Tesla

As Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg ramps up production, the automaker is already eyeing some expansion plans to give the company easier access to railways. Tesla wants to expand its Grünheide, Germany factory by another 100 hectares to build a freight station and storage areas, according to a report from RBB 24. Sources familiar with the matter […]

After reports last month said Tesla CEO Elon Musk was looking for co-investors to help him buy Twitter, a new filing shows a few specific firms and businesses the billionaire gained funding from. Musk got an extra $7.14 billion from new investors to help fund his Twitter takeover, according to a filing on Thursday reported […]

After seeing Tesla finally deliver a Model S refresh with its left-right motorized tilt display, we now have a high-quality 4K hands-on with the feature, thanks to OCDetailing. The tilt display can be accessed by going to Controls > Display. From here, you can tap left, right or center, and the display will move in […]

Following Twitter’s acquisition for $44 billion late last month, one billionaire is questioning how the new owner’s guidance will affect the company. Bill Gates says Elon Musk “could make [Twitter] worse,” adding that onlookers should have an open mind and be careful not to underestimate him, according to a report from Business Insider. Gates made […]

Tesla has reportedly canceled employee bonuses tied to quarterly delivery quotas and is instead raising base employee salaries to compensate, according to a report from Electrek. However, the move away from delivery quota bonuses appears to reduce compensation for most Tesla employees overall. Sales and delivery employees were previously offered a 25-percent bonus on their […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) are entering a chapter of disruption to the auto industry at large in the next few years, and as they do, Tesla’s vehicles are still leading the charge. The Tesla Model Y and 3 topped global plugin vehicle registrations in March, with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) taking an impressive 11 percent of the […]

Earlier today we saw a video showing Tesla’s Model S refresh being delivered with a motorized left-right tilt display. If you had doubts it was real, you can rest assured it’s legit, as Tesla has taken the wraps off a similar Model S refresh on display in Taiwan. When Tesla first announced its Model S […]

Tesla’s estimated delivery dates for its Model 3, Model S and Model X continue to slip further into 2022 and 2023, depending on configuration (via @SawyerMerritt). Check out the changes below: Model 3 RWD: Aug – Nov 2022 (was June – Aug 2022) Long Range: Jul – Oct 2022 (was June – Aug 2022) Performance: […]

Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that went live 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 April 25, 2022 The Wawa at 1615 S Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, FL, USA 8 250 kW Tesla April […]

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 […]