Tesla on Saturday suspended production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, and closed down the plant for the rest of the year, according to two people familiar with the developments and an internal notice seen by Reuters. The news follows a report from earlier this month that suggested Tesla would suspend production at Gigafactory Shanghai […]
South Korea wants to host Tesla’s next Asian Gigafactory, with municipal governments from all over the country vying for the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s favor — reports KED Global. The news comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last month that South Korea is among the top candidates for a second Gigafactory in Asia. Shortly […]
Tesla recently hit a new milestone in the production of its next-generation 4680 battery cells, manufacturing a whopping 868,000 cells in a week for the first time ever. That’s enough to make 4680 battery packs for 1,000 cars. “Congrats to the 4680 cell team on achieving 868k cells built in the last 7 days—equal to […]
Tesla has updated its in-car alert for when drivers attempt to get around the hands-on-steering wheel requirement for Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta using objects like counterweights to try and bypass the system (via @TeslaChillMode). From my friend that just texted me … My buddy just got a beta strike for using a […]
Tesla’s Model Y is one of the best-selling all-electric SUVs out there. While it can certainly traverse some rough terrain, as we saw earlier this week in a video shared by Tesla of the Model Y’s Track Mode being winter-tested in New Zealand, it’s not designed for extreme off-roading. The off-roading specialists over at delta4x4, […]
Tesla this week shared an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at its 2022 holiday update in a video shared on LinkedIn. Every year, Tesla releases a holiday update with fun new features and improvements for users. This year’s holiday update started rolling out with software version 2022.44.25 earlier this month (and software version 2022.44.25.5 for FSD beta […]
Tesla’s set to launch its 10,000th Supercharger stall in mainland China on December 26, according to a statement from the automaker on Weibo on Thursday (via CnEVPost). “Here’s what you know: EV charging piles are everywhere. And here’s what you don’t know: there are far more charging facilities laid out than you think,” Tesla wrote […]
Elon Musk has sold a hefty load of Tesla shares in the past few weeks, and while the move has exacerbated the concerns of many of the company’s shareholders, the CEO says he doesn’t plan to do it again for a while. In a Twitter Spaces call on Thursday, Musk said he “won’t sell stock […]
Tesla is planning to double down on the construction of infrastructure at Gigafactory Texas, as spotted in a recent filing shared by the company. A December 20 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows that Tesla is looking to start construction on the Highway 130 corridor to the east of its Gigafactory, […]
After debuting a program that lets Tesla drivers vote on where the next Supercharging stations should be built, the automaker has announced its first round of coming chargers. Tesla shared the top-voted Supercharger locations in its first round of proposals on Thursday, set to be built in 2023. The locations included span across North America, […]
Tesla shared a new video on Thursday, titled “ S3XY Winter Testing in New Zealand.” This is where Tesla tests its vehicles in winter conditions in the southern hemisphere. The automaker shares more behind-the-scenes testing of the new Model Y track mode for the latter’s Performance version, available now in the latest 2022 holiday software […]
Tesla’s Model Y has just made history in Norway, becoming the new single-year car sales record in the nation. The record held since 1969 was by the iconic Volkswagen Beetle and its 16,699 vehicles sold in one year, but the Model Y just eclipsed that with 16,701 sold, according to data tracked by Norwegian Road. […]
A new video from YouTube channel GJeebs shared earlier this month shows some testing with the 2023 Model Y with the latter’s suspension improvements. The feature was introduced in recent weeks after CEO Elon Musk said that improved suspension was set to become available in non-Performance Model Y units. GJeebs compares a 2020 Model Y […]
Tesla’s Tom Zhu, the head of the Gigafactory in Shanghai, has been traveling in the U.S. along with a team of aides to help improve production at the automaker’s Fremont and Austin factories, according to a report from Reuters. The news comes just weeks after reports first suggested that Zhu would be heading to Giga […]
Tesla has set quarterly delivery records in at least four European countries for Spain, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden combined, as seen in registration data compiled by EU-EVs (via @Roland Pircher). The data shows compiled deliveries from the four countries across quarters dating as far back as Q4 2020. Tesla has surpassed its deliveries records […]
