Although Tesla currently remains the top electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer in the U.S., a new study shows that increasing competition is slowly chipping away at the company’s market share. Tesla has a 65 percent EV market share in the U.S. in the first nine months of 2022, which is down from 79 percent in 2020, […]
As Tesla heads into the final month of the year, the automaker is looking to boost customer orders with a new discount option for its flagship sedan and SUV models. Tesla is offering a $3,750 discount on Model 3 and Model Y orders in North America, as seen in a text message sent from the […]
A new issue with Tesla’s vehicles in China is stopping the outline lights from lighting up upon wake-up, forcing the automaker to follow standard recall procedures in announcing a coming software fix. Tesla will fix issues with 435,132 vehicles in China this week due to the lighting issue, and the company plans to deploy a […]
One of Elon Musk’s lesser-known ventures is the brain-control interface (BCI) startup Neuralink, which is developing implants for a person’s brain that the company expects to help with a wide range of issues. Musk says Neuralink will probably be installed in humans in about six months, as stated at the company’s third “show and tell” […]
Starlink is garnering more users than ever before with its recent service expansions, but speeds could be decreasing across the board with added use for users of SpaceX’s satellite internet service. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet speeds dropped slightly in the third quarter of the year, as shared on Wednesday with data compiled by Ookla‘s speed […]
Tesla’s Model 3, Y and S units make up a market share of 26.33 percent of the electric vehicles (EVs) in Denmark, according to data shared by the Danish car imports trade association De Danske Bilimportører (via @Tesla Club Danmark). Out of a total of 105,379 EVs on Denmark’s roads, the data shows that Tesla’s […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain steam across worldwide markets, one European country known for early adoption of zero-tailpipe-emission vehicles has just reached a new record for single-day deliveries from Tesla. Tesla set a new daily record with 297 vehicles delivered to Norway in one day with Model Y cars from Giga Berlin, as […]
SpaceX is raising prices for Starlink internet in Ukraine, following struggles to lock down continued funding for the country’s satellite internet hardware and services, according to a report from PC Mag, citing user reports from Ukraine. The news came in email form for many users of the internet service, with SpaceX alerting customers that it […]
Legacy automaker Ford has reached an important production milestone this week, showing that the company has been able to produce a sizable number of Mustang Mach-E units since it was introduced in 2020. Ford CEO @Jim Farley announced on Wednesday that the automaker produced its 150,000th Mustang Mach-E, ahead of the company’s plans to expand […]
Tesla adjusted its Supercharger pricing in Germany and some other European countries again, this time raising prices by six to nine cents per kilowatt-hour at each station, reports @Tesla_Adri, sharing screenshots from @ModelXOlli. Along with the news, Tesla Adri also shared screenshots of the Hilden Supercharger preview on the Tesla mobile app before and after […]
China’s new-energy vehicle (NEV) sales dropped in the last week of November, as was measured by insurance registrations. BYD with its hybrid electric vehicles doubled Tesla’s sales to top NEV leaderboards in China during the fourth week of November, with BYD overseeing 38,480 insurance registrations while Tesla had 16,121, according to a report from CnEVPost. […]
After SpaceX unveiled its Starlink RV mobile internet service earlier this year, one customer of the company is showing off the contents of the order. SpaceX’s Starlink RV internet kit was spotted being unboxed on Monday, showing the next-generation terminal as it comes from the company (via Reddit). The photo shows the RV kit sitting […]
Tesla’s customers in China are able to use a WeChat-based “mini-app” to reach out to a support team or to correspond in a group chat, according to @Chris Zheng, who pointed the feature out amidst news about being able to see release notes in other markets. Zheng notes that being able to see release notes […]
After Tesla stepping up its hiring efforts in Thailand earlier this year caused some to expect an upcoming launch in the country, the automaker has officially announced plans to start selling cars there. In a post on LinkedIn, Tesla shared a photo with text in Thai translating to “Hello Thailand,” and saying “See you December […]
Tesla unveiled the mobile app update 4.15.0 on Monday, and as more users switch to the app version, more details about what’s new are coming out, besides the new ability to view release notes in the app. The 4.15.0 Tesla app update includes a wide range of new features and improvements, including the ability to […]