Tesla

As Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory ramps production back up after a short production pause, the automaker reportedly experienced a drop in July sales. Tesla’s Giga Shanghai sold around 30,000 units in July, according to estimates from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) reported by CnEVPost. It’s unclear as of yet how precise the estimate is, though […]

After reports of the first Model Y arrivals in Australia, one customer has shared a photo of the electric SUV suggesting that deliveries are underway. Tesla has reportedly delivered its first Model Y unit in Australia, as shown in a photo taken at a Canberra Supercharger reports Tech AU. The photo shows a white Model […]

As customers around the world wait for their copies of Tesla’s high-end performance sedan, the automaker is officially preparing to expand the vehicle into one more European country. Tesla is delivering its premium sedan, the Model S Plaid, in Sweden from November through December of this year, as shown in a confirmation email sent to […]

Sandy Munro and his team have been in a weeks-long deep dive into Tesla’s 4680 battery cells and a new video on the topic looks at the current collectors used to send electricity from the batteries. In a new video, the Munro Live team looked at the overall layout of the Model Y 4680 battery […]

U.S. automaker Tesla periodically changes what’s available, and it has just made a tow hitch accessory available with its high-end premium electric sedan. Tesla has made a tow hitch available with its Model S Plaid units in Europe, and possibly a long range all-wheel-drive version of the vehicle, as shown on the company’s order configurator […]

Tesla is set to install 16 V3 Superchargers at the IKEA store in Portland, Oregon, located at 10280 NE Cascades Parkway, according to the site permit obtained by Tesla North. The project will see 16 of the latest V3 Superchargers installed at the IKEA store, along with associated AC and DC equipment, concrete equipment pads […]

Tesla has made paid services available for its destination charging sites, on one condition which must be provided by the businesses or sites. Paid charging for Tesla’s destination chargers is now operational for businesses and property owners that provide at least six wall connectors, according to electrek. In the past, Tesla’s destination chargers were primarily […]

U.S. electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla is known for creating its tools without the aid of outside companies, and a new internal development from the company is now set to help ease costs in the hiring process. Tesla has built its own proprietary software for recruiting employees, according to three current and former employees who […]

The Tesla Model 3 was Australia’s best-selling electric vehicle (EV) heading into the year, but the country has also awaited the automaker’s electric SUV for years — and now it’s finally starting to arrive. Tesla’s first Model Y units set to be delivered to customers have arrived in Australia, as confirmed by the vehicles’ VIN […]

Here’s a list of all the new locations Tesla added to its global network of Superchargers this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing July 26, 2022 The Runza at 815 2nd Avenue East, Kearney, NE, USA 8 250 kW Tesla July 26, […]

Tesla has signed new long-term contracts with China-based battery-materials suppliers, in hopes to continue securing necessary minerals for electric vehicles (EVs) in the years to come. Tesla signed pricing agreements with both Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and CNGR Advanced Material Co. to supply the automaker minerals through the mid-decade, according to stock-exchange statements from each […]

Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have reached a global tipping point so far this year, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Ukraine, rising inflation and other barriers. June marked a record-breaking month in which BEVs reached a 12 percent global market share while plugins, in general, reached 16 percent market share, according to data compiled […]

According to CNBC, Elon Musk filed a countersuit against Twitter in a Delaware court on Friday as part of his ongoing legal battle against the social networking company. The news comes after a report from earlier this month indicated a countersuit from Musk’s legal team was coming. Details of Musk’s countersuit remain unavailable to the public […]

After Tesla stopped including the Mobile Connector bundle for free with all new car purchases as part of an Apple-like move in April, it is now in stock for its lowered price of $200 USD on Tesla’s website (via Reddit). The Mobile Connector had been unavailable on the Tesla Shop ever since the company pulled […]

Sandy “Teardown Titan” Munro and his team at Munro & Associates have finally succeeded in extracting a 4680 battery cell from the structural battery pack of the Tesla Model Y they have been tearing down for roughly the past month now. The folks over at Munro Live shared an image on Twitter announcing the arrival […]