Stories by Nehal Malik

We just got our first look at the Tesla Semi’s internal components, thanks to diagrams spotted by Tesla owner and software data miner “green” (@greentheonly) in the company’s online Parts Catalog. Tesla hasn’t published a parts catalog for the Semi yet, but green was able to dig through the company’s website and find it. Going […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday recapped the country’s progress in the electric vehicle (EV) market and supply chain during 2022 in a Twitter thread. “Since January, we’ve secured several historic manufacturing deals for electric vehicles, hybrids, and batteries – deals that are going to create and secure good jobs, help keep our air […]

New electric vehicle (EV) incentives set to go live in the U.S. on January 1, 2023, will seek to boost commercial electric truck adoption and demand in the U.S. by offering tax credits of $7,500 or $40,000, depending on the size of the vehicle, to companies — reports Automotive News. These commercial incentives, the first […]

Ford issued the most recalls of any automotive manufacturer in 2022, both by the number of recalls and the total volume of cars potentially affected (via Autoblog). The legacy automaker announced a total of 67 recalls over the course of the year. In total, a whopping 8,636,265 vehicles manufactured by Ford were potentially affected — […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom has passed a new law effectively banning Tesla from marketing its in-development autonomous driving software as “Full Self-Driving” in the state starting in 2023 — reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The news comes after the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced plans to “revisit” its approach to regulating Tesla’s Full […]

Tesla has extended delivery wait times for all trims of its Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) in China — reports CnEVPost. All Model 3 and Model Y trims now show a delivery time of 1-4 weeks on Tesla’s Chinese vehicle configurator. All other details, including price, remain the same. Prior to the change, […]

SpaceX is nearing 100 active Starlink user terminals in Iran, company CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday. Starlink is a high-speed internet service powered by a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. A Starlink terminal on the ground connects to and communicates with orbiting satellites to provide (impressively fast) internet access. […]

Tesla on Monday celebrated the opening of its 10,000th Supercharger stall in Mainland China. The Supercharger, which Tesla announced last week, is located under the Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower in Shanghai. “Light up your way home,” Tesla Asia (@Tesla_Asia) said in a tweet celebrating the milestone. Light up your way home. The 10,000th […]

Tesla’s Model Y dominated Italy’s electric vehicle (EV) market in November, with a total of 1,008 units registered during the month — reports CleanTechnica. While EV sales in the country were down 26% year-over-year to 5,162 units for the month, the Model Y accounted for almost 20% of the registrations. EVs only managed to secure a […]

Tesla on Saturday suspended production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, and closed down the plant for the rest of the year, according to two people familiar with the developments and an internal notice seen by Reuters. The news follows a report from earlier this month that suggested Tesla would suspend production at Gigafactory Shanghai […]

South Korea wants to host Tesla’s next Asian Gigafactory, with municipal governments from all over the country vying for the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s favor — reports KED Global. The news comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last month that South Korea is among the top candidates for a second Gigafactory in Asia. Shortly […]

Tesla recently hit a new milestone in the production of its next-generation 4680 battery cells, manufacturing a whopping 868,000 cells in a week for the first time ever. That’s enough to make 4680 battery packs for 1,000 cars. “Congrats to the 4680 cell team on achieving 868k cells built in the last 7 days—equal to […]

Tesla has updated its in-car alert for when drivers attempt to get around the hands-on-steering wheel requirement for Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta using objects like counterweights to try and bypass the system (via @TeslaChillMode). From my friend that just texted me … My buddy just got a beta strike for using a […]

Tesla’s Model Y is one of the best-selling all-electric SUVs out there. While it can certainly traverse some rough terrain, as we saw earlier this week in a video shared by Tesla of the Model Y’s Track Mode being winter-tested in New Zealand, it’s not designed for extreme off-roading. The off-roading specialists over at delta4x4, […]

Tesla this week shared an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at its 2022 holiday update in a video shared on LinkedIn. Every year, Tesla releases a holiday update with fun new features and improvements for users. This year’s holiday update started rolling out with software version 2022.44.25 earlier this month (and software version 2022.44.25.5 for FSD beta […]