Tesla

Consumer Reports Says Tesla’s In-Car Cameras Prompt ‘Privacy Concerns’

Viewing Angle of the Model 3 In-Cabin Camera According to Consumer Reports, it believes Tesla in-car cameras raise privacy concerns, just like the Chinese military, it seems. Consumer Reports references Tesla noting it reviews some footage recorded from in-car cameras, to help improve its self-driving technology, after the fact. According to Consumer Reports, this action […]

Tesla Acquires Plot of Land South of Gigafactory Shanghai, Report Says

Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai has been hard at work since its completion last year, even expanding to include a new Supercharger factory earlier this year. Internal sources discovered that Tesla is likely buying a 460,000 square-meter plot of land to the south of Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai, according to Tesmanian. The land, as sold by the city […]

Tesla Surpasses 760 Superchargers in China with Over 6,000 Stalls

Perhaps the biggest barrier to mainstream adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is the charging infrastructure currently available in most places. However, Tesla China has been building new Supercharger stations rapidly, with new charging stalls popping up nearly every week. According to @42how_, five new Tesla Supercharger stations opened last week in mainland China for a […]

Adding a Solar Roof to the Tesla Model 3: Should You Do It? [VIDEO]

Despite the fact that Tesla also makes solar technology for homes and businesses, the company doesn’t have any vehicles including solar charging or similar power storage options. Earlier this month, YouTube channel The Tech of Tech released a new video in which the host uses portable Bluetti solar panels and a power station to charge […]

Tesla Surges 6.5% After Cathie Wood Raises Price Target to $3,000

Investing firm Ark Invest has offered a lot of confidence for the direction of Tesla’s business, and in a new update released on Friday, the firm has further increased its praise of the automaker’s future. Tesla (TSLA) shares rose 6.5% Monday, following news that Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood raised Tesla’s price target to $3,000 (USD) […]

Russian Man Faces 10 Months in Prison for Tesla Extortion Attempt

Last August, a Russian hacker attempted to offer $1 million in Bitcoin to a Tesla employee as part of a plot to spread ransomware across the company’s Sparks, Nevada factory. The employee turned the hacker in, and a federal lawsuit was opened later that month. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov pleaded guilty in the US to conspiracy […]

Tesla Full Self-Driving is ‘Vaporware’ Says Ford PR Manager

Ford North American Product Communications Manager, Mike Levine, got into a Twitter spat with Tesla investor Ross Gerber on Sunday morning. The resulting exchange online resulted in Levine calling Tesla’s FSD ‘vaporware’, alluding to the ongoing promise of the autonomous software’s release by Elon Musk. “Dear Ford. It serves no value to try to compare […]