A new Tesla Service Center looks like it’s being built in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, expected to replace what was previously a Toys ‘R’ Us (via Reddit). A Tesla sign was spotted in the area, as seen in a field near a shopping center with the old Toys ‘R’ Us building in a photo […]
Just weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned of an upcoming recession in the U.S., also saying that Tesla had a tough quarter in Q2, one analyst is noting how important it will be for the automaker to hold onto high demand as it faces an economic downturn in the months ahead. Tesla is preparing […]
With the worldwide reach that Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) have, it’s only fitting that owners of the EV brand would meet up to celebrate certain events — such as CEO Elon Musk’s birthday, for which Tesla owners met up at SpaceX’s Starbase. This time, Tesla drivers in 60 different vehicles from eight different countries drove […]
Alongside Tesla showing off a cross-section of a Model Y with 4680 cells at IdeenExpo in Germany, the automaker had a trailer with solar panels attached at the event that also drew some attention. Now we have some more pictures of this unique solar and Starlink setup. Tesla debuted a “show of concept” of a […]
NIO has announced that it reached a milestone of 10 million cumulative battery swaps, announced the company on Tuesday. NIO reached two million EV battery swaps back in March 2021, and on July 4, 2022, the company says an ES8 at its NIO power exchange station at Shanghai Hongqiao VEG Micro Creative Park, marked the […]
One analyst is predicting General Motors (GM) and Ford to overtake Tesla’s electric vehicle (EV) market share in the coming years, as competition and new models continue to increase. Senior Auto Analyst John Murphy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch says he’s expecting GM and Ford to each have around 15 percent of the EV […]
After a new Tesla app update hinted at the ability to connect your phone to Wall Connectors, the feature has officially arrived for some users. Tesla has enabled the ability to pair smartphones with Wall Connectors via the mobile app for some users in the United Kingdom, as detailed this week by Tesla Updates. In […]
Following the Lamborghini CEO’s statements that it hopes to sell gas cars beyond 2030, the automaker has now officially detailed plans to invest nearly $2 billion into going partially electric. Lamborghini plans to invest at least $1.88 billion (1.8 billion euros) into going electric, according to a report from Automotive News Europe shared on Friday. […]
Elon Musk’s underground Tesla tunnel company, The Boring Company, has completed its first passenger station in Las Vegas, after the city approved the company’s expansion to city limits last month. The first passenger station for The Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop was revealed on Thursday, as reported by The Verge. The station marks the first […]
Following news that Tesla has ramped up production at its Gigafactory Texas, the automaker will also be expanding the location by half a million square feet. Tesla has officially filed a permit to expand Giga Texas by 500,000 square feet, as seen in a filing application dated June 29 (via @Sawyer_Merritt). The filing says the […]
The Tesla Model Y was Sweden’s best-selling battery-electric vehicle (BEV) in June, selling a total of 1,876 units in the country, according to data from Mobility Sweden shared on Friday (via Clean Technica). Other notable sellers included the Volkswagen ID.4 in second (759), followed by the Kia Niro (703), the Skoda Enyaq (526) and the […]
Tesla is leading the charge in brand loyalty in the luxury sector, according to Associate Director at S&P Global Mobility in a webinar on Tuesday, reported by Automotive News. The webinar, entitled “Baker’s Dozen: 13 Takeaways From Today’s New Vehicle Loyalty Landscape,” looked at brand loyalty trends across the industry, featuring data compiled between January […]
YouTube channel The Limiting Factor shared a new video on Thursday detailing the first teardown of Tesla’s 4680 battery cells. The video, hosted by the channel’s Jordan Gieseghi, is divided up into several different timestamps, from preparation and an initial voltage check to full disassembly of the battery cell. The video shows Jordan talking to […]
Tesla’s app version 4.10.0 is now available, and it is hinting at the future possibility of pairing the company’s Wall Connector to the app. Additionally, Tesla has added an internal folder called “wallconnector_pairing” including assets detailing the process of pairing the wall connector. Although the pairing was spotted in the update, @Tesla_Adri, who made the […]
Drivers for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft chose Tesla 186 percent more often in May year-over-year, saying the EVs were more profitable amidst high gas prices, according to a report from Bloomberg. One California-based driver, Heidi Barnes, 34, rented a Tesla Model 3 from Hertz for a month through a deal with Uber, after […]
