Stories by Peter McGuthrie

A new development in Tesla police cars has come to light, this time in Michigan. The Holland Department of Public Safety detectives are receiving a new Tesla Model 3 as its newest squad car, reports Holland Sentinel. The car will be used by the team’s detectives. The long-range Model 3 will cost the city $49,308 […]

One day in advance of Battery Day, and just a few short weeks before the end of Q3, Tesla is rallying to achieve what it hopes will be a record-breaking quarter. In a recent staff email, Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed that the company may have “a shot at a record quarter” in Q3, as […]

Tesla has been making some major changes to its designs recently, and the newest update comes to us from its Giga Berlin factory. As reported by Teslarati, a new manufacturing process is set to happen at Tesla’s Giga Berlin which will use a single cast for the front of the Model Y. Similar casting machines […]

Comparisons between Tesla CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk, and late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs have been circulating quite a bit recently. When asked if he thought Elon Musk was the new Steve Jobs, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told Bloomberg that the comparison was a “gross oversimplification.” Gates told the reporter, “If you know people personally, […]

A brand new electric vehicle (EV) racetrack record has just been set. In a recent video released by YouTube EV channel The Kilowatts and shared on Twitter by Unplugged Performance, a Lucid Air is shown beating the Tesla-held record at the Laguna Seca racetrack. The previous record on the Laguna Seca track was earned by […]

Tesla (TSLA) has just been given another price target increase from Wall Street analyst Alex Potter, as reported by Barron’s. The Piper Sandler analyst raised his price target from $515 from $480 a share, citing energy storage, increasing battery capacity, and, oddly, CEO Elon Musk’s compensation package as reasons the company would be successful. Musk’s […]

When it comes to both shares and inside information, Tesla has a lot to protect. However, the company has just won in its next chapter of legal protections. On Thursday, Reuters reported that Tesla won a court case with previous employee, Martin Tripp, who was removed from the company for stealing sensitive company data and sharing […]

As Giga Texas construction is just heating up, Tesla fans are wondering if it will take as short of a time as Giga Shanghai. So far, the answer looks to be a resounding, “yes.” The city of Austin, Texas has just released building and permit plans for Tesla’s Giga Texas factory on its website. The […]

When Tesla’s Autopilot first became a topic at large in the electric vehicle (EV) world, it was hard not to imagine relaxing behind the wheel of an EV while the car does the driving for you. In spite of the picturesque vision, it’s hardly a reality – except for one Alberta resident in Canada. On […]

A user on Reddit has shared their gifted, Tesla Founder Series Powerwall, and it is beautiful. User u/S1ghtunseen shared the video on Wednesday evening, and it shows him unwrapping the freshly installed Powerwall. The Founder Series Powerwall is a long-anticipated Powerwall variant that is awarded through a referral program for purchasers of the Model S […]

Electric transportation isn’t much without a charging network and sufficient battery power. Fortunately, companies are working hard and working together to improve the infrastructure of electric vehicle (EV) charging, and the improvements are not far from changing the world. As reported by electrek, Tesla has just installed Powerpack battery systems at about 60 Electrify America […]

There has been no shortage of new electric vehicle (EV) announcements lately, especially in the pickup department. The newest announcement will likely have American fans excited, as one classic company plans to remake an EV version of a classic truck. On Thursday, Ford announced a new all-electric model of the Ford F-150, according to Motor […]

It’s been a bit of a roller coaster for Tesla’s (TSLA) stocks lately, but only because of some of the record-setting numbers made by the company thus far in the year. According to Market Watch, Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner boosted his price target on Tesla (TSLA) by 33%, in spite of the fact that […]

New fuel cell technology has just hit the public eye, and most are impressed with what they see. Ballard Power Systems has just announced a new, high-performance, zero-emission fuel cell stack, and Audi has purchased the technology to be used in its upcoming electric vehicles (EVs). The FCgen-HPS is expected to increase power output and […]

With Battery Day now officially less than a week away, Tesla fans, shareholders, and observers alike are growing antsy to see what the electric vehicle (EV) company will unveil. Expected to be shared at the event, Tesla has a new battery cell, produced in-house, as leaked by electrek. The new battery cell comes from the […]