Stories by Peter McGuthrie

Bugatti to Merge with EV Hypercar Startup Rimac

Tesla’s Model S Plaid is now considered the quickest production car with its outrageously-fast 0 to 60 mph time, but one competitor which boasts a faster electric vehicle (EV) at a 1/4 mile has just merged with a major luxury sports car company. Croatian EV startup Rimac has officially merged with Bugatti to form Bugatti-Rimac, […]

China-Made Tesla Model 3 Battery Drain Test After 14 Days of Sleep [VIDEO]

Tesla’s Model 3 has become the world’s most popular electric vehicle (EV) over the past few years, although users with units made at the company’s Gigafactory Shanghai in China are now detailing battery improvements from cars made at this factory, which started using lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cells last fall. In a video shared on Monday by […]

Tesla Owner Builds Awesome DIY Outdoor Charger [PICS]

Tesla fans have been known to get crafty surrounding their at-home charging setups, but a new DIY charger project takes this idea to the next level. One Tesla owner built a custom outdoor charging station at their home, according to a post on Reddit. The charger features a wood post on top of a concrete […]

Tesla Model 3: Britain’s Best-Selling Car in June

Tesla’s Model 3 has remained the most popular electric car in a number of countries around the world, and in the United Kingdom, the car has clinched the title of June’s top-selling vehicle. The Tesla Model 3 was named Britain’s top-selling vehicle in June with 5,468 units sold, according to Yahoo Finance. The electric vehicle […]

Tesla Owner Drives 248,000 Miles on One Set of Brake Pads

Tesla’s regenerative braking automatically uses the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) motor to convert kinetic energy into electricity to both charge the battery and reduce wear on a person’s brakes – and it’s also one of Tesla’s most popular features. In a new update, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that regenerative braking “means brake pads almost […]

Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Now Using SpaceX Starlink Internet

Starlink, a satellite-based internet company from SpaceX, offers the greatest connectivity improvements to rural and remote communities, and in a recent update, the company is now offering better speeds to the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma has started installing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet to help increase connectivity throughout the region, according to a […]

Florida City Police Department Adds Electric Motorcycles to Fleet

As the world moves towards renewable and zero-emission solutions, one Florida city is adding two electric police motorcycles to its fleet. Florida’s Largo Police Department added two new Zero electric motorcycles to its fleet, as the city considers wider transitions to renewable energy sources, according to Yahoo Finance. The city plans to build out an […]

A Tesla Model S Plaid Caught on Fire Outside Philadelphia

On Friday, a Tesla Model S Plaid was engulfed in flames as the owner was driving, and the car briefly kept the driver trapped in the car after the doors wouldn’t open, according to attorneys for the driver (via The Washington Post). The scene took place outside Philadelphia just a few days following delivery of […]

Tesla Model Y No Radar Autopilot Tested in the Rain [VIDEO]

Videos of Tesla’s camera-based Autopilot update, known as Pure Vision, continue to make their way onto the internet, including a new test of the system. In a new video from Michigan-based Dirty Tesla released on Tuesday, we see another glimpse at Tesla Pure Vision Autopilot tests in the rain, just weeks after Tesla’s camera-based, no-radar […]

NIO Delivered 21,896 Vehicles in Q2, 112% Year-Over-Year Increase

Many analysts have increased their outlook on NIO recently, and while the Tesla-rivaling Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup still has a long way to go if it hopes to catch up to Tesla, its recent quarterly sales report is telling. According to a press release from NIO on Thursday, the company delivered 8,083 vehicles in […]

Tesla Expected to Report Over 200,000 Vehicle Sales in Q2, Say Analysts

On Wednesday, MarketWatch reported that analysts polled by FactSet estimate Tesla (TSLA) will deliver 207,000 vehicles in this year’s second quarter,  – accounted for by as many as 114,00 Model 3 sedans, 78,000 Model Y compact crossover SUVs, and the rest made up of the company’s Model S and X units. The news comes amid growing […]