It may not come as a surprise to most that the Tesla Model 3 was November’s top-selling EV globally in November 2020, as reported by EV Sales Blogspot. However, perhaps more surprising is that, year-to-date, the Tesla Model 3 has sold a whopping 300,488 units, which is well over half of the company’s goal to […]
Unlike Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin, which was, once again, ordered by German courts to stop removing trees on the site due to snakes, Tesla’s Gigafactory Austin is coming together quite nicely and with little to no disruption. In the most recent video shared to YouTube by Jeff Roberts, he shares the happenings of Tesla’s Gigafactory Austin […]
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 9 has now been released for a couple of days, and it’s already shown to be quite the improvement from the system’s last update (note, he incorrectly refers to this build as version 8). In a video uploaded Wednesday by YouTube host Dave Mac, Dave shared the second part […]
In a new video uploaded Wednesday by YouTube channel BIMMER ZEIT, the host and BMW fanatic, Rich, shares his first experience with an EV using a base model Tesla Model 3, as borrowed from a generous Tesla employee, Allen, one of the viewers of his channel. Rich says that he wasn’t even sure how to […]
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has shared interesting tidbits on Twitter a time or two, and this time he’s sharing valuable information about the Starship SN9’s landing procedures, or the next rocket planned for takeoff. After a successful aerial flip maneuver with the SN8, fans are praising Musk for his rocket company. And yet, Musk seems […]
Tesla’s latest 2020 holiday update brought some goodies, such as a redesigned user interface, boombox feature and more. This latest update appears to be receiving mixed reviews, specifically the slightly reduced map screen and larger visualizations screen on the left. Reddit user u/jentheunicorns has done a complete redesign of Tesla’s new user interface (UI) update, […]
It was a rough November for Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) market, with the total market at -14% year-over-year. However, the continent’s plug-in market was up 198% from the prior November, with 166,000 plug-in registrations, making up a total of 16% of the market share, according to EV Sales Blogspot. November also saw increases in battery […]
Tesla (TSLA) has a real shot at reaching its goal of 500,000 deliveries in 2020, and with only a couple of days left, we’ll know shortly enough whether it did or not. According to a note published Wednesday by Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, Tesla will likely reach its goal of half a million 2020 deliveries, […]
Tesla has been defending itself in China lately, after tech site PingWest posted a misinformation article detailing Gigafactory Shanghai as a “Giga-sweatshop”. A tit-for-tat online spread on Chinese social media site Weibo between Tesla and PingWest, with the latter partially owned by UCWeb. As for UCWeb? It’s owned by Alibaba Group Holding, which is backing […]
Viasat has announced a petition against Tesla, filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking the commission to re-evaluate Starlink’s environmental habits. The report, according to Space News, argues Starlink satellites pose environmental hazards both on Earth and in space. In response to the filing, which was posted on Twitter, SpaceX head Elon Musk claimed […]
Tesla has been announcing a number of price cuts to China’s Model 3 since 2019, though it appears that this pattern may have ended this holiday season. A new report by Yahoo Finance posits that Tesla, after reaching its goal for the proportion of its parts made in China, will not reduce the cost of […]
Tesla has added a new compare feature to its website (via Tesmanian), allowing users to view multiple different models at once, along with their prices, ranges, seating, cargo capacities, and drive motors. By clicking on the plus sign at the bottom of the page, users can also view acceleration and top speed levels of each […]
In the latest video released by YouTube channel AIDRIVR, the host takes his Tesla Model S for a test drive using the latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta version 8 in snowy Lake Tahoe. While the FSD function performs decently in the video, there are a few hangups that deserve recognition. On various turns, the FSD […]
In order to help consumers put electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, municipalities and authorities must take a multi-faceted approach, offering incentives for buyers, bolstering a region’s charging network, and making it easier to avoid buying traditional gas cars. Earlier in the year, the province of Quebec in Canada set a goal to have 100,000 […]
Tesla has been seeking ethical mining practices for years. Despite the tainted reputations of a number of metal-mining factories caught dumping waste and practicing other environmentally unfriendly habits, one company has managed to land a long-term lithium deal with the electric vehicle (EV) company. On Tuesday, China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. announced that it […]
