Tesla

Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk donated roughly $1.95 billion worth of the company’s shares to charities in 2022, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported by Reuters on Wednesday. The filing showed that Musk donated roughly 11.6 million shares in a period between August and December, though […]

Tesla is planning to pause some production until the end of February, in order to upgrade its lines in preparation for the Model 3 “Highland” project, according to a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday. Workers will be prevented from entering some production line areas as soon as Sunday, according to the report. The areas of […]

Tesla is planning to open “select Superchargers” to all electric vehicle (EV) brands in the U.S. soon, according to a post on the company’s charging account on Twitter and statements from the Biden administration made on Wednesday (via Automotive News). The news comes as part of the administration’s $7.5 billion federal package setting out to […]

The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP has included Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y for a $2,000 rebate in the state of California, for those eligible. Any Tesla order placed on or after January 12, 2023, may be eligible for a CVRP rebate, says the website, as spotted by Vincent Huynh (via @WholeMarsBlog). “The Tesla […]

Renaissance Technologies increased its stake in Tesla by over 1,000-fold in the fourth quarter, and the now automaker now represents one of the firm’s largest holdings. The hedge fund increased its stake in Tesla from just 1,400 shares to 3.4 million shares by the end of 2022, according to a filing with the Securities and […]

Tesla employees at the company’s Buffalo, New York factory launched a campaign to unionize, according to an email sent to CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday (via Automotive News). The email detailed demands such as better pay, increased job security and a decrease in overall production pressures that can be hazardous to worker health. Six workers […]

White House aides John Podesta and Mitch Landrieu met with Elon Musk and other Tesla officials on January 27, to help progress on a mass clean energy revolution, according to two people familiar with the subjects of the meeting, reports the Washington Post. Podesta and Landrieu’s positions are geared toward helping to implement some of […]

After Tesla launched the sale of its flagship models in Thailand in December, the automaker has officially begun shipping its first vehicles to buyers. Tesla started delivering its first Model 3 and Model Y units in Thailand on February 11, as spotted by @Tslachan on Sunday. The post from Tslachan also shows photos of the […]

As many await the limited beta release of Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving (FSD) version, the automaker’s CEO has provided an update following another round of delays. Tesla’s FSD beta version 11.3 (single stack) could debut as soon as this week, according to a statement on Sunday from @Elon Musk. Musk said the single-stack software would […]

After Tesla increased Model Y pricing in the U.S. multiple times in the past few weeks, the automaker has again boosted the starting price of the premium electric SUV crossover. Tesla increased the price of its Model Y Performance vehicles in the U.S. once again, this time by around $500, as spotted by @Sawyer Merritt […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is scheduled to join over 10,000 government officials, policymakers, thought leaders, and experts from across the globe at the 2023 World Government Summit in Dubai next week, according to a report from Gulf News (via Tesmanian). Held annually, the World Government Summit brings leaders and recognized minds from all over the world […]

Tesla is set to open a new flagship store and service center in Franklin, Tennessee, sometime in mid-2023, according to a press release (via the Nashville Business Journal). The company will occupy a 57,447-square-foot building located on 7 acres at 300 Shingle Way, Franklin, in Williamson Country, TN. Per property deeds, the site is owned by […]

Dan O’Dowd, CEO of Green Hills Software and the founder of The Dawn Project, today shared a Super Bowl ad demonstrating alleged “critical safety defects” in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta and said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “must turn off FSD until Tesla fixes all safety defects.” O’Dowd’s advertisement claims that FSD […]

Tesla’s Hardware 4.0, the much-anticipated successor to the Hardware 3.0 computing system that currently powers the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features in the company’s electric vehicles (EVs), was recently referenced in type approvals for the Model S and Model X in Europe. References to FSD Hardware 4.0 were originally discovered in documents Tesla filed […]

Tesla has increased the price of the Model Y in the United States, yet again. This time, the price increases affect the Model Y AWD (with 4680 cells) and Model Y Performance, with changes happening on Friday, as spotted by @Tslachan. Check out the price changes below, with increases of $500 USD: Model Y AWD: […]