Stories by Peter McGuthrie

Months after U.S. President Joe Biden test drove the Ford F-150 Lightning, the company has increased its production outlook, due to a high volume of reservations for customers. Ford has reportedly doubled its production target for the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck from 40,000 to 80,000 by 2024, because of a strong demand ahead of […]

Following some impressive takes for Tesla’s newly-released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 9.2 on narrow streets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on the recent release. @Elon Musk said on Sunday that Tesla’s FSD beta 9.2 is “actually not great,” and that the crew is trying to “improve as fast as possible. Musk also stated […]

Tesla’s vehicles are typically tougher to have maintained than the average internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle unless you know the right person for the job – and have access to supportive right-to-repair laws, which are tough to find. Rich Rebuilds shared a video on Sunday depicting Rich’s first look under the Tesla Model S Plaid. […]

Just days after SpaceX launched its Starlink pilot program in Chile, the company’s head alluded to 600,000 prospective users on its Starlink satellite internet, before the service has even been launched to the public. At the Space Warfighting Industry Forum last week, SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell said that Starlink has received over half […]

Tesla’s Model Y production at its Gigafactory Shanghai has reached some pretty impressive heights, even as the company ships some of the first Tesla Model Y units to land in Europe. A video posted by Wu Wa on Friday shows 4K drone footage of Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai, just as the facility’s production of the phase […]

Tesla’s AI Day event last week has the technology industry buzzing, due to its announcement of the Tesla Bot and the D1 chip, both set to change the AI industry for years to come. A new video shared by Remo Uherek on YouTube offers a supercut of Tesla’s AI Day video that takes out all […]

Tesla revealed a number of new technology updates last week during its AI Day event, and the updates have boosted the company’s general outlook from one investing firm. Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner maintained a Buy rating on Tesla (TSLA), following Tesla’s AI Day announcements last week (via @Sawyer Merritt). A note written by Rosner […]

Just a few days after Tesla confirmed it had shipped the first batch of Model Y units to Europe, one of the first German reviews of the electric vehicle (EV) has surfaced. A new review of the Tesla Model Y Long Range (LR) was shared by Autogefühl on Sunday, detailing the Shanghai-made electric SUV’s features. […]

A new Tesla software update was spotted in Idaho late on Thursday evening, caught by @Teslascope on a Model S Plaid. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.24.4 on a Model S Plaid (2021) in Idaho, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/KnTovhoWER — Teslascope (@teslascope) August 20, 2021 There are […]

Nearly a month after we caught a glimpse of the Tesla Model S with 19-inch Tempest wheels, and a few months after the Tempest wheels first released for the vehicle, a new photo has surfaced showing what the rims look like without the covers. On Thursday, pictures of the refreshed Tesla Model S with 19-inch […]

Just a week after filings hinted at multiple Model Y variants in China, Tesla plans for an even longer-range variant of the electric SUV have been revealed according to filings with the Chinese government. A new “super long-range” Tesla Model Y variant has been registered alongside previously-reported variants of the electric vehicle (EV), and it […]

Just weeks after SpaceX told a federal agency it has nearly 90,000 Starlink users in 12 countries, the company has begun detailing its next generation of satellites. SpaceX shared new information about the Starlink Gen2 System in filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday, according to CNBC. The satellites will reportedly be delivered […]

Tesla Technoking Elon Musk will be speaking at this year’s Code Con, set for September 27 to September 29 in Beverly Hills, California, according to @Carl Quinanilla. The conference is an annual, invite-only event, and it features unscripted interviews with leaders in business, surrounding the role of technology in the modern world. Journalist Kara Swisher […]

Months after Tesla’s Powerwalls saved the day during blizzards and outages for Texas residents, a new video released on Thursday asking an important question about how well the Powerwall functions in a home during outages. Dirty Tesla — the President and Founder Tesla Owners Club of Michigan — shared a new video on Thursday asking […]