Stories by Peter McGuthrie
Tesla May Partner with India’s Tata Power on Charging Infrastructure, Report Says [Update]
US electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla is preparing to sell its cars in India, and a new report holds that the company may be looking to partner with an India-based power company to bolster the country’s charging infrastructure. CNBC reports that Tesla and India’s largest power company, Tata Power, may be looking to come to […]
2021 Tesla Model 3 Camp Mode Test Runs for 72 Hours Straight [VIDEO]
Tesla’s Camp Mode keeps a vehicle’s heat and various systems on while preserving the battery’s energy, and one video suggests that it could keep you warm inside for at least 72 hours. Back in January, popular Norway-based YouTube channel Teslabjorn Live did a live-streaming event to test out the 2021 Tesla Model 3 Performance’s camping […]
Toyota Teases ‘X Prologue’ Electric Vehicle, Ahead of March 17 Unveil
Earlier this year, Toyota claimed it would be announcing two new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) this year, and a new teaser image has the internet wondering if the first one will come within the week. On Thursday, Toyota released a single image teasing an upcoming X Prologue announcement, reports Autocar. The image shows a silhouetted […]
Canoo Unveils Rounded-Front Electric Pickup Truck
According to a press release Wednesday, electric vehicle (EV) startup Canoo Inc. will open preorders for production versions of the pickup truck in Q2 2021, with deliveries set for 2023. The vehicle premiered Wednesday at the Motor Press Guild’s Virtual Media Day (VMD), in partnership with Automobility LA. The electric pickup truck’s design features a […]
Toyota Head Warns Apple of ’40-Year Commitment’ to Customers
Legacy automakers are sharing their concerns, or rather, lack thereof, about the upcoming Apple Car, including a recent set of statements from Toyota’s head executive. Toyota Motors President Akio Toyoda said Thursday he would welcome Apple’s potential entry into the auto market, but also said that the tech company should prepare for many decades of […]
Elon Musk Reacts ‘Wow’ to Tesla Model 3 Carjacking Attempt Video
On Tuesday, Action News Jax reported on an attempted Tesla carjacking in Jacksonville, Florida, which took place while the owner was sitting in his car, before driving away to evade the thief. Draper Younce, a Navy sailor of 15 years and the owner of the Tesla Model 3, was picking up a friend when a […]
Apple Taps iPhone Strategy for Autonomous Electric Car Plan
Talks of an Apple Car have left the internet speculating as to how to company will select a manufacturer for the upcoming, autonomous technology vehicle. As Apple prepares for its first foray into the auto market, Bloomberg posits the tech company could adopt the same strategy it used for building the iPhone – working with […]
Santa Monica Pauses Tesla Supercharger Approval via Zoning Loophole
In a Santa Monica Planning Commission meeting last week, a Tesla V3 Supercharger station featuring 62 charging stalls was approved by City Council. However, a new vote this week has cast the station’s future into murky water. On Tuesday, Santa Monica City Council voted to approve the Supercharger site for 1401 and 1421-1425 Santa Monica […]
Ipswich, Massachusetts Police Department Purchases Tesla Model Y
A number of municipalities around the US have elected to go electric in recent months, and even President Joe Biden joined the shift to electric earlier this year with an announcement to replace the federal fleet with electric vehicles (EVs). On Wednesday, Ipswich, Massachusetts Town Manager Anthony Marino and Police Chief Paul Nikas announced […]
Tesla Model 3 Standard Range+ Now Exempt from China Purchase Tax
Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is at an all-time high right now, especially in the world’s largest auto market, China. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has made the popular Tesla Model 3 Standard Range+ (SR+) exempt from purchase taxes, as reported by Tesmanian. The news, which was announced March 10, came on […]
SpaceX Starlink Internet to Launch in Germany and New Zealand This Week
Ahead of Wednesday night’s SpaceX launch, which has now been delayed to Thursday, SpaceX shared some exciting news for those located in Germany and New Zealand. According to Eric Berger on Twitter, SpaceX said it will begin Starlink service in both Germany and New Zealand later this week, with more expansions coming to its existing […]
LG Hopes to Make Battery Cells for Tesla in the U.S. or Europe by 2023
LG Energy Solutions is planning to build advanced battery cells for Tesla as soon as 2023, and is considering production sites in the United States and Europe, according to two people familiar with the matter (via NASDAQ). While Tesla has yet to agree to a deal that would expand LG’s role in the company supply […]
Day 230 at Tesla’s Gigafactory Austin Construction Site [VIDEO]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced earlier this week that a Cybertruck update was probably coming in 2021’s second quarter, which means that Gigafactory Austin must be nearing completion. In fact, it appears that the inside of Gigafactory Austin is really coming together, as we can see in a new drone video from Jeff Roberts on […]
Tesla Confirms Shanghai Factory Was Not Breached by Verkada Hackers
Tesla said on Wednesday following a hacking incident Tuesday of the webcams of a number of companies, that its Gigafactory and showroom in Shanghai’s cameras had not been apart of the attack, as reported by Reuters. According to Tesla China to Reuters, the hack was largely restricted one supplier site in the Henan province of […]
Drone Captures Tesla Semi Driving on Test Track in Fremont [VIDEOS]
A number of Tesla Semis have been spotted in the wild in recent months, and a new update shows the Semi driving around a track. In a pair of videos uploaded Sunday, YouTube channel Chris Nguyen shared drone footage from the test track outside Tesla’s Fremont factory of a Tesla Semi following a Model Y […]