Tesla

Under U.S. President Joe Biden’s recently-signed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passenger electric vehicles (EVs) can qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 USD. The eligibility criteria for these tax credits, however, have left Tesla’s Model Y at a slight disadvantage. While the seven-seat variant of the Model Y qualifies for the federal tax credits […]

Rental vehicle company Hertz has seen its annual profits jump by 12% since adding electric vehicles (EVs) from Tesla, Polestar, and more to its fleet — reports The Cool Down. Hertz kicked off its transition to EVs by signing a $4.2 billion USD deal with Tesla for 100,000 units of the company’s Model 3 sedan in […]

Tesla dominated electric vehicle (EV) sales in France for the entirety of 2022 — reports Automotive News Europe. The all-electric pioneer also saw the largest volume gains of any automaker in the French market for 2022. Tesla’s sales increased 10% year-over-year, despite overall new car registrations in France dipping 31% below pre-pandemic levels from 2019 […]

Tesla today announced its production and delivery numbers for Q4 2022 and the full year. The company said it produced a total of 439,701 cars and delivered 405,278 vehicles in the fourth quarter, falling slightly short of the analyst consensus of about 417,957 deliveries. “We continued to transition towards a more even regional mix of vehicle […]

Tesla launched a New Year’s promo in China for Model 3 and Model Y, and now more purchase incentives are coming in the form of a price drop on entry models. The electric automaker has lowered the price of Model 3 RWD and Model Y RWD, to match the recent end of New Energy Vehicle […]

Tesla’s long-rumoured new Model Y Standard Range with an All-Wheel Drive (AWD) configuration was recently spotted in the code for the company’s U.S. order configurator with a price of $61,990 USD, according to a tweet from WaitingForTesla.com (@w4tsla), an automated tracking and notification bot for Tesla inventory in North America. ⚠ New Tesla MY Model […]

We just got our first look at the Tesla Semi’s internal components, thanks to diagrams spotted by Tesla owner and software data miner “green” (@greentheonly) in the company’s online Parts Catalog. Tesla hasn’t published a parts catalog for the Semi yet, but green was able to dig through the company’s website and find it. Going […]

Tesla has launched a New Year’s promotion in China, offering up to 10,000 yuan (about $1,450 USD) in incentives (via @Tslachan). According to information shared by Tesla, the company says there’s a limited-time promo offering an insurance subsidy of 4,000 yuan ($580 USD) and a delivery incentive of 6,000 yuan ($870 USD), towards the purchase […]

After offering a $7,500 delivery discount in the U.S. for Model 3 and Model Y in its Q4 year-end push, Tesla has now reportedly extended this offer to its flagship Model S and Model X. Update: Tesla’s website has been updated and this discount has been confirmed. “Take delivery of limited local Model S and […]

Tesla announced at the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show it will be revealing pricing for Model S and Model X Plaid in the nation on January 6, 2023, with first deliveries set for the first half of the next year. The company previously teased on Weibo earlier this week that Model S Plaid and Model X […]

Tesla highlighted a number of its 2022 achievements in a post on Twitter on Thursday, ranging from the company’s deployment of Superchargers, to its opening of new Gigafactories in Germany and the U.S. The thread begins with a thank you to “owners, supporters & employees” for helping Tesla make sustainable energy an option for the […]

Buyers awaiting Tesla’s carbon ceramic brake kits will have to wait a little longer, as spotted on the automaker’s online store. Tesla seems to have delayed the carbon ceramic brake kits in its web store once again, with the product listing now displaying that it will be available in early 2023 (via @The Kilowatts). The […]

The Internal Revenue Service has shared vehicle eligibility information for the coming $7,500 USD federal tax credit for electric vehicles (EVs) on its website, including a list of Tesla’s vehicles and their applicable pricing limits. On the web page, the IRS notes that appear in the list “do not automatically qualify,” and many of the […]

Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter reiterated its $340 price target and Overweight rating on Tesla’s stock in a note on Thursday, adding that recent stock issues don’t change the firm’s long-term view of the company’s shares (via @Tesla New York). In the note, Potter wrote that the firm does “not believe anything has changed with […]

A holiday update to the Watch app for Tesla ($19.99 USD) has begun rolling out, including long-awaited features such as direct vehicle control with Bluetooth to allow the use of the Apple Watch as a proper Bluetooth key for Teslas. This lets drivers use the Apple Watch to unlock and access Tesla vehicles, unlatch doors […]