Consumer Reports is offering a huge new endorsement for electric vehicles (EVs), as seven of its top 10 models for 2023 are electric cars, trucks and SUVs, as reported by CNBC on Thursday. The Tesla Model 3 landed Consumer Reports’ main electric pick, and the publication says it was chosen due to offering more range […]

After an earlier report on Thursday that claimed Tesla had fired employees behind a union organizing effort, the electric automaker has responded in a company blog post. Tesla detailed the “facts behind the event”, which essentially says the employees let go had poor performance reviews, that were determined well before the union campaign was announced. […]

Tesla started contacting legacy Model S and Model X owners by email to let them know about a new trade-in credit offer towards a new car. What’s the catch? You need to give up your unlimited free Supercharging miles, one of the best Tesla perks to date. One email received by a Canadian Model X […]

The European Union voted on Tuesday to approve a plan to ban new gas car sales by 2035, following in the footsteps of U.S. states California, New York and Oregon (via Yahoo News). Some European legislators criticized the plan, saying it could be harmful to the continent’s auto industry. Still, a majority said the plan […]

Tesla issued a voluntary “recall” out of caution after discussions with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), over its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software on Thursday. In a nutshell, Tesla will issue a software update to address FSD beta issues that the NHTSA says are unsafe. The potential issue affects the following cars with […]

Update Feb. 16, 8:50pm PT: Tesla has responded to these allegations calling them false. == Tesla has allegedly fired dozens of workers from its Buffalo, New York plant on Wednesday, after employees launched a campaign to unionize this week, according to Bloomberg. The news was spotted in a filing with the U.S. National Labor Relations […]

After Ford announced a halt to production on F-150 Lightning units this week due to a mysterious battery issue, new statements from the company provide more details on the problem that caused production to stop. Ford said on Wednesday that its F-150 Lightning production line will be down until the end of next week at […]

SpaceX is looking to add a hardware upgrade to its first-generation Starlink satellite constellation. In a current application for the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, SpaceX asked to add new satellite technology to its existing constellation, as was spotted by telecommunications lawyer Ryan Thompson in a report detailed by PCMag. “This upgraded hardware will allow […]

Tesla looks to be seeing increased demand for the Model Y, as estimated delivery times have been pushed back in the United States. According to an update on Tesla’s website yesterday (via @Tslachan), the Model Y Long Range and Model Y Performance are seeing delivery times pushed later into 2023. Check them out below: Long […]

SpaceX has launched a new version of its Starlink mobile app on Wednesday, now available for iPhone and Android users. This new app, which the company is calling version 3 (V3), includes new interactive 3D network visualization. There’s also improved navigation, performance, and stability. You can see a quick demo of the new interface in […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke remotely at the 2023 World Government Summit held in Dubai earlier today, discussing a variety of topics. Musk spoke about his acquisition of Twitter, world government, AI, education and more. He said he hopes to have a new Twitter CEO by the end of 2023. He admitted to […]

Indiana-based American Queen Voyages (AQV) announced last week it is upgrading its Wi-Fi across its entire fleet of cruise lines to SpaceX’s Starlink internet. Part of the Hornblower Group, AQV will upgrade its entire fleet of seven, which includes its cruise lines Rivers, Lakes & Oceans, and Expedition vessels. The company says it is the […]

Tesla code sleuth @greentheonly shared photos of a Model X’s refreshed HW4 car computer on Wednesday, which the account says appeared in the Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) with the photos hidden. Green says Tesla has already begun building vehicles with HW4 but has not delivered them, adding that the company may announce at the upcoming […]

SpaceX is giving up on plans to turn oil rigs into offshore launchpads, though the company will still invest in other offshore launch platforms down the road, according to a report from Space News. The company bought two Valaris oil rigs for a total of $7 million in July 2020 with the intention of converting […]

Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk donated roughly $1.95 billion worth of the company’s shares to charities in 2022, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported by Reuters on Wednesday. The filing showed that Musk donated roughly 11.6 million shares in a period between August and December, though […]