The General Motors-run autonomous vehicle company Cruise asked California on Monday for approval to broaden its testing region to the whole state, as reported by ABC News. The company has already been testing its self-driving cars in San Francisco, where it is headquartered, for more than two years now. While the GM-backed company hasn’t yet […]
Tesla’s insurance data in China going into the third week of March shows gradual increases leading up to the end of the first quarter, as spotted and shared by @Tslachan on Monday. During the week of March 13-19, 18,712 Tesla vehicles were registered for insurance, up from 17,032 in the week prior and just 13,266 […]
Hyundai’s head of European operations Michael Cole says the company is surprised at the success of the Ioniq 5 electric vehicle (EV), according to a report this week from Autocar. The Ioniq 5 is the first in Hyundai’s series of models based on the E-GMP powertrain architecture, with the automaker launching the Ioniq 6 sedan […]
Flo, an electric vehicle (EV) charging company, is boosting its investment into new technologies with a $23.8 million CAD ($17.4 million USD) investment into developing Level 2 chargers and ultra-fast charging hardware, according to a report from Automotive News Canada. The chargers are expected to hit the market in 2024, though the company has not […]
Tesla and CEO Elon Musk’s plans to cut costs by 50 percent on its next-generation platform bring to light new questions for legacy automakers looking to catch up in the emerging electric vehicle (EV) sector. Namely, experts expect Tesla to gain access to thousands in cost advantages over its rivals, all while competitors attempt to […]
Tesla is hoping to do away with rare earths needed to make batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), even after removing some from past battery configurations. The shift will point to automakers needing more and more magnets, which Bloomberg says will shift the narrative to a magnet race in the coming years. The Tesla Model 3 […]
German racecar driver Sebastian Vittel shared footage of him driving his own personal Tesla Model S Plaid out to the Nüburgring racetrack on Sunday, marking the first private Model S Plaid to hit the track, according to the video. Vittel pointed out that conditions on the track were far from ideal, with some dirt and […]
A video shared by JoshWest247 on Wednesday shows charging tests comparing Tesla’s CCS charging adapter retrofit to a CHAdeMO charger on a 2016 Model X. The video shows the process of Josh, taking the vehicle to a Tesla service center in Mississauga, Ontario, where the automaker’s employees were able to install the necessary firmware and retrofit […]
Many people covering Tesla’s vehicles will put them to the ultimate test, including one crew who attempted to get to the bottom (or top) of whether one of the automaker’s cars can be driven upside down. A new video shared on Wednesday by the YouTube channel WhistlinDiesel shows a handful of tests with a Tesla […]
Tesla is offering its Model S and X steering wheel retrofit kit for $700 on its online shop, and now buyers can scan a QR code to purchase the kit directly from the company’s app. With this retrofit, users can switch from a steering yoke to the traditional steering wheel. Originally, Model S and Model […]
A publicly owned taxi fleet in the United Arab Emirates has added Tesla Model 3 vehicles to its offerings, along with plans for a solar-powered bus parking network including 24 lots, according to a report from the Khaleej Times. The solar-powered parking lots are expected to be established in Ajman by the end of this […]
Under a new bill signed on Tuesday by Republican Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, Tesla could be prohibited from selling its electric vehicles (EVs) in person, unless it opens franchised dealerships (via Fortune). House Bill 401 forces automakers like Tesla and Rivian to sell vehicles through franchised locations rather than through their personally owned stores. Both […]
Tesla began shipping its Model 3 and Y electric vehicles (EVs) to Thailand last month, delivering a total of 709 units to customers in the same month, according to Car News China (via @Tslachan). The deliveries were comprised of 534 Model Y units and 175 Model 3 units, making up 9.7 and 3.2 percent of […]
California’s Civil Rights Department requested that Judge Evelio Grillo, who is overseeing Tesla’s racial bias case regarding its Fremont factory, limit a ruling made to request more information from the automaker, according to a report from Reuters. The initial ruling was tentative and Grillo is expected to issue a finalized ruling in the next few […]
Tesla plans to roll out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 11 this weekend, according to a statement from @Elon Musk on Wednesday. The highly-anticipated update combines Tesla’s highway and city-driving Autopilot stacks into a single system, resulting in a unified stack for FSD beta. Hopefully, Tesla is able to stick to its release schedule […]
