Tesla, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a Friday tweet that he plans to “increase childcare benefits at all of his companies significantly.” Beyond Tesla and SpaceX, Musk also runs The Boring Company and Neuralink. The celebrity billionaire is one of the founders of OpenAI as well. Musk was looking to add social media giant […]
Tesla’s Model Y dominated the luxury SUV market in China during the first six months of this year, with sales growing 189.4% year-over-year (via @TSLAFanMtl). 1/Just look at what Model Y is doing to its competitors in China in the 1H of 22. NOTE – and this is IMPORTANT – these cars are the REAL Model […]
Canadian Supercharger sleuth and former Supercharge Info contributor MarcoRP (@MarcoRPTesla) recently found dimensions for Tesla’s upcoming V4 Superchargers. He shared an illustration comparing the V4’s alleged measurements to the footprint of Tesla’s V2 and V3 Superchargers. From the illustration, we can see that Tesla’s next-generation Superchargers will be taller and slimmer than current versions. V4 Superchargers […]
Tesla is now sending out invites for its 2022 annual stockholders’ meeting, according to @WholeMarsBlog. The meeting is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, August 4, at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Tesla revealed last month that some shareholders will be able to attend this year’s meeting in person. In comparison, last year’s annual shareholder […]
Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on Thursday announced that more than 1,500 Powerwall owners have already enrolled in their joint pilot program to create a massive virtual power plant (VPP) in California. VPP resources are in customers’ homes or at their businesses (“behind-the-meter”) in the form of, but not limited to, smart […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced on Friday he is “terminating” the merger agreement to buy Twitter, according to a filing with the SEC. The letter, dated July 8, 2022, is written by Musk’s lawyer, Mike Ringler from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. “Mr. Musk is terminating the Merger Agreement because Twitter is […]
Sandy “Teardown Titan” Munro’s team gave us our first look inside a production Tesla Model Y’s 4680 structural battery pack in a teaser video shared on Twitter. We are cracking open the 4680 battery pack! Video coming soon… #MunroLive #TeardownTitan #Tesla #Battery #ElectricVehicle pic.twitter.com/WY8GJYRgDu — Munro Live (@live_munro) July 8, 2022 Munro & Associates is […]
Elon Musk’s Twitter deal may still be in trouble, largely due to ongoing iterations of his issues with bots on the platform, according to reports from Yahoo Finance‘s Dan Howley on Friday. While Twitter apparently provided Musk with the bot account data it had access to, it wasn’t confirmed as to whether the company included […]
On Friday, Samsung Electro-Mechanics said that it is currently in talks with Tesla about possibly supplying camera modules, according to a report from Reuters. Additionally, Samsung Electro-Mechanics said that it could not reveal the size of the deal or the number of camera modules at the current time. In a regulatory filing, the […]
The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling EV in China in June, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (via @42how_). Tesla sold a total of 78,906 vehicles made at its Shanghai factory, and the Model Y alone sold 52,557 units. The domestic sales in China increased more than double compared to one […]
With the Tesla Cybertruck likely to hit volume production next year, it seems that the automaker is already preparing to produce the vehicle at its Gigafactory in Texas. Tesla ordered new systems from specialized parts suppliers to produce Cybertruck drivetrains in Texas, suggesting that the automaker could begin production on the futuristic truck by July […]
Tesla’s U.S. registrations rose 66 percent in the first five months of the year, for a total of 179,574 vehicles delivered, according to data shared by Experian and reported by Automotive News. The news puts Tesla at the front of the luxury sector in the U.S., largely due to increased production at its Fremont factory, […]
As demand for Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) remains high, the automaker has reinstated a page detailing rough estimates for EV trade-in value Tesla has made its trade-in estimate page operational once again, as can be seen on the company’s website (via Reddit). The web page shows a place to enter your VIN, before the user […]
Bloomberg recently released their Green Electric Vehicle ratings dashboard, listing the greenest EVs in the United States. “The electric car revolution is picking up speed. As automakers pledge to kick their gasoline habit entirely, they have launched dozens of electric models—and dozens more will be rolled out by the end of 2023. Bloomberg Green’s EV […]
Image: Supercharger in Neuville-en-Ferrain, France / Tesla Tesla announced on Thursday it now has 800 Supercharger locations in Europe, across 30 countries on the continent. The latest Supercharger openings in Europe include: Neuville-en-Ferrain, France (20 stalls) Berlin, Germany – Gleisdreieck (20 stalls) Brussels, Belgium – Urban (8 stalls) Ål, Norway (20 stalls) Oxford, UK – […]
