Tesla has opened its first V4 Supercharger stalls, now operational in the Netherlands, as posted by the automaker’s @Tesla Charging account on Twitter on Wednesday. The post includes a photo of the site’s Supercharging stalls, located in Harderwijk, with a handful of Tesla vehicles parked in the lot. The Supercharger posts appear different than the […]
Honda is looking to move production of the Accord sedan from its Ohio to Indiana plants, as a part of the automaker’s overall shift toward producing electric vehicles (EVs), according to the automaker on Tuesday. The Accord has been assembled at Honda’s Marysville, Ohio plant for more than 40 years, and the shift is expected […]
Tesla’s deliveries in China have increased for the fourth week in a row, as shown by insurance data shared this week (via @Roland Pircher). Last week alone, Tesla had 17,032 vehicles newly insured, up from the prior week which saw around 13,000 units insured. The new numbers are the strongest week since the end of […]
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said during an interview with Bloomberg that Tesla’s Autopilot naming convention is misleading and is lacking in “common sense,” as detailed in a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday. “I wouldn’t call something ‘Autopilot’ if the manual explicitly says that you have to have your hands on the wheel and […]
Amazon has unveiled three different satellite antennas for its satellite internet Project Kuiper, which is an attempt to rival SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit (LEO) internet (via CNBC). The “standard” dish measures about an inch thick, 11 inches square and it weighs less than 5 pounds. Amazon expects the dish to offer users speeds of “up […]
SpaceX is looking to begin testing Starlink’s satellite-to-cell service sometime this year, according to statements from the company’s Vice President of Enterprise Sales Jonathan Hofeller at the Satellite 2023 conference, reports CNBC’s @Michael Sheetz. The statement came during a panel discussion regarding satellite-to-cell services, and Hofeller sat alongside ST Engineering iDirect CEO Don Claussen, Iridium […]
European automaker Volkswagen stands to gain access to new electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in North America as it prepares to build its first battery cell plant on the continent. Volkswagen is set to build its first North American battery cell plant in Canada, as announced on Monday and reported Reuters. The plant will also allow […]
Tesla’s energy storage technology is set to power yet another battery project in Australia, this time in the country’s northeasternmost state. A set of 40 Tesla Megapacks has arrived at a Genex battery project in Queensland, Australia, as detailed in a press release shared on Monday. Originally reported in 2021, the arrival of Tesla’s Megapacks […]
Tesla released its vehicle safety report for the fourth quarter of 2022, showing fewer accidents with Autopilot engaged than the national average, and fewer than those without Autopilot engaged while driving (via @SawyerMerritt). In Q4, Tesla recorded one crash for every 4.85 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged. The figure can be compared to the […]
Startup electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian, and its majority stakeholder Amazon, may be looking to do away with the exclusive parts of its deal for electric last-mile delivery vans, according to people familiar with the subject, reports the Wall Street Journal. Amazon has a deal with Rivian for 100,000 of the electric vans that was […]
Tesla has begun hiring for various positions in Mexico as can be seen on the company’s website, most of which are located in the northern state of Nuevo Leon where the automaker is building its next Gigafactory. The positions include some in construction and logistics, as well as a head of Gigafactory facilities and sales […]
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta has been the subject of many headlines in the past few years, but will it eventually bring about an era of autonomous car racing? Motortrend took the Streets of Willow Springs racetrack in Southern California to find out, letting a Tesla Model 3 run with the FSD beta system activated. […]
A number of new videos have surfaced this week showing off Tesla’s newly released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 11.3.1 after it began rolling out to anyone just days ago, so we rounded a few of our favorites up for your viewing pleasure. The FSD beta version 11.3 that began rolling out about three weeks […]
A new test of SpaceX’s Starlink internet aboard a JSX flight landed this week from Zach Griff of The Points Guy, who went on to call the service “blazing-fast.” Using five different Apple devices — two MacBooks, two iPhones and an iPad — Griff tested out the carrier’s included Starlink Wi-Fi by keeping a streaming […]
Tesla and Cybertruck enthusiast @Matthew Donegan-Ryan has charted the dimensions of a pre-production beta Cybertruck, as revealed by executives during a recent meet and greet at the automaker’s Investor Day. Donegan-Ryan also points out that he expects Tesla to make changes to this design for the production version, since the company is rarely “pencils down,” […]
