SpaceX has completed its 200th Raptor 2 engine, as shared in a photo posted on Twitter on Friday. The photo depicts the Raptor 2 engine, as well as a Monopoly-game-style “Go” arrow which includes the message, “Collect 200 raptors on your way to Mars.” The Raptor 2 rocket engine design follows the Merlin Vacuum engine, […]
Tesla is offering to offset the cost of reduced electric vehicle (EV) incentives coming to Germany in 2023, saying that it will cover the difference on orders made through the end of the year that won’t be able to be delivered in time, reports @Tesla Adri. The news came in an email sent to customers, […]
Detroit officials signed off on a new Tesla facility that’s being considered uniquely geared toward electric vehicle (EV) research, testing, repairs and maintenance, as reported by Automotive News. Tesla has already started working on the location in Southfield, Michigan, adding 7,000 square feet to the existing 34,500-square-feet property, according to Southfield Planning Director Terry Croad. […]
A Hyperloop test site at SpaceX has been removed and will instead become a parking lot for employees, according to Bloomberg. The tunnel was decommissioned earlier this year after being expected to hold testing for the high-speed transportation technology. Previous reports from The Boring Company held that the solution could move users in pods through […]
Tesla’s share in the California electric vehicle (EV) market slipped this year between January and September compared to 2021, reports Reuters. According to new vehicle registration data from the California Energy Commission, Tesla held 73 percent of the EV market share in California between January and September, representing its lowest level since 2018. In 2020, […]
Polestar has secured $1.6 billion in financing from its major shareholders Volvo Car and PSD investment, as reported by Reuters on Thursday. The company said the funding will help the company sustain itself through volatile markets, with $800 million loans coming from both Volvo and PSD investment. Volvo, which co-founded the Swedish electric vehicle (EV) […]
Tesla closed a store in Beijing which was its first offline store in China, as reported by local media outlet Jiemian on Wednesday (via CnEVPost). The store was located in Beijing Parkview Green in the city’s Chaoyang district, and the report noted that callers to the store are now being redirected to a nearby Tesla […]
Fred Krupp, the President of the Environmental Defense Club (EDF), called Elon Musk a “visionary” this week in an interview with Yahoo Finance, also adding that SpaceX is launching a satellite for the non-profit organization. Krupp noted the newly mainstream appeal of electric vehicles as Musk’s doing and the subsequent revolution spanning the entire auto […]
BMW is asking its existing supplier network to make parts for its upcoming electric vehicles (EVs) factory in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and the project is being led by twenty-year veteran Joachim Post, as Automotive News reports. Post is the company’s head of procurement and supply chain, and he’s been tasked with ensuring 30 million […]
With a new Tesla exhibit coming to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, a new photo was shared showing the Cybertruck’s charge port area. What we’re seeing for the first time is the Cybertruck-themed charge port Tesla logo, instead of the company’s standard logo. The image was shared on the Petersen Museum’s Cybertruck […]
Tesla delivered 71,704 vehicles built at Giga Shanghai in October, marking a 14-percent drop from the previous month in which the automaker had record deliveries, according to figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released on Thursday (via Reuters). In September, Tesla delivered 83,135 cars from Giga Shanghai, setting a record for the highest […]
Canada has already surpassed the electric vehicle (EV) adoption tipping point, at least according to one study from Google Canada (via Automotive News Canada). Google Canada’s Auto Industry Head Al-Karim Awadia has been tracking EV adoption across countries, including Norway, China and South Korea. The research considers five percent as the tipping point at which […]
Tesla demonstrated its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta for California transportation officials and outside consultants that the automaker previously planned to ban from the event, according to emails viewed by Bloomberg under a public records request. The demonstration took place at the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Sacramento on October 26, including a representative […]
Twitter is working on a feature to allow users to charge for video content, and the company is looking to push the feature out quickly, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post. Additionally, the team in charge of the feature has “identified the risk as high,” according to the email, also adding concern […]
Tesla is hosting an exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, set to include the most comprehensive collection of Tesla’s vehicles, as well as the Cybertruck and Roadster. Dubbed, “Inside Tesla: Supercharging the Electric Revolution,” the exhibition will kick off with an opening event on November 19, while the event itself will run […]
