Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s accolades for 2021 keep coming. After being picked ‘Person of the Year’ by TIME magazine and The Financial Times, he has now been named one of ‘America’s Greatest Disruptors’ by Newsweek: There are at least two faces of Musk. One is the headline-grabbing rebel-without-cause whose tasteless joke-tweets have drawn […]
Elon Musk took to Twitter to respond to politicians again on Wednesday, this time with some choice words for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. In a response to @SenWarren tweeting that the U.S. should “change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes,” @ElonMusk responded with a fiery series of […]
More and more electric vehicles (EVs) seem to be making it into the “best of” lists. The 2021 Tesla Model 3 has won Edmunds’s top-rated EV, according to a post on Edmunds’ website on Wednesday (via Twitter). The victory also marks the Tesla Model 3’s third year in a row winning top EV. Other notable […]
New South Wales (NSW) has the highest population of any Australian state, and a new report shows that the region has now passed an important landmark on its way to mainstream electric vehicle (EV) adoption. NSW has surpassed a milestone of over 10,000 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) registered in the state, according to The Driven. Newly- […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been chosen ‘Person of the Year’ again, this time from The Financial Times. Musk gave an interview with The Financial Times regarding Tesla and more. “For a long time, the rest of the auto industry was basically calling Tesla and me fools and frauds,” Musk told the Financial […]
In a recently published YouTube video, CGP Grey put a Tesla Model 3 Long Range with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to the test on the ‘Tail of the Dragon’ — one of the twistiest, deadliest roads in the U.S. The Tail of the Dragon is 11 miles (17.7 km) of road that stretches through […]
Image via Le Parisien Paris taxi company G7 says it has suspended its Tesla Model 3 taxi fleet, which numbers 37 vehicles, after an off-duty driver was involved in a serious accident with one of the cars on the weekend. G7 deputy Chief Executive Yann Ricordel told Reuters on Tuesday the driver of the Model […]
Tesla released its 2021.44.5 software update earlier this month, and a new screenshot shows that the update includes extra information on the main screen of the app. A screenshot of the Tesla app’s main screen on Tuesday shows notifications and controls for Cabin Overheat Protection, showing that the feature is active (via Reddit). While the […]
The California Public Utilities Commission shared a new policy proposal on Monday, featuring new monthly charges to connect to the grid and reducing subsidized payments for solar customers, according to CNBC. In essence, the new policy would tax existing and new solar customers to help support the grid and to encourage consumers that already have […]
Following a major increase in retail game company GameSpot’s stock earlier this year from a Reddit movement betting on shorted stocks, the company has apparently triumphed Tesla’s stock as one of the most highly-searched online. GameStop (GME) beat out Tesla (TSLA) for this year’s most-searched-for stock, according to data from search engine software SEMRush and […]
Tesla will soon accept the Dogecoin cryptocurrency as payment for some merchandise, announced CEO Elon Musk on early Tuesday morning. “Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes,” said Musk. The news sent Dogecoin spiking over 30% from $0.16 USD to $0.21 USD, before settling down to $0.189 USD as […]
Tesla has updated its iOS app on Monday evening, detailing how “Tesla Insurance policy holders can initiate and manage claims,” right from the app. Tesla owners in California and Texas have the electric automaker’s insurance option, only for now. Also new is “support for bringing disconnected Powerwalls back onto Wi-Fi.” Some unannounced tidbits, as spotted […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has yet again exercised options to buy shares of Tesla at a strike price of $6.24 per share, as part of a 2012 compensation package. Two filings published with the Security and Exchange Commission on Monday showed Musk bought 2.134 million shares through his options, then proceeded to sell 934,091 shares, […]
TIME Magazine on Monday named Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk 2021’s ‘Person of the Year’. This year saw Musk soar through the ranks of the world’s billionaires to reach the top as Tesla broke a whopping $1 trillion USD in market capitalization for the very first time, joining the likes of Apple and Microsoft […]
Tesla now sells its Giga Texas Belt Buckle, now available for $150 USD (via @SawyerMerritt). “Celebrate our newest gigafactory with Giga Texas Belt Buckle. With an intricate and detailed design, the buckle includes a prominent T logo atop the Texas Lone Star. Every Giga Texas Belt Buckle is manufactured from die cast zinc, engraved and then […]
