Tesla

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is planning to file a lawsuit against Tesla, claiming the automaker has an issue with systematic racial discrimination and harassment, according to a post on Tesla’s website. The page, which features the header “The DFEH’s Misguided Lawsuit,” details the three-year DFEH investigation into Tesla’s workplace practices, […]

Tesla has issued a safety recall for up to 26,681 vehicles after a software update has resulted in poor defrosting, or in other words, loss of heat due to the vehicle’s heat pump, according to CNBC. The recall was announced on Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and it applies to 2021-2022 […]

Tesla shared a new glimpse at its Paint Team inside its Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany. In a short 38-second video posted to its LinkedIn page, Tesla says “Come join the Paint Team at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg!”, then linking to its job postings for Giga Berlin. “Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla’s incredible […]

Image via @axlaxl7 It appears the first Model Y vehicles made at Tesla’s Fremont factory in California, are now coming equipped with a heated wiper blade area, that was first noticed for vehicles made at Giga Shanghai for China and Europe. According to @SawyerMerrit, new Tesla owner @axlaxl7 took delivery of a Model Y Long […]

President Joe Biden has finally acknowledged Elon Musk’s Tesla for the first time. In a speech on Tuesday about rebuilding manufacturing and creating jobs in the United States, the President mentions Tesla and its achievements in the electric vehicle space. Biden was touting the $200 billion in domestic manufacturing investments in the United States. Here’s […]

Tesla’s newest Superchargers are constantly being added, but this week fans are praising the automaker for how quickly it restored a Supercharger station following an incident with cable thieves. Tesla’s Oakhurst, California Supercharger station (8 stalls; up to 250kW) is back up and running just days after each stall had its cables cut, according to […]

According to CNBC, Tesla continues to deal with the ongoing chip shortage, this time excluding a redundant part from the steering racks of select Model 3 and Model Y cars made at the company’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. Unnamed sources claim Tesla shipped tens of thousands of cars in China, Australia and Europe with a […]

Image via @Brangwyn With today’s 2022.4.5 software update, Tesla has launched its Car Colorizer feature outside of China for the first time. According to 2022.4.5 release notes shared by Brangwyn (@Brangwyn) in Canada, we see release notes add Regenerative Braking in Autopilot, Car Colorizer and Save Dashcam Clips. Oh hello. 2022.4.5 CAR COLOURISER! @teslascope @DriveTeslaca […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4.5 software update as noticed by @Teslascope, which is expected to fix a seatbelt chimes issue as part of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety recall. This 2022.4.5 update is confirmed to be rolling out in Canada and the USA, notes @Teslascope and @TeslaFi. Last week, Tesla […]

YouTube channel ‘Met God in Wilderness’ has shared its latest ongoing flyovers of Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. The video shared on Monday and filmed today, shows a short glimpse of Tesla’s Cybertruck at Fremont, seen at the beginning of the video. We don’t get a very good look at the Cybertruck (via @SawyerMerritt). https://youtu.be/9INjWECFJyo […]

Update Feb. 8, 2022: According to George Doddworth, the husband of Christine Doddworth below, he is casting heavy doubts on this unofficial speed run. Chalk this up as something that didn’t happen as explained by situation_coyote, whose Instagram has since been deleted. === One Tesla Model S Plaid owner unofficially set a new record for […]

Tesla faces continued legal battles as the company has revealed that it received a subpoena from a U.S. financial regulator last year. The automaker shared that it received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, according to its 10-K filing reported by MarketWatch. Tesla said in the filing that the subpoena […]

A local bowling alley in Ann Arbor, Michigan is set to close in April and reopen as a Tesla Service Center, according to M Live (via Reddit). The lot is located on 3530 Jackson Road in Ann Arbor, with the bowling alley having been sold to real estate developers who are planning to turn the […]

  Head of Tesla Elon Musk has been known for his public support of cryptocurrency, and a new update from the automaker shows that they ended last year with nearly $2 billion in Bitcoin. Tesla said on Monday it ended 2021 holding $1.99 billion in Bitcoin, after purchasing a total of $1.5 billion in the […]

Tesla has also continually added more employees to its workforce than other automakers, as revealed in its latest filing with the SEC. Tesla hired 28,533 new full-time employees in 2021, marking a whopping 40.3 percent increase in the automaker’s workforce, according to MarketWatch. The figure was revealed in a 10-K filing with the Securities and […]