Tesla
Tesla Cybertruck Charge Port May Include Unique ‘T’ Logo
With a new Tesla exhibit coming to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, a new photo was shared showing the Cybertruck’s charge port area. What we’re seeing for the first time is the Cybertruck-themed charge port Tesla logo, instead of the company’s standard logo. The image was shared on the Petersen Museum’s Cybertruck […]
Tesla China Delivers Nearly 72,000 Cars in October
Tesla delivered 71,704 vehicles built at Giga Shanghai in October, marking a 14-percent drop from the previous month in which the automaker had record deliveries, according to figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released on Thursday (via Reuters). In September, Tesla delivered 83,135 cars from Giga Shanghai, setting a record for the highest […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.3 Launches for Regular Testers [VIDEOS]
Tesla started rolling out its 2022.40.4 software update yesterday, which brings Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to its regular testers for the first time. Previously, we reported FSD beta was pushed out for internal employee tester vehicles, hinting at an imminent launch for the wider FSD beta pool. We’re now seeing numerous first drives with FSD […]
Canada EV Adoption Surpasses Tipping Point, Says Google Exec
Canada has already surpassed the electric vehicle (EV) adoption tipping point, at least according to one study from Google Canada (via Automotive News Canada). Google Canada’s Auto Industry Head Al-Karim Awadia has been tracking EV adoption across countries, including Norway, China and South Korea. The research considers five percent as the tipping point at which […]
Tesla Held a Full Self-Driving Demo for California Officials, Past Skeptics: Report
Tesla demonstrated its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta for California transportation officials and outside consultants that the automaker previously planned to ban from the event, according to emails viewed by Bloomberg under a public records request. The demonstration took place at the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Sacramento on October 26, including a representative […]
Twitter’s Next Feature Will Let Creators Earn Money from Videos: Report
Twitter is working on a feature to allow users to charge for video content, and the company is looking to push the feature out quickly, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post. Additionally, the team in charge of the feature has “identified the risk as high,” according to the email, also adding concern […]
New Tesla Exhibit Hits the Petersen Auto Museum This Month
Tesla is hosting an exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, set to include the most comprehensive collection of Tesla’s vehicles, as well as the Cybertruck and Roadster. Dubbed, “Inside Tesla: Supercharging the Electric Revolution,” the exhibition will kick off with an opening event on November 19, while the event itself will run […]
Tesla Model S/X Plaid Roll into China International Import Expo [PICS]
Tesla’s booth is officially set up at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) as spotted in photos taken by @Yan Chang shared on Tuesday. The photos include multiple angles of a red Model S Plaid and a white Model X Plaid, both of which can be seen in front of Tesla’s area of the conference. […]
Tesla Seeks Fremont Factory Boost with Help of Giga Shanghai Employees: Report
Tesla is sending some engineers and production staff from Gigafactory Shanghai to its factory in Fremont, California in hopes of boosting production at the U.S. plant, according to people familiar with the matter, reports Bloomberg. About 200 automation and control engineers are headed to Fremont to help increase output at Tesla’s Fremont factory, on an […]
Tesla Cybertruck Mass Production May Begin Sooner Than Expected, Says Report
Tesla is looking to start mass production of the Cybertruck by the end of 2023, according to two people familiar with the matter, reports Reuters. The target is roughly two years after CEO Elon Musk’s initial target for the electric truck when it was first shared in 2019. Last month, Tesla told news outlets it […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: October 24–30, 2022
Let’s take a look at all of the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing October 24, 2022 B1, CIFI Science and Technology Base, No. 268, Yuanqing Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai, China 3 […]
Elon Musk Deploying Over 50 Tesla Engineers at Twitter, Says Report
Just after Elon Musk took over Twitter late last week, it was reported that the new ‘Chief Twit’ of the company sent Tesla engineers to review the social network’s code, and to then report back findings. Now, we may have an idea of how many Tesla engineers are helping out at Twitter, according to CNBC. […]
Tesla Considered a 20% Stake in Mining Giant Glencore, Says Report
Tesla held discussions with Glencore about potentially buying a stake in the Swiss commodities company, according to two people familiar with the matter in a report from Financial Times. The automaker talked about potentially buying a stake of between 10 and 20 percent in Glencore, and the companies began talks about the plan as early […]
Tesla to Unveil Model S Plaid in China on November 5
Tesla shared a poster in China showing off the Tesla Model S Plaid, ahead of plans to debut the electric sedan at the upcoming China International Import Expo in Shanghai beginning on November 5 (@Yan Chang). The poster shows a shot of the Model S Plaid in front of a raceway-style sign displaying 2.1 seconds, […]
Tesla’s Former Autopilot Chief Gives Rare Interview [VIDEO]
Tesla’s former Director of Artificial Intelligence, Andrej Karpathy, recently sat down for an interview with MIT researcher Lex Fridman on the latter’s podcast. The engineer, also one of the founding members of OpenAI, talked about everything from aliens and the universe to Tesla Autopilot and working with Elon Musk. According to Karpathy, he learned “how […]