Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast announced plans to cut its U.S. staff on Monday, as the company faces restructuring and a stalled shipment of its first EVs, according to Automotive News. VinFast is a subsidiary of Vingroup, and the company has been making a push to expand in the U.S. with its first batch […]
SpaceX has accomplished a lot in the last half-decade, and with its upcoming launch of the Starship rocket, the company is looking back at a key accomplishment with one of its boosters. Five years ago to the day, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Booster launched a Tesla Roadster into space along with passenger mannequin dubbed ‘Starman’ […]
After Nissan and Renault announced plans to invest $26 billion into electric vehicles (EVs) last year, the automakers are expanding their partnership with a new global roadmap for the remainder of the decade. The Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Alliance is establishing new initiatives for EVs in multiple global markets, including Latin America, India and Europe, according to a […]
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives reiterated an Outperform rating on Tesla’s stock on Monday, raising his price target on the company’s shares to $225 from $200, as detailed by Street Insider (via @Tesla New York). Ives changed the price target after stating beliefs that Tesla’s EV reacceleration in China is just beginning to hit its stride, […]
Tesla owners with Premium Connectivity recently reported resolution issues with the native YouTube app, defaulting to 360p video quality with no option to change it back to full HD. Scott Maple of the YouTube channel Kropserkel ‘Prop Culture’ shared a new video last week, showing a quick fix for videos showing up in 360p, a […]
NIO President Qin Lihong said on Monday to reporters the current EV industry price war triggered by Tesla may not include all automakers, according to South China Morning Post. The statements confirmed that NIO won’t be cutting its prices, as Qin says it wouldn’t be advantageous for the company. “Price reductions will spread in the […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that went online across the globe between January 25 and February 5, 2023, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing January 25, 2023 The Restaurant Row at 11604 Amargosa Rd, Victorville, CA, USA 16 […]
Veteran Japanese automaker Nissan plans to debut the first electric vehicle (EV) with its proprietary solid-state battery technology by 2028 (via Autocar). “We think we have something quite special and are in a group leading the technology,” said David Moss, Nissan’s Senior VP for research and development in Europe. “We want to get the cost […]
Lexus’ 2023 RZ 450e SUV, unveiled in April 2022 as the Toyota-owned luxury car brand’s first electric vehicle (EV), is now available to pre-order. The all-electric SUV starts at $59,650 USD, with sales beginning in early 2023. Lexus built the RZ 450e on the same platform as Toyota’s bZ4X (here’s to hoping it doesn’t share […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a Saturday tweet that the company’s long-anticipated Cybertruck will definitely have a red taillight bar. “Production will have red light bar,” Musk said, responding to an inquiry about the taillight from @teslaownersSV. Production will have red light bar — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2023 The Tesla CEO’s remarks came […]
Back in October 2021, Tesla’s mobile app code leaked new paint colors were coming from the company’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. The colors ‘Deep Crimson Multicoat’ and ‘Mercury Silver Metallic’ have turned to reality as Midnight Cherry Red and Quicksilver for the Model Y for customers in Europe and the Middle East, made from the […]
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said in a recent interview with the BBC that buying measles vaccines would be a better use of fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s money than trying to colonize Mars (via CNBC). When asked if he believed the Tesla CEO counts as a philanthropist, Gates said he didn’t think so — but […]
Late last month we told you how the Tesla MyQ garage integration was offering up extended free trials, beyond the initial 30 days. After a 30-day MyQ free trial, the set up stops working and users need to reconnect their MyQ account to their Tesla. After successfully linking this again, Tesla North was able to […]
Electrify America has announced price hikes for its electric vehicle (EV) charging network that will take effect starting in March (via @klwtts). Here’s a summary of the price changes: Electrify America Pass+ Members: $0.36/kWh (+$0.05/kWh) Non-Members: 0.48/kWh (+$0.05/kWh) Per-minute billing: $0.15/min (+$0.03/min) up to 90 kW, $0.29/min (+$0.05/min) up to 350 kW Electrify America won’t […]
A nine-person jury in Northern California on Friday found Elon Musk not guilty of fraud in a trial over his 2018 tweets about having “funding secured” to take Tesla private (via NBC News). The Tesla CEO was being sued for allegedly costing shareholders millions of dollars due to the share price fluctuations that came after his […]
