Tesla is gearing up to reopen its Chinese Gigafactory in Shanghai. The electric vehicle (EV) maker has started calling workers back to the factory and on Friday notified some employees to enter a so-called “closed-loop” production system starting April 17 — reports Bloomberg. The news is in line with recent reports of Tesla receiving a […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday spoke at the 2022 TED Talk in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Interviewer Chris Anderson — the head of TED — asked Musk about everything from Tesla’s future to his $43 billion USD offer to buy social media platform Twitter. Anderson touched a bit upon Tesla’s past as well, asking the […]
In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood shared “why she is remaining optimistic on Tesla,” comparing Tesla to Apple and the automaker’s disruption of the electric vehicle (EV) space to how Apple “changed the game” in the smartphone world. When it comes down to Tesla, the stock, the company and the […]
A pair of recently published videos from Singapore YouTuber Daren Yoong give us an attendee’s perspective of Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event last week to celebrate the grand opening of the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s $1.1 billion USD Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Yoong’s coverage comprises some of the best videos we’ve seen so far of the […]
Honda, one of the last mass-market automakers to hold out on electrification, on Tuesday held a press briefing to announce its plans for automobile electrification. The press briefing featured Toyota’s Director, President and Representative Executive Officer Toshihiro Mibe, Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer Kohei Takeuchi, and Senior Managing Executive Officer Shinji Aoyama. The […]
Toyota’s first entry into the electric vehicle (EV) space, the bZ4X, officially went on sale on Tuesday. At the same time, embargoes on media coverage of the new all-electric vehicle lifted. Take a look at the first reviews of the Toyota bZ4X: Autoblog 2023 Toyota bZ4X First Drive Review: Toyota’s First Real EV CNET 2023 […]
Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 were China’s #1 and #2 best-selling new energy vehicles (NEVs) for March, respectively. According to recently released data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the Model Y sold 39,730 units, while the Model 3 sold 26,024. #China >¥ 350K #NEV Mar retail – All models🥇Tesla Model Y🥈Tesla Model […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Hagerty races the world’s fastest sedans against each other by pitting the Tesla Model S Plaid against the Lucid Air and BMW E39 M5, with the latter being “the fastest sedan in the world… from 20 years ago.” For an even playing field, the BMW E39 M5 starts the […]
Lucid Motors on Tuesday announced the start of customer deliveries for the Lucid Air Grand Touring, and also unveiled the new Grand Touring Performance model that is slated to go into production later this spring. Lucid had previously teased the Grand Touring Performance on Monday. Get there, grandly. Now delivering Lucid Air Grand Touring and […]
Tesla’s plans for a massive, 100,000 square foot sales, service, and delivery center in St. Petersburg, Florida, were recently approved by the Pinellas County Board of Adjustment and Appeals (BOAA) — reports St. Pete Rising. Reports of Tesla seeking more service centers in Florida, California, New York, and also in British Columbia’s capital city, Victoria, in […]
A Chevy Bolt retrofitted into an autonomous vehicle (AV) by General Motors Co. subsidiary Cruise was pulled over by the San Francisco Police last week, upon which the car bolted to a safe spot a few yards away (via Electrek). The SFPD reportedly pulled the driverless car over because its headlights weren’t on at night. […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the world this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing April 4, 2022 500 17th St, Miami Beach, FL, USA 10 72 kW Unavailable April 4, 2022 A1-M62 Ferrybridge, […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Elon Musk was featured at an event focusing on space exploration at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Saturday — reports Yahoo Finance. The news comes just a few months after China submitted a complaint to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs alleging that the country’s Tiangong Space Station […]
Popular children’s toys and entertainment company Mattel on Monday announced the release of its highly anticipated Matchbox Tesla Roadster, the toymaker’s first die-cast vehicle made from 99% recycled materials and certified CarbonNeutral. Mattel originally unveiled the die-cast Tesla Roadster back in April of last year. It is quite fitting to manufacture a toy modeled after the […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday evening that Twitter users who pay $2.99 USD/month for the Twitter Blue subscription “should get an authentication checkmark.” https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1512957577092608004 The authentication checkmark “should be different from ‘public figure’ or ‘official account’ checkmark,” Musk clarified in a follow-up tweet. The Tesla CEO’s original tweet has received […]
