Tesla
JPMorgan Chase Sues Tesla for $162 Million Over Elon Musk Tweet
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, for the amount of $162.2 million, reports Reuters. The issue at stake? According to JPMorgan’s lawsuit filed in Federal Court in Manhattan, the investment firm alleges Tesla breached a contract related to stock warrants, after CEO Elon Musk tweeted in 2018 there was “funding secured” […]
Tesla Semi Spotted Charging with Trailer at Giga Nevada [PICS]
Image via @SawyerMerritt Tesla’s Semi trailer truck was spotted charging today while carrying a load at the automaker’s Gigafactory Nevada. According to @SawyerMerritt, “a source sent me a photo today of a Tesla Semi at the Giga Nevada production building offloading a trailer. The white Semi looks to be the latest prototype design. Tesla has been […]
Tesla Opens Temporary Service Location in Victoria, BC
Last month it was rumoured Tesla was set to open a temporary service location in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Now, it appears the address of the temporary location has been revealed. According to Kay Tee from the Tesla Owners Club Vancouver Island group on Facebook, an address showed up as 721 Pembroke Street in Victoria, […]
Watch: Tesla Vehicles Driven onto Ship for Export from China [VIDEO]
YouTube channel Wu Wa has shared an impressive video of Tesla vehicles in Shanghai being driven from Luchao Port, onto the ship Grand Dahlia Panama, as these vehicles get ready for export. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I72n_M-Q-64 In the video, we see Luchao Port full of hundreds of Tesla vehicles, which are driven to a loading lot on the […]
2022 AutoTrader Canada Awards: Tesla Model 3 Loses to Toyota RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid
Canada’s AutoTrader has announced its 2022 automotive awards, and when it comes to green vehicles and tech innovation, Tesla didn’t make the cut. In the “Green Vehicles Under $50K CAD” category (about $40K USD), five finalists included the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (EV); Kia Soul (EV); Tesla Model 3 (EV), Toyota RAV4 Hybrid / RAV4 Prime […]
Watch: Tesla FSD 10.4 Beta vs. Waymo [VIDEO]
As Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta is rolling out to more users with high safety scores, other autonomous driving systems are offering similar services, including Alphabet’s Waymo – though it’s tough to say with any certainty which systems are superior without testing them out. A new video shared by CallasEV on Saturday tests Tesla’s Full […]
Tesla Vehicles Ranked ‘Most Satisfying’ in Consumer Reports Survey
Tesla and SpaceX head Elon Musk has been known for his high-profile exchanges on Twitter, but in a recent spree, the mega-billionaire has seemingly resorted to a simpler set of messaging. @ElonMusk responded with a thumbs up to a Consumer Reports story shared back on February 4, which called the Tesla Model 3 and Model […]
Tesla Confirms Model 3/Y in China Shipping with Limited USB Ports
After Tesla Model 3 and Model Y owners in the United States were surprised to find the lack of USB-C ports in their new vehicle deliveries, due to the ongoing chip shortage, the electric automaker confirmed they are also suffering the same problem in China. According to the South China Morning Post, Tesla confirmed to […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: Nov. 8-14, 2021
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, let’s take a look at all of the new Supercharger locations that went live across the world this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 8, 2021 No. 3, Lane 9, Qingnian Rd, Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 3 250 kW Tesla […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.4 in Canada: Drives Off B.C. Ferry to Victoria Superchargers [VIDEO]
Tesla Full Self-Driving beta tester and Canadian James Locke (@arctechnic) normally works and resides in Santa Clarita, California, but his latest video shows him testing FSD beta 10.4 back in Victoria on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Locke, the former President of the Vancouver Island Tesla Owners, shares a video of his Model 3 […]
Elon Musk Says Stock Sale is to Pay More Taxes; Taunts Bernie Sanders
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that the way he went about liquidating around $7 billion USD worth of Tesla stock this week was “closer to tax maximization than minimization.” Musk was responding to a Twitter user who asserted the CEO would benefit more financially from exercising options and selling the common stock he already […]
Tesla Rolling Out Starlink Wi-Fi at Superchargers in the U.S.
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter last month that the entirety of the company’s Supercharging network would be getting its own Wi-Fi, Reddit user HollywoodSX on Saturday spotted a Starlink terminal at a Supercharger location in Lake City, FL — the first discovery of its kind. When a couple of Twitter users noted the absence […]
Tesla Model Y in China Now Includes Trunk Cargo Cover [VIDEO]
Tesla has added a new feature to the Model Y, but only for vehicles made at Gigafactory Shanghai in China. The Model Y now comes with a factory cargo cover, as shown in a video shared by @EVOffer_HK. MIC Model Y now comes with OEM Cargo Cover!Car delivered in Hong Kong starting from yesterday comes […]
Tesla Hires and Promotes Veterans, Urges Others to do the Same [VIDEO]
Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority, and hopes that other companies will follow in its footsteps — reports KPIX-TV’s Len Ramirez (@lenKPIX) from the company’s Fremont factory in California (via @WholeMarsBlog). Why Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority $TSLA @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/lZaaCVnml0 — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) November 11, 2021 Not only does the world’s fastest-growing […]
Tesla Model 3/Y Delivering Without USB-C Due to Chip Shortage
After picking up their 2022 Model 3, Reddit user CalligrapherNo4617 made a peculiar discovery — the car had no wireless charging functionality, and the two USB-C ports in the front center console were outright missing. Upon calling Tesla support, CalligrapherNo4617 was informed that Tesla is aware of the problem. Both wireless charging and the front center […]