Stories by Nehal Malik

Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has received some more parts for the 9,000-ton die-casting “Giga Press” that will be instrumental to the production of the company’s upcoming Cybertruck, as seen in a recent drone flyover video of the plant from Joe Tegtmeyer. “Another early morning flight and today, we are greeted by some truly gorgeous […]

Tesla customers in Shenzhen, China, can currently take advantage of a total of over ¥33,000 (about $4,732 USD) in subsidies when purchasing any of the company’s electric vehicles (EVs), according to notices issued by Tesla (via @Tslachan). Shenzhen, China seems to provide temporary government subsidies. It's 12,000 yuan. ($1,700)The period is from December 18, 2022 to […]

SpaceX this week completed three launches in under 36 hours, with the third mission also being the first-ever 15th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket. The company kicked off the back-to-back launches with NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to low-Earth orbit, which lifted off at 3:46 a.m. PT/6:46 a.m. ET on Friday, […]

PepsiCo Vice President Mike O’Connell detailed the food and beverage giant’s experience with the Tesla Semi in a recent interview, noting that the company plans to add another 100 of the all-electric trucks to its logistics fleet in 2023 (via Reuters). Tesla’s Semi is an all-electric Class 8 semi-truck that the electric vehicle (EV) maker […]

Tesla could announce plans to build an electric vehicle (EV) factory in northeastern Mexico as early as next week — reports Bloomberg. According to the publication’s sources, the EV pioneer is locking down plans for a plant in Santa Catarina in Monterrey city, the capital of the Nuevo Leon state. Tesla is reportedly still ironing […]

The Menlo Park Police Department (MPPD) on Tuesday put their two recently purchased Tesla Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets for full-time patrol duties for the very first time (via M-A Chronicle). These two Model Ys are part of a pilot program to test the viability of EVs in the MPPD’s operations. Ori […]

Tesla’s Model S Plaid has added yet another notch to its belt this week, breaking the lap record for all vehicles — electric or otherwise — at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California (via InsideEVs). The Model S Plaid, modified by Unplugged Performance, posted a lap time of 1:13.51. It handily toppled the previous […]

Tesla has hit the ground running in Thailand, racking up more than 5,000 Model 3 and Model Y orders within just three days of launching the two electric vehicles (EVs) in the country (via The Nation Thailand). The automaker touted the warm welcome it has received on its Thai website. According to executives at Tesla’s […]

Autogefühl‘s Thomas Majchrzak recently posted his in-depth review of the 2023 Tesla Model S Plaid — or as he calls it, the “hypercar from stock.” The first customer deliveries of the Model S/X Plaid in Germany were only just confirmed this week. Majchrzak, a journalist and car enthusiast from Germany, took the Model S Plaid […]

NIO on Friday opened its first showroom in Sweden, a little over a couple of weeks after the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker opened its first battery swap station in the European country (via CnEVPost). The “NIO Space,” as the company calls it, is located at the Westfield Täby Mall Centrum in the Swedish capital of […]

Volkswagen on Friday announced that its ID. Buzz all-electric van has received the highest possible five-star safety score and “very good” rating from the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP). a road safety evaluation organization. “As the Volkswagen bus of a new era, the ID. Buzz has already received many national prizes and awards […]

Tesla Model S/X Plaid units have started arriving in Germany, with the first Model X Plaid orders being delivered to customers in the country on Friday (via @Berlinergy). Model S/X Plaid arriving in 🇩🇪🤩-Trailer on Autobahn 8 (A8) near Pforzheim today Source TFF Forum -Model S Plaid tested on the Autobahn near Berlin Source https://t.co/viR6QwWH5E […]

A recent blog post spotted on the South Korean blog Naver appears to confirm that Tesla’s much-anticipated 2022 holiday update will roll out as software version 2022.44.25. Every year, Tesla releases a holiday update with significant improvements and some fun new features meant to spread holiday cheer. We reported earlier this week that this year’s […]

SpaceX on Tuesday filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to outfit 2,016 second-generation Starlink satellites with payloads for the “direct-to-cellular system” it is partnering with T-Mobile on, as spotted by Tesla North reader Nathan Owens (@VirtuallyNathan). Back in August, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced satellite phone and data service for the latter’s […]

Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that opened up across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing November 28, 2022 B1, Tianjian Linghang Building, No. 30 Jinkai Road, Jiangnan District, Nanning City, Guangxi, China 6 250 […]