On Thursday, u/RangerWax06 shared a screenshot from Tesla’s upgrade screen, including a glitched option for Full Self-Driving (FSD) capabilities with a price of $0.00. The glitch option was displayed beneath an identical description for the regular FSD which displayed the correct price of $10,000 (USD). Unfortunately, clicking the glitched option doesn’t do anything, according to […]
Tesla told California regulators that the company may not achieve Full Self-Driving (FSD) by the end of this year, according to a memo from the California DMV, seen by Reuters. The news comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk told shareholders in an earnings call that he and Tesla are “highly confident the car will be […]
Documents were filed by Tesla on April 30 for a “Bobcat Project,” and according to the site plan, the company is looking to build a second facility at its Gigafactory Texas site, as reported by Austin Business Journal. The new facility’s location may span as many as 100 acres and could land somewhere on Harold […]
Reddit user u/motofanka shared close-up photos of Tesla’s refreshed Model S on Thursday, from a sighting in Kettleman City, California. The photos, as shared on the Tesla Motors subreddit, show close-ups of the seats and front interior of the Model S, as well as a picture depicting the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) front exterior cameras. Some […]
Tesla has depended largely on the sale of regulatory credits to other automakers that didn’t meet emissions requirements in past years to retain a high level of profitability. Stellantis, the owner of Fiat Chrysler Automotive and France’s PSA group said it plans to meet its emissions targets this year, without having to purchase them from […]
While Tesla’s market share was hit by Ford in April following the legacy automaker’s release of multiple hybrid and battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs), sales of the companies Mustang Mach-E have declined month-to-month – with recent drops due in part to an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, as reported by Investors. Ford sold just 1,951 Mustang Mach-E […]
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) company NIO has had a successful year despite an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage slowing production, and now the Shanghai-based company has shared plans to expand into new territory. NIO will rival Tesla and Volkswagen in Norway with the release of its ES8 SUV expected in September, and the ET7 luxury sedan […]
Following data privacy concerns in China over Tesla’s use of footage generated by its vehicles, the company is taking steps to improve the way it stores and shares this data. On Thursday, Tesla said it had plans to produce a platform that gives vehicle owners in China access to the data created and stored by […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) are just beginning to see mainstream adoption, Tesla will rely less and less on its free Supercharging referral program going forward, if one report is to be believed. According to sources familiar with the matter, Tesla spent over $23 million in free Supercharging miles in the first quarter alone and is […]
Tesla has been in the electric vehicle (EV) world for well over a decade now, and while other car manufacturers are showing up way late to the party, a batch of prototype pictures posted to Reddit reminds us how far the California EV company has been at it, comparatively. On Tuesday, one user shared pictures […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has long been a proponent of both Bitcoin and meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin, and an upcoming TV broadcast has fans of the latter driving the price up significantly. Dogecoin is up almost 40% within the last 24 hours alone, in anticipation of Musk’s upcoming appearance on Saturday Night Live, as reported […]
The Canadian government has been working hard to start building a zero-emissions future in recent months, through both rebates and incentives for electric vehicle (EV) buyers, as well as through the expansion of an EV fast-charging network. On Wednesday, Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan Jr. announced plans for a $50,000 (CAD) investment into a […]
On Wednesday, PCMag shared speed test maps from Ookla, showing download speeds Starlink users are getting access to across the U.S. and Canada. The results, as collected from data throughout this year’s first quarter, show a high rate of variance among users in different regions, with some of the best median speeds taking […]
In a video Tuesday from Canadian YouTube channel Unbox Therapy, we get a detailed inside look at the new Mercedes-Benz EQS electric sedan, a zero-emission luxury vehicle that was unveiled by the company last month. The first of Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicles (EVs), this EV is certainly one of luxury, right down to the augmented intelligence […]
In a video from Adam’s Apple on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was spotted on the streets of New York and signed autographs while being asked questions by a group of people (looks like paparazzi too, of course) about his upcoming Saturday Night Live performance with Miley Cyrus, and Dogecoin, among other things. In recent […]
