Stories by Peter McGuthrie

Tesla’s Elon Musk is preparing to head to trial with Twitter next month, though another court battle shows the billionaire entrepreneur calling out a federal agency for allegedly stifling his free speech in a separate case. Musk’s lawyers are claiming that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a “muzzle” on the CEO’s speech […]

Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) are rented frequently at Hertz locations, according to the company, which says it has similar amounts of corporate and legal customers going electric. Demand for Teslas at Hertz rental locations has remained “very, very solid,” according to the companies head in a statement to Yahoo Finance this week. “Demand has been […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) are inching their way into the mainstream, and new approval from the federal government for upcoming charging stations is expected to expand the charging network significantly. The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) announced the approval of EV charging station infrastructure plans for all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico on Tuesday, reports […]

Electric vehicles (EV) are becoming popular rental cars through Hertz following partnerships announced last year, and another joint goal will see the advancement of charging stations in the U.S. Hertz announced a partnership with British Petroleum (bp) on a national network of EV charging stations, as detailed in a press release on Tuesday from the […]

Tesla’s store often keeps useful products and accessories for on hand for its vehicle owners, and one cargo shelf retrofit is now being installed at some service centers. A new Tesla Model Y Performance cargo shelf retrofit has been spotted, as installed by a service center (via Reddit). The parts were ordered for $200 using […]

After a Delaware judge set Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s deposition for this week, the opportunity for the billionaire to answer questions under oath has been pushed back to next week. Musk’s deposition for an upcoming trial with Twitter has been rescheduled to October 6 and 7, according to a filing with the court on Tuesday […]

Although Tesla CEO Elon Musk has previously said he hopes to shift away from end-of-quarter sales pushes, the automaker is expected to have another huge batch of deliveries heading to customers to end the third quarter. Musk apparently sent an email to employees requesting help for a “very high volume” of third-quarter deliveries, and analysts […]

Although Tesla upgraded its Gigafactory Shanghai production lines in July and August, the automaker won’t use them at full capacity for the time being, claims a report. Tesla’s Giga Shanghai plans to remain below maximum output capacity, running at about 93 percent despite recent upgrades, according to two sources familiar with the matter, reports Reuters. […]

More electric vehicles (EVs) are set to be sold in China this year than throughout the rest of the world combined, according to an exposé from The New York Times on Monday. As many countries struggle to incentivize EV sales using tax credits and subsidies, China’s customer base has already begun to pivot toward the […]

A coming software update has added a useful pop-up feature for Tesla’s Superchargers, showing new details that weren’t previously included. Tesla software update 2022.36 includes a newly designed pop-up map feature for Supercharger locations, as detailed by Not a Tesla App on Monday. The pop-up map includes information such as the number of available charging […]

Tesla’s official CCS Combo 1 adapters have begun delivering to customers, as noted on Monday by a Model 3 owner (via Reddit). The CCS adapter costs $250 in the U.S. and $325 in Canada, offering up to 250 kW at third-party charging stations where Tesla’s proprietary Supercharger connections aren’t available. Tesla launched official sales of […]

An outdoor area of Tesla’s German car plant caught fire, requiring the local fire department to enter the scene on Monday. A fire broke out at Tesla’s Giga Berlin in Grünheide, Germany on Monday, before the local fire department was called to extinguish the fire around 3:30 local time, as reported by Reuters. The fire […]

Since Ford’s first electric vehicle launched in China last year, the automaker has sold far fewer electric vehicle (EV) units than some of its fellow automakers, though it’s hoping to change that with a new company and testing entity. Ford established a new company in China called Ford Electric Mach Technologies (FMeT), as detailed in […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to answer questions about his upcoming trial with Twitter, which the social media platform hopes will force him to follow through on plans to purchase the company for $44 billion. Musk is set to be deposed on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of his trial with Twitter in the coming […]

After GMC surpassed 90,000 reservations for the electric Hummer last week, the automaker plans to officially close pre-orders for the 2023 model year vehicle. GM is set to close reservations for the Hummer EV pickup and SUV, following over 90,000 preorders, as reported by CNBC. The automaker will keep them closed for now to help […]