Tesla

The top securities regulator in the U.S. called out Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week, saying he needs to remain in compliance with advanced approval for his use of Twitter. A filing with a federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday shows that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked Musk to remain bound to […]

Tesla is preparing to open another U.S. factory in Austin, Texas in the coming weeks Travis County, Texas officials approved Tesla’s GigaFest Texas grand opening party at the new Gigafactory in Austin, just two weeks ahead of the event, as reported by @BlueSkyKites on Tuesday (via @Sawyer_Merritt). According to a note, the event includes a […]

Newer Model Y units delivered from Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory began including cargo hooks and a cover last month, and now it appears that the new German Model Y units will also include the feature. Tesla’s made-in-Germany Model Y units are delivering with the same cargo covers and hooks as those made in China, as seen […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been a good hype man for his electric vehicle (EVs) company Tesla, and the opening of a new factory in Germany has him celebrating once again. Tesla and Musk oversaw the initial delivery of 30 Grünheide-built vehicles from its new Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg on Tuesday, according to Reuters. @Tesla_Adri also shared […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed he will be in attendance at the company’s upcoming delivery event at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, slated for Tuesday, March 22. Musk will personally hand over the first production cars assembled at the factory to customers. “Excited to hand over the first production cars made by Giga Berlin-Brandenburg tomorrow!” the Tesla […]

Edify, an Australian solar and battery energy storage developer, on Monday announced three new energy storage facilities in New South Wales, Australia, powered by Tesla’s Megapack batteries — reports Renewables Now. The Megapack is a commercial-grade energy storage solution from Tesla that is typically deployed to solar farms, energy storage sites, and other large-scale electricity projects. Edify’s planned […]

After an Oklahoma bill stopping Tesla and other automakers from selling direct vehicles in the state passed the first round of legislation, Tesla is once again asking its fans to reach out to local representatives. Tesla has reiterated a previous call for fans to make their voices heard on Oklahoma House Bill 3994, according to […]

Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk could be set to become a trillionaire in the years to come, as depicted in a new round of research. A new study conducted by Tipalti Approve is predicting that Musk will become a trillionaire by 2024, according to Yahoo Finance. The study is based on annual growth […]

  Tesla’s first Model X refresh with five seats has been delivered, according to multiple users on the Tesla Motors Club forum on Saturday. A user in the thread noted that their Model X Long Range refresh with five seats was delivered on Saturday, adding a few imperfections that will require service down the road. […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company was working on its Master Plan 3, and he has now followed up with a few details about the program. Now @ElonMusk has added that the plan’s subjects will be “scaling to extreme size, which is needed to shift humanity away from fossil fuels,” as well as […]

A taxi driver in Paris is taking legal action against Tesla, after an accident in his Model 3 resulted in a fatality back in December, according to Reuters. The taxi was off-duty and collided with metal posts, a handful of rental bicycles and a recycling bin before crashing into pedestrians and a van, then finally […]

Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up all over the world this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing March 14, 2022 The Wawa at 2740 North Salisbury Boulevard, Salisbury, MD 8 250 kW Tesla March 15, 2022 […]

So-called social media ‘clout chasers’ will do anything to get popular, even if it means endangering the lives of themselves—and others. According to videos hitting social media early on Sunday morning showed a failed Tesla Model S stunt in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Baxter and Alvarado streets. The electric sedan […]

Tesla battery supplier, China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., is apparently looking at sites in North America for a $5 billion factory, reports Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources. The CATL battery factory is seeking to make “as much as 80 gigawatt-hours of batteries a year,” say sources and would create 10,000 jobs. Company executives from China […]

Automotive marketing research and product consultation firm AutoPacific recently conducted a study gauging consumer perception of fully-autonomous vehicle technology. The study also surveyed participants on which of 56 automotive and technology companies they would trust the most, and the least, to develop safe and reliable fully-autonomous vehicles. 32% of respondents across all age groups picked Tesla […]