Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk currently has agreed to acquire social network Twitter in a $44 billion deal, taking the company private. Now, it appears Twitter could return to public ownership in a few years, according to unnamed sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal. People familiar with the matter claim Musk plans to […]
After two years of driving a 2019 Tesla Model 3 around Michigan, Car and Driver found that the EV’s efficiency varied significantly from month to month — largely depending on the temperature outside, based on stats from third-party software TeslaFi. Delivered to the team’s Ann Arbor, Michigan headquarters in 2019, the Model 3 was expected […]
Tesla appears to have started delivering its Model S refresh with a built-in “left-right tilt” screen, as it had originally stated when it first advertised the 17-inch cinematic display. A video shared by @TeslaFrunk (an aftermarket power frunk installer) shows the left-right tilt screen in action, in a Model S refresh. The action of the […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared the latest stats on how many direct and indirect jobs the electric automaker supports. Musk said on Tuesday morning, “Tesla is now over [110,000] direct jobs and roughly [500,000] indirect, factoring in suppliers.” Tesla is now over 110k direct jobs and roughly 500k indirect, factoring in suppliers — Elon […]
A Connecticut lawmaker says a bill allowing Tesla and other EV startups to sell directly to consumers is unlikely to pass before lawmakers adjourn on Wednesday, according to The Register Citizen. State Senator Will Haskell D-Westport was the bill’s primary support, and Haskell also co-chairs the Transportation Committee. Despite some bipartisan momentum for the bill, […]
The city of Shanghai helped Tesla transport more than 6,000 employees, and it helped the company disinfect the workplace on an ongoing basis to help the automaker reopen the production facility, as detailed in a report by Reuters. The news was discovered from a letter dated May 1 Tesla addressed to local officials, in Shanghai’s […]
Tesla announced on Monday evening the date of its 2022 annual shareholder meeting, set to take place on Thursday, August 4. The company says the shareholder meeting will take place at its headquarters in Austin at Giga Texas. “Thank you for your support of Tesla!”, said the company on Monday. It’s unclear if the company […]
Truett Realty Group has purchased the site for a planned Tesla location that it has been hired to develop in St. Petersburg, Florida, for $13 million USD — reports The Tampa Bay Business Journal. It was reported last month Pinellas County had approved a massive Tesla sales, service, and delivery center in St. Pete — […]
Update May 2022: An easier method is to order your Tesla CCS adapter from Harum.io as many Tesla owners have shared it has been easier to order from. == Tesla drivers across the world can order a CCS1 adapter from South Korea by following a few specific instructions shared by one user on Sunday (via […]
Just weeks after the first 2022 Tesla Model X Refresh deliveries hit Canada, one of the foremost automotive experts has gone hands-on with the new SUV. Sandy Munro shared his early thoughts on a new Tesla Model X Long Range on Friday, checking out the vehicle that belongs to Full Self-Driving beta testers and YouTube […]
Tesla and fellow automaker SAIC Motor were among a handful of companies on China’s initial whitelist to resume over 80 percent production, according to a report from Chinese state media outlet Global Times (via Teslarati) on the weekend. Other production facilities, such as important semiconductor manufacturers SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor are producing over 90 […]
Those waiting for Tesla to detail its stock split details will have to wait a bit longer, it appears. Tesla said it won’t be able to file a proxy statement until later on in 2022, according to a securities 10-K/A filing on Monday, reports Bloomberg. The electric automaker had an initial deadline of April 30 […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.12.22 software update, as noted by third-party software @TeslaFi. The update was detected on a Tesla Model S 90D in Istanbul, Turkey, that previously had 2022.12.3 installed, with the latter released last month. No word on what’s new or the 2022.12.22 release notes, but stay tuned for updates. If […]
Starting May 1st, 2022, Tesla has started charging drivers of leased vehicles in Europe for Premium Connectivity in their cars (via @tesla_adri). “Premium Connectivity provides the ability to access all connectivity features over cellular, in addition to Wi-Fi,” Tesla explains in an email recently sent to drivers of leased vehicles in Europe, where the company […]
According to new data from electric vehicle advocacy group Veloz (via Green Car Reports), Tesla accounted for 78% of the 67,118 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sold in California, the largest automotive market in the U.S., during the first quarter of this year. Tesla’s Model 3 was the best-selling plug-in vehicle (including both BEVs and plug-in […]
