Stories by Peter McGuthrie

After SpaceX made an RV-friendly Starlink terminal, the company’s head is saying an entry into Africa is imminent. SpaceX head @Elon Musk said the first countries in Africa to receive Starlink satellite internet would be announced soon, as stated in a tweet on Monday. The statement came in response to a user asking if SpaceX […]

Around the holidays, Tesla has been known to offer free off-peak hours Supercharging rates, and the upcoming Monday off in the U.S. is set to gain the same treatment. Tesla is offering free Supercharging during off-peak hours for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, as detailed on the company’s website. From Friday, May 27, 2022 […]

As Tesla’s cars remain the dominant seller in the electric vehicle (EV) market, the automaker is still looking to expand into new countries. Tesla reportedly plans to expand into Thailand after registering in the country on April 25, as detailed in a filing shared on Tuesday. The filing is signed by Tesla’s Global Senior Director […]

Following Tesla’s deployment of many solar panels, Megapacks and Powerwalls, the company is apparently looking to give owners of the energy systems a leg-up in Texas’ notoriously bad utility system. Tesla is lobbying for Texas residents with solar power and energy storage systems to participate in the state’s energy market, as detailed by Arushi Sharma […]

After Tesla’s 22-day production halt at Gigafactory Shanghai, the automaker had its employees sleeping on floors in a closed-loop output system created to help stop the spread of COVID-19. As it ramps up to add another shift, Tesla is isolating thousands of its Giga Shanghai workers in an old military camp and unused factories in […]

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell defended Elon Musk amidst sexual allegations made this week, with Shotwell saying she “believes the allegations to be false,” as detailed in a report from CNBC. The defense came in the form of an internal email to employees, in which Shotwell cited her experience working closely with Musk as her reasoning […]

If you look at any of Tesla’s vehicles, there’s no denying that the models have changed quite a bit over the years, and the Model Y is no different as shown in a new video from an industry expert. In a new video on the Model Y shared on Monday, Sandy Munro noted that Tesla […]

A new 4K drone video shared by Jeff Roberts on Thursday shows some of Tesla’s crew continuing its work on 4680 battery cell charging testing at Gigafactory Texas. An earlier video by Roberts showed these same Model Y vehicles charging at Superchargers on the Giga Texas site. Papers on the vehicle dashboard noted the vehicles […]

Rivian is still figuring out how its distribution model works best, and recent changes to delivery plans have customer complaints mounting, as detailed in a report from Reuters. One such customer is accountant Jeff Wells in Southern California, who is seeing other R1T deliveries arrive for buyers that purchased years after him, due to a […]

Mercedes-Benz executives said the automaker plans to cut its European dealership model in favor of a direct and an online sales system, according to a report on Monday from Automotive News. The plans will oversee as many as 15 to 20 percent of dealerships in Germany cut, and around 10 percent worldwide. The move accommodates […]

Analysts expected Tesla to dethrone BMW for the top-selling U.S. luxury sales title last year, and now the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer is pulling even further ahead. Tesla saw registrations increase by 59 percent year-over-year in Q1, selling 113,882 vehicles total and outpacing last year’s leader BMW by an impressive 33,400 units, according to Automotive […]

Following strict COVID-19 lockdowns implemented by China, Tesla’s factory in Shanghai is finally getting back in the swing of things with pre-lockdown levels of production. Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai is planning to ramp up production output levels to pre-lockdown levels on Tuesday, set to more than double production to around 2,600 vehicle units per day, according […]

As electric vehicle (EV) companies look for ways to expand production, one Korean automaker is set to establish a new U.S. plant in the coming months to aid its upcoming lineup of vehicles. Hyundai plans to build as many as six new EVs at a new plant in Savannah, Georgia, according to state leaders on […]

Volkswagen has launched its newly transformed production facility in Emden, Germany, as detailed in a press release on Friday. The plant marks what Volkswagen calls the biggest transformation project in the plant’s history, sparking a gradual conversion from internal combustion engine (ICE) production to 100 percent electric mobility. Volkswagen plans to build its all-electric ID.4 […]

  Service subscriptions through Tesla’s website are showing a free download of manuals for the automaker’s cars, as noted on Friday. Tesla currently lets anyone download its car manuals for free on the company’s website, simply by signing up for a $0 subscription as spotted by @greentheonly on Thursday. The subscription package site lets users […]