Stories by Peter McGuthrie

Tesla FSD Beta 9 Tackles Downtown San Francisco [VIDEO]

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 9 was released on Saturday, and it’s already making waves across the internet as beta testers share their experiences with the system. AI Addict released a video on Saturday driving around downtown San Francisco with the newly-released Tesla FSD beta 9. The video shows several different street circumstances, many of […]

Tesla FSD Beta 9 Conquers San Francisco’s Lombard Street [VIDEO]

After Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) with radar attempted to conquer San Francisco’s Lombard Street last year, the company’s new camera-only FSD 9 beta is out, and it’s taken on the extremely windy road. Whole Mars Catalog took Tesla’s camera-vision FSD beta 9 down San Francisco’s Lombard Street in the middle of the night, and for […]

Tesla Giga Berlin Final Permit Approval Expected in Q4: Minister

Tesla is in the process of building its second Gigafactory outside the U.S. in Germany, and while the road has been full of speed bumps, especially compared to the incredible speed at which the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory was completed, the end of the road may finally be in sight for the new production facility. Brandenburg […]

PUBG Partners with Tesla to Create Model Y Factory Inside Game

A number of Tesla fans, including the company’s own CEO Elon Musk are also video game fans, and in a recent snapshot of the mobile/PC game PUBG, players have begun making a location to show their love for the company’s electric vehicles (EVs). A screenshot from the mobile version of the PUBG apocalypse survival game […]

Elon Musk Buys Ticket to Space with Virgin Galactic

The modern space race is heating up, with a handful of billionaires looking to see Earth from high above as soon as this month, and one billionaire becoming the first to reach space over the weekend. Following Virgin Galactic’s first trip to space over the weekend, Elon Musk has purchased a ticket to head to […]

Elon Musk is Defending Tesla’s Decision to Buy SolarCity in Court

Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is defending Tesla’s SolarCity acquisition in court this week, as the defendant in a lawsuit brought forth by Tesla shareholders hoping to regain the $2.6 billion USD spent on the company, while plaintiffs claim that the move was a bailout. In court on Monday, Musk denied allegations that […]

Watch a Full Tesla Solar Roof Install [VIDEO]

In a new video shared last month by American Contractor Show, we can see a full Tesla Solar Roof being installed, solar panel by solar panel. The hosts talk through the process, while emphasizing the simplicity of having hardware that is all made by Tesla. One of the hosts said, “It’s so cool because everything […]

Tesla Shows Off Model Y Build Quality at Giga Shanghai [VIDEO]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai produced and sold a high volume of cars in June and in a new behind-the-scenes look at the company’s quality control process, we see how quickly and efficiently things really get done at the factory. Tesla recently released a video detailing the control process at Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai, the team currently responsible […]

Tesla Dominates in 1,000 Mile Race with 11 Electric Vehicles [VIDEO]

Tesla is often considered the best brand when it comes to zero-emission vehicles, based on the company’s electric vehicle hardware and software, but how does that hold up against other brands? Car and Driver unveiled results on Wednesday from a race between 11 different electric vehicles (EVs) on a 1,000-mile race across Middle America. In […]

Tesla Model Y Deliveries for Europe to Start in September

After reports that the Tesla Model Y is launching in Europe, the prediction has officially come true, and new reports say preorder customers can expect deliveries to come soon too. On Friday, Tesla opened up its Model Y sales to European buyers, according to the company’s website, and upon reserving a Model Y, a number of […]

Tesla to Launch Model Y in Europe on July 9: Report

Last month, we learned that both the Tesla Model Y and Model S Plaid are expected to hit Europe in Q3, and as of this week, a new update has seemingly corroborated the report. According to a Facebook post from German YouTube channel T&T Tesla (KroegerOve), Model Y units from Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai will be […]

Tesla Retrofitting Taiwan Superchargers with CCS2, TPC Connections

After reports earlier this week said that Tesla Taiwan deliveries will soon include a CCS2 charging port, the company has officially begun retrofitting its Supercharger stations with Tesla Proprietary Chargers (TPCs). On Thursday, Michael Hsu shared pictures of the new retrofit TPCs in Taiwan, which features dual-head charging connectors with CCS2 charging connections. The news […]

Dodge to Launch World’s First EV Muscle Car in 2024 [VIDEO]

Thursday is Stellantis EV day 2021, and during the streamed event, the parent company of Dodge announced plans to move towards electrification. Dodge says it will debut what is calls the “world’s first full battery electric muscle car” on Thursday, in a video released by Stellantis. The electric vehicle (EV) is expected to launch in […]