Tesla

Tesla on Saturday morning announced production and delivery numbers for Q2 2022. The electric vehicle (EV) maker produced 258,580 cars and delivered a total of 254,695 units across the globe. “In the second quarter, we produced over 258,000 vehicles and delivered over 254,000 vehicles, despite ongoing supply chain challenges and factory shutdowns beyond our control,” the […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.20 software update last night and with it has debuted its Green Traffic Light Chime for owners with basic Autopilot that comes standard on every vehicle, it appears. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2022.20 on a Model 3 SR (2022) in South Australia, Australia. View the rollout of […]

Tesla, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s interview on an episode of Getting Stoned, a podcast hosted by CleanTechnica‘s Johnna Crider (@JohnnaCrider1), is available now. Crider conducted the interview with Musk last week at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. My interview with @elonmusk is now live. Listen herehttps://t.co/2KyziRFIEA pic.twitter.com/EQwUmQmUqL — Johnna (@JohnnaCrider1) July 1, 2022 According to the […]

After a new Tesla app update hinted at the ability to connect your phone to Wall Connectors, the feature has officially arrived for some users. Tesla has enabled the ability to pair smartphones with Wall Connectors via the mobile app for some users in the United Kingdom, as detailed this week by Tesla Updates. In […]

In late May, Tesla released a software update feature called Navigation Energy Prediction, where “energy prediction for your route has been improved by incorporating forecasted crosswind, headwind, humidity and ambient temperature when using online navigation.” This was seen in the 2022.16.0.2 software update that started rolling out on May 25. Now we have one of […]

Following news that Tesla has ramped up production at its Gigafactory Texas, the automaker will also be expanding the location by half a million square feet. Tesla has officially filed a permit to expand Giga Texas by 500,000 square feet, as seen in a filing application dated June 29 (via @Sawyer_Merritt). The filing says the […]

The Tesla Model Y was Sweden’s best-selling battery-electric vehicle (BEV) in June, selling a total of 1,876 units in the country, according to data from Mobility Sweden shared on Friday (via Clean Technica). Other notable sellers included the Volkswagen ID.4 in second (759), followed by the Kia Niro (703), the Skoda Enyaq (526) and the […]

Today marks the last day of Tesla’s Q2 and as with every final few days of the quarter, the company goes all out to make customer deliveries. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known to participate and work right on the factory floor with workers, while the company’s new offices at its Giga Texas headquarters also […]

Canadian company Ingenext, located in Quebec, has just shared an example of its latest chip mod that unleashes an extra top speed in Tesla’s Model S Plaid. Ingenext on Friday took their Model S Plaid to the Trois-Rivières Airport in Quebec to test their latest mod. According to Electrek, who was on site to witness […]

Tesla is leading the charge in brand loyalty in the luxury sector, according to Associate Director at S&P Global Mobility in a webinar on Tuesday, reported by Automotive News. The webinar, entitled “Baker’s Dozen: 13 Takeaways From Today’s New Vehicle Loyalty Landscape,” looked at brand loyalty trends across the industry, featuring data compiled between January […]

YouTube channel The Limiting Factor shared a new video on Thursday detailing the first teardown of Tesla’s 4680 battery cells. The video, hosted by the channel’s Jordan Gieseghi, is divided up into several different timestamps, from preparation and an initial voltage check to full disassembly of the battery cell. The video shows Jordan talking to […]

Tesla’s app version 4.10.0 is now available, and it is hinting at the future possibility of pairing the company’s Wall Connector to the app. Additionally, Tesla has added an internal folder called “wallconnector_pairing” including assets detailing the process of pairing the wall connector. Although the pairing was spotted in the update, @Tesla_Adri, who made the […]

Drivers for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft chose Tesla 186 percent more often in May year-over-year, saying the EVs were more profitable amidst high gas prices, according to a report from Bloomberg. One California-based driver, Heidi Barnes, 34, rented a Tesla Model 3 from Hertz for a month through a deal with Uber, after […]

Following Tesla and CEO Elon Musk’s move to end remote work, a new automated email shows that the automaker is now monitoring employee attendance at the office. Tesla is notifying employees who haven’t used their badges to get into the office in a while that they’re expected to be back in the office full-time, as […]

Initial vehicle quality declined in the late days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as detailed in the 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) shared by JD Power on Tuesday. According to the report, the decline in vehicle quality has been caused by myriad factors, primarily including supply chain issues, record-high vehicle prices and personnel dislocations. The […]