Tesla
Tesla Orders After April 17 Won’t Include Gen 2 Mobile Connector: Reports
After announcing Tesla would no longer be including its Gen 2 Mobile Connector Bundle with new car purchases, owners and soon-to-be owners let CEO Elon Musk how they felt about the new change. In response, Musk said Tesla would drop the price of the Gen 2 Mobile Connector to $200, down $75. While many questioned […]
Tesla Insurance Launches in Oregon, Virginia and Colorado
Tesla’s Insurance offering has launched in Oregon, Virginia and Colorado (via @SawyerMerritt). The program which offers insurance based on real-time driving behaviour is available in Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and now Oregon, Virginia and Colorado. Any Tesla vehicle such as the Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y in the United States can sign […]
Elon Musk Says Twitter’s Board Doesn’t Share ‘Economic Interests’ of Investors
Tesla CEO Elon Musk last week said he doesn’t think Twitter’s board of directors shares the same financial interests as the social media platform’s investors. “With Jack [Dorsey] departing, the Twitter board collectively owns almost no shares,” Musk said in a tweet, replying to a shareholding breakdown of each of the members of Twitter’s board. […]
Tesla Giga Berlin Aims to Make 1,000 Model Y Cars Per Week by Month End
According to Automobilwoche, Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg is currently producing 350 Model Y units per week (via @SawyerMerritt). Tesla will ramp production at the facility up to 1,000 units per week by the end of this month, but the report also says that Giga Berlin won’t see another significant increase in output for the rest […]
Concept Imagines Tesla Charging Options at Checkout [PIC]
Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company would no longer include a basic Gen 2 Mobile Connector Bundle with new vehicle purchases. Instead, customers who want a mobile charger would have to buy a standalone Corded Mobile Connector with a fixed 14-50 adapter for $400 USD. Now that Tesla does not include […]
Watch Elon Musk’s TED Interview from Giga Texas [VIDEO]
TED on Sunday released organization head Chris Anderson’s over one-hour-long exclusive interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The interview was recorded at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on April 6, just one day before the company’s Cyber Rodeo event to celebrate the grand opening of the factory. Musk shared his thoughts on what […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: April 11–17, 2022
Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers 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 11, 2022 Zürcherstrasse 464, St. Gallen, Switzerland 12 250 kW Tesla April 12, 2022 Shoppes at Oxford at 1011 […]
Watch Elon Musk’s Interview with Germany’s Welt: Tesla Bot, Nuclear Power and More [VIDEO]
German newspaper WELT last week published the full video of Axel Springer SE CEO Mathias Döpfner’s interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Döpfner, who is also a reporter for WELT, sat down with Musk at Tesla’s Fremont Factory for a rare interview following the company’s Gigafactory Berlin delivery event in Germany. Check out the full […]
Elon Musk’s 2018 ‘Funding Secured’ Tweets Ruled False by Federal Judge, Claim Tesla Investors
A group of Tesla shareholders, suing company CEO Elon Musk over his 2018 tweets about having “funding secured” to take Tesla private, said in recent court filings that a federal judge has ruled that the tweets were false — reports Yahoo Finance. According to one of the filings, a U.S. court ruled on April 1 […]
Tesla Drops Corded Mobile Connector Price to $200 After Backlash, Still Not Included with New Cars
Following significant pushback against Tesla’s decision to remove the complimentary Corded Mobile Connector from new electric vehicle (EV) purchases and instead sell it as a standalone product for $275 USD, company CEO Elon Musk says the company will slash the price to soften the blow. “We will drop mobile connector price to $200 & make […]
German-Made Tesla Model Y Performance Gets More Sound Dampening
Tesla constantly updates its vehicles with new features and other tweaks even during the production cycle, instead of waiting for mid-cycle updates or model-year changeovers to implement improvements. Production recently started anew at Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg, which is currently exclusively producing the Model Y. There are several differences between the Model Y units […]
Tesla Mobile Connector No Longer Comes with Car Purchases, Confirms Elon Musk [Update]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed the company no longer includes a Gen 2 Mobile Connector Bundle with new vehicle purchases. The company’s website made changes today, as spotted by @Tesla_Adri, to no longer indicate the Mobile Connector comes with purchases. Instead, a price of $400 USD is indicated for the Corded Mobile Connector with […]
Tesla Highlights the Townsite Solar and Storage Facility in Boulder City Powering 60,000 Homes
Tesla has detailed the recent completion of the Arevon Townsite Solar and Storage Facility, located in Boulder City, Nevada, about 20 miles south of Las Vegas. Construction on the site started back in November 2020. According to Tesla, this site—which spans 1,053 acres—generates 500,000 MWh annually, “powering 60,000 homes and avoiding 400,000 tons of carbon […]
Tesla to Reopen Gigafactory Shanghai with ‘Closed-Loop’ Output System: Report
Tesla is gearing up to reopen its Chinese Gigafactory in Shanghai. The electric vehicle (EV) maker has started calling workers back to the factory and on Friday notified some employees to enter a so-called “closed-loop” production system starting April 17 — reports Bloomberg. The news is in line with recent reports of Tesla receiving a […]
Elon Musk Slams the SEC as ‘Bastards’ Over Forced 2018 Settlement [VIDEO]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday spoke at the 2022 TED Talk in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Interviewer Chris Anderson — the head of TED — asked Musk about everything from Tesla’s future to his $43 billion USD offer to buy social media platform Twitter. Anderson touched a bit upon Tesla’s past as well, asking the […]