Stories by Peter McGuthrie

Tesla has launched its Virtual Power Plant in Victoria, Australia last month, and now another company is offering similar services for Tesla Powerwall owners in Germany. On Monday, the German arm of the British electricity provider Octopus Energy unveiled a new program in which it will offer top-up power supply to households with rooftop solar […]

Following a recent review of the Tesla Model S Plaid, Ryan Shaw has shared a new review of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta release, as updated earlier this month to include more users. Ryan Shaw shared a new video on Monday, including a full review of Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) beta 10.2 in action as driven […]

Tesla officially announced plans to move its headquarters from Fremont, California to Austin, Texas earlier this month, just a few months ahead of the company’s completion of Gigafactory Austin. A new video shared by Jeff Roberts on Sunday shows drone footage of the Gigafactory Austin site as it begins nearing completion, taken on the site’s […]

Last month, the Tesla Model S Plaid landed a record lap driven at the German Nüburgring raceway, and last week, a new prototype build of the electric vehicle (EV) was spotted at the raceway again, alongside several other luxury sports vehicles. YouTube channel statesidesupercars shared a new video on Friday, depicting the Nüburgring, Germany raceway […]

Taiwan-based Hon Hai Technology group, known as Foxconn, is best known for manufacturing Apple products such as the iPhone, but now has finally unveiled its next move into the world of electric vehicles. At the company’s Hon Hai Technology Day, it detailed three unique electric vehicles (EVs), with a naming scheme that sounds out of […]

While Tesla (TSLA) grew during the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, other automakers barely stayed afloat – and now Tesla’s on a bull run that has some analysts pointing to the automaker’s success despite the shortage. Tesla shares are gaining once again headed upwards, reaching up over 50 percent of a March 8 low of $563, […]

Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois raised his stock price target on Tesla from $850 to $950 per share, saying the company is uniquely positioned to handle the ongoing global semiconductor shortage than other companies, according to MarketWatch. Houchois also made the claims that concerns over Tesla’s demand in China, the world’s largest auto market, were put […]

A major part of any Tesla driving experience is the ability to access the internet for navigation, music and more, though Tesla recently reduced the trial phase of its Premium-tier connectivity level for customers. Tesla has reduced the trial phase of Premium network connectivity for all of its Model 3 and Y owners to just […]

China remains an important market for Tesla, as evidenced by the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory hitting 300,000 cars produced between January and September. Tesla landed second place for both the top September OEMs and the top luxury auto vehicles, according to insurance data collected by CBIRC as shared on Friday (via @DKurac). The all-electric U.S. company […]

The first Tesla Model 3 deliveries began in Singapore just a few months ago, and the company’s sales are reportedly already outpacing many of the country’s other car brands. @Daren Yoong shared a screenshot of September’s top 10 car brands in Singapore on Friday, showing Tesla as the sixth most popular car brand in the […]

After low-profile investor KoGuan Leo revealed himself to be Tesla’s third-largest investor, the individual is receiving a lot of attention on Twitter, and has committed to buying even more shares in Tesla (TSLA) than he already holds. @KoGuan Leo said on Thursday that he plans to buy over a million more shares of Tesla (TSLA) […]

After working with state regulators to develop its own insurance plan in multiple states, Tesla has now officially unveiled the service in at least two U.S. states. Tesla launched its auto insurance program in Texas, after already having offered the service in California, according to a new insurance page on the company’s website (via Reddit). […]

Last year, it was posited that the Tesla Model 3 value held up better in used markets than small luxury cars, and a new report both confirms this information and shows that the Model 3 is the U.S.’s most popular used car, as of the last four months. For the fourth consecutive month, the Tesla […]

While Tesla has opened a number of Superchargers in Iceland, it appears the U.S. company has officially completed its road of Supercharger stations running the perimeter of the country, ahead of another Supercharger station which is set to be built later this year. Tesla has completed the Supercharger ring lining the outside coastal areas of […]

The Tesla Model S Plaid has remained in headlines since its release in June, and while some users have torn apart the Plaid’s 12-volt lithium-ion battery in the vehicle, a new channel has taken to looking at the vehicle’s larger battery unit and rear drive units in a pair of videos shared this week. A […]