After Ford doubled its production targets for the upcoming Ford F-150 Lightning from 40,000 to 80,000 units earlier this year, the company’s head has said they’re increasing targets again for the electric pickup. According to a post from CEO @Jim Farley on Tuesday, the company is doubling its production estimate for the Ford F-150 Lightning […]
Tesla and CEO Elon Musk are coming under fire for its recent store opened in the Xinjiang region, where China has been accused of committing human rights crimes. After news of Tesla opening its first showroom in China’s Xinjiang region came out last week, the company is now receiving backlash from activists and human rights […]
After news that Tesla became the top-selling auto brand overall in Norway in 2021, the U.S. automaker’s flagship electric sedan also landed the top spot in a fellow European country. The Tesla Model 3 was Switzerland’s top-selling vehicle in 2021, even selling better than internal combustion vehicles (ICEs) for the first time in the country, […]
As Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory for electric vehicle (EV) production nears completion, a new set of photos shows what is likely new 4680 battery cell production equipment being loaded into the U.S. automaker’s new facility. @Joe Tegtmeyer shared photos of some modular 4680 battery cell production equipment being loaded into Gigafactory Texas’ battery structure’s third floor […]
After reports of the Mercedes Vision EQXX’s impressive 621 miles of range came out in November, the company has unveiled more details about the upcoming electric vehicle (EV) in a new announcement. The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX is the company’s “most efficient” EV yet, featuring a variety of newly-announced drivetrain upgrades and other new features, according […]
Following reports last month of Tesla’s Model 3 and Y units getting heated windshield wipers, another source has also attested to the coming technology. @Tesla Owners of Massachusetts shared a photo from a Tesla Model Y displaying heated windshield wipers in a vehicle’s UI, which will reportedly hit Model Y and 3 units in 2022, […]
Tesla delivered over 936,000 units in 2021, with 308,600 vehicles alone sold in Q4, and the record-breaking numbers have multiple analysts boosting their price targets on the automaker. A number of analysts increased their outlooks on Tesla going into the new year, following record deliveries in 2021 from the U.S. automaker (via @SawyerMerritt). Among the […]
After last year’s electric vehicles (EV) sales in Norway made up 54 percent of all new car sales in 2020, the country has outdone itself once again. EVs accounted for almost two-thirds of total vehicles sold in Norway in 2021, with Tesla becoming the top-selling automotive brand overall, according to Reuters. Norway’s total car sales […]
Tesla’s safety score-calculated insurance program is launching in multiple states across the U.S., and a new rumor holds that it will be expanding to a few more in the months to come. Tesla Insurance is expected to expand to Arizona and Ohio as soon as next month, according to information shared by Tesla insider Sawyer […]
Tesla and other electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers may be subject to increased costs in 2021, due to decreasing new-energy vehicle subsidies in China. China’s subsidies for new-energy vehicles will decline by about 30 percent in 2022, according to the recently-released New Energy Vehicle Subsidy Scheme as shared by @42how_. The new subsidy program will continue […]
Tesla has plans to lease a parking lot from the city of Lathrop, California to support employees of its upcoming production facility in the city. Last week, Lathrop City Council voted to approve the leasing of a nine-acre lot to Tesla as a parking lot for employees of the nearby Megafactory, according to the Manteca […]
China’s Xinjiang region just got its first Tesla store, as detailed in a new report. Tesla has opened its first store and showroom in Xinjiang, located in Ürümqi’s Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to CNEVPost. The Tesla store in Ürümqi is in the Midong Auto City, a large automotive center located in Xinjiang, where many registration […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is well-known for keeping Tesla afloat in times of struggle in the past, but many experts are taking a closer look at how he weathered the global semiconductor chip shortage. Most of all, Musk’s focuses on software and technology have allowed Tesla to handle the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage better than […]
The Chinese auto market remains one of the most important markets for U.S. automaker Tesla, which has had nothing less than an eventful year in the country. Tesla China reportedly sold a record 70,500 electric vehicle (EV) units in China in December, according to numbers shared by anonymous account @Tesla China Analyst on Friday. The […]
The Tesla mobile app in China includes a mobile trip planner, including the ability to search for and select waypoints from a driver’s mobile device, as shown in a video shared Wednesday by @JayinShanghai. The video came in response to a thread from @WholeMarsBlog that started with them tweeting to Elon Musk that “it would […]
