Stories by Peter McGuthrie

The world’s largest battery manufacturer has made yet another new factory announcement this week, set to begin building its second European factory upon approval. China-based manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) announced plans to invest 7.34 billion euros ($7.69 billion USD) into a 100 Gigawatt-hour battery plant in Hungary, as detailed in a Friday […]

Tesla has reportedly received approval already for new Model Y units including BYD’s blade batteries, just as the hardware has started being delivered to the automaker’s Brandenburg factory. According to leaked documents shared on Thursday by Tesla Mag, Tesla’s Giga Berlin already has approval from the European Union (EU) to sell Model Y units with […]

Elon Musk hasn’t been shy about his feelings on Tesla’s short-sellers, but a new report shows even his most bearish opponents recounting incredible losses. Tesla short-sellers and bearish analysts discussed the effects of shorting Musk’s companies on a Zoom call organized by New York Mag this week. Most of the analysts had predicted the stock […]

Following the U.S. Senate’s passing of the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, one automaker is warning its customers about how they may be affected by new tax credit rules. Rivian posted a page on its website explaining how the Inflation Reduction Act may affect buyer access to the $7,500 federal electric vehicle (EV) credit. While […]

As Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin continues to ramp up production, the automaker could now be readying to add another shift to its production day. Tesla may add a second shift at its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg in August, adding to the factory’s number of employees, according to a report this week from German publication RBB 24 (via […]

Elon Musk’s requests for bot data have remained central to his Twitter deal, and even as he and the social media platform gear up for a trial in October, the Tesla CEO is still looking to get information from the company. Musk’s legal team has demanded that Twitter reveal the employees in charge of calculating […]

Since rolling out a new self-diagnostics feature for service appointments back in July, Tesla has already made some improvements to the tool in the mobile app. Tesla’s internal app strings seem to show that the automaker expanded the self-diagnostic feature to include battery range concerns as spotted by @tesla_adri. The app also added a question […]

The Mukilteo, Washington Police Department has just received its first Tesla Model Y police cruiser, marking its fourth Tesla overall, according to a report from Herald Net shared on Wednesday. In addition to the Model Y police cruiser, the department has already been operating two other Model Y units and one Model 3 unit for […]

It appears the attacks on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Autopilot technology keep coming. Earlier, we reported on how a claim by California senate candidate, Dan O’Dowd, said FSD “mows down children”, but was disproved by an actual FSD beta tester. Now, former presidential candidate and well-known consumer protection advocate Ralph Nader issued a call to […]

A Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta tester responded to claims that the system “mows down children” on Tuesday, sharing a test video showing the opposite. In a video using a cardboard child replica on a residential street, Twitter user @TeslaDriver2022 tested Tesla’s FSD to test claims from California senate candidate Dan O’Dowd. @O’Dowd initially claimed […]

It’s been less than a month since Volkswagen’s CEO stepped down, and the incoming head of the company is already looking to make some changes. Volkswagen’s new CEO Oliver Blume is looking to make the management board team smaller, as detailed by two sources familiar with the matter in a report from Reuters. Blume hopes […]

NineDot launched a new community-scale energy storage site in the Bronx, New York City, using Tesla Megapacks, as announced on Tuesday. The large battery system will have a 3.08 Megawatts/12.32 Megawatt-hours capacity, as well as a solar canopy and built-in infrastructure to create bi-directional electric vehicle (EV) chargers in the future. This is the first […]

It wasn’t long ago that electric vehicles (EVs) couldn’t perform quite as well as internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, but that moment has since passed with one of Porsche’s vehicles setting a new record at a German raceway. Driver Lars Kern has set a new lap record in a Porsche Taycan Turbo S EV at […]

With electric vehicles (EVs) continuing to increase in popularity, demand for EV batteries has skyrocketed as automakers like Tesla are maximizing battery supply deals to access as many EV batteries as possible. Fellow automaker BYD has started delivering its blade batteries to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, according to several sources familiar with the matter, as […]

Gigafactory Shanghai’s recent production upgrades have let Tesla add an airbag to the Model Y SUV, further increasing safety in the electric vehicle (EV). Tesla’s made-in-China Model Y units are set to receive an extra far-side airbag as a standard, according to a Tuesday announcement from the automaker on Weibo (via CnEVPost). The move is […]