Stories by Peter McGuthrie

While electric cars are a hot topic right now, electric vehicles (EVs) in general could have a much bigger impact on our world’s emissions than just electrifying passenger cars. Vans, trucks, and buses have the largest emissions of all, and according to a new study, going electric with these vehicles in urban areas could even […]

One of the biggest barriers to the mainstream adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is the charging infrastructure which, while has improved a lot over the years, still has a long way to go before allowing EVs to become standard. On Thursday, Tesla Owners South Florida shared a picture on Twitter of the new Tesla Supercharger […]

Earlier this week, the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) named Tesla the most valuable software company of the future, and in a recent analysis, the firm is now highlighting Volkswagen as the closest competitor with Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs). On Thursday, Fortune reported that, after tearing down the VW ID.3, the UBS determined that the […]

Tesla’s recently-released yoke-style steering wheel has come under investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has now released a new statement on its investigation of the steering wheel. Thursday, the NHTSA told Teslarati in a statement, “NHTSA is aware of the recently launched Tesla steering yoke in certain Model S vehicles. We requested […]

General Motors (GM) is looking at building a second United States electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, in which it would produce battery cells with LG Chem, according to CNBC. The companies have already started a joint venture Ultium Cells LLC together, with which they’re spending $2.3 billion (USD) on a new battery cell plant in […]

Earlier this year, Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot parent PSA group merged to form Stellantis. According to CNBC, Fiat Chrysler spent nearly 300 million euros ($362 million USD) last year on regulatory credits in Europe, most of which were purchased from Tesla. This was before merging with Peugeot PSA to become Stellantis, though the company’s plans […]

Amidst a backdrop of EV parts supply shortages for both the semiconductor chip typical in most EVs and electronics in general, as well as increasingly high demand for nickel-heavy EV battery cells in general, Tesla has secured a new and important nickel deal abroad. Tesla has made arrangements to purchase nickel from a mine in […]

Tesla cut its prices of the Long Range Model 3 in Japan by about 24% just a few weeks ago, and following the event, demand for the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) within the country increased significantly. Before the price cut, Tesla’s cars were delivering in six to eight weeks following the initial order, but that […]

Electric cars, trucks, vans, and buses have become a reality in the United States, but not every region has made it easy. Rivaling electric vehicle (EV) companies Rivian, Tesla, and Lucid, among others like Lordstown Motors, have teamed up in an infant EV market against direct sales laws throughout the US, as reported by TechCrunch. […]

With a range of electric vehicle (EV) options recently becoming available to buyers in China – like BYD, NIO, Xpeng Motors, Wuling HongGuang, and others – some are electing to buy local, instead of imported options like Tesla. According to qualitative research collected by CNBC, Chinese EV buyers considered factors like price competitiveness, driving range […]

Waymo CEO John Krafcik claims that Tesla “isn’t a competitor” when it comes to autonomous driving, but how does this claim hold up on the road? Wednesday, YouTube channel Whole Mars Catalog uploaded a new video featuring a race between Tesla’s Autopilot Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta and Waymo’s autonomous driving system – both on the […]

On Tuesday, Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa announced plans to select eight members of the public to fly on a SpaceX Starship in 2023, with the expenses fully paid for by Maezawa and his company dearMoon, according to CNBC. The mission was initially announced in 2018 alongside SpaceX founder Elon Musk as a trip for […]

SpaceX’s Starlink is set to offer low-Earth orbit satellite internet to remote regions around the world, and even in its infancy, US residents are already using the service regularly. In data collected by Ookla Speedtest between December 2020 and February 24, 2021, we can see that Starlink is already going to good use, especially in […]

Tesla has been dominating the electric vehicle (EV) space as one of the few auto companies to offer a full lineup of zero-emissions cars. And according to the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), it could soon become one of the world’s most valuable software companies. UBS analyst Patrick Hummel wrote in a study published Wednesday […]

Reddit users recently noticed Tesla heat failure messages in their Model Ys, but in a new discovery from a Tesla hacker on Twitter, the problem may be more widespread than the company had previously let on. On Tuesday, Tesla software hacker @greentheonly posted on Twitter about the company changing its status for 2020 and 2021 […]