China to Push Over-the-Air Software Update to 300,000 Cars Chinese regulatory authorities announced on Saturday that Tesla would remotely “recall” close to 300,000 Model 3 and Model Y units in the region for an online software update that has to do with assisted driving — reports CNBC. Tesla is able to address […]
A recent tweet from the official Twitter account of Jay Leno’s Garage, the retired comedian and car enthusiast’s reality TV show, shared images of Leno as he showed off his new Tesla Model S Plaid, most likely for a future episode. Leno was shown both inside and outside of the Model S Plaid with Tesla design […]
Klaus Zellmer, Volkswagen’s board member for sales, went on the record on Saturday saying that the German carmaker will stop selling cars with Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) in Europe by 2035, shifting to an all-electric catalog — reports Autoblog. “In Europe, we will exit the business with internal combustion vehicles between 2033 and 2035, in the United […]
In a recently published video on YouTube, Unplugged Performance, showcased its “purpose built” Tesla Model S Plaid drifting at the Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado. Unplugged Performance is the leading brand in bespoke, premium upgrades for Tesla vehicles. The folks at Unplugged Performance have modified a Model S Plaid, named it ‘Dark Helmet’ after the […]
Speaking at the National Space Society’s virtual International Space Development Conference on Friday, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said that the company is “shooting for July” to launch the first orbital spaceflight of its ‘Starship’ spacecraft — reports CNBC. “I’m hoping we make it, but we all know that this is difficult,” she added. Shortly after […]
