South Korean battery-materials manufacturer L&F has signed a 3.835 trillion won ($2.9 billion USD) nickel supply deal with Tesla, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday (via MarketWatch). The deal holds that L&F will supply high-nickel cathode materials to Tesla from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, according to the South Korean company. Following […]

A new leadership team under the coming Toyota CEO Koji Sato is increasingly embracing electric vehicles (EVs), especially after a recent teardown of Tesla’s Model Y SUV. A recent study of the Model Y held by Toyota executives has lit a refreshed motivation to embrace EVs at the Japanese company, as detailed to Automotive News, […]

After Tesla’s Mexico Gigafactory deal was seemingly cast into murky water last week due to water scarcity issues, the company will move forward with the plant in the state of Nuevo León. Tesla will build a Gigafactory in Monterrey, Mexico with added commitments to addressing water supply issues in the region, according to a statement […]

Back in September, Tesla launched CCS Combo 1 Adapters for purchase, while also said retrofits for vehicles that require hardware upgrades will be coming in 2023. Fast forward to February 2023, and Tesla customers can now place orders for a CCS Combo 1 Adapter Retrofit—that is if you have a Model S or Model X. […]

SpaceX today launched its first batch of Starlink ‘V2 Mini’ satellites into low-Earth orbit, the next generation of its internet satellites, that offer 400% more capacity than previous iterations of its Starlinks. At 6:13 p.m. ET (23:13 UTC), Falcon 9 launched 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has regained the title of the world’s richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which tracks the daily ranking of the globe’s richest people, based on the stock prices of their companies. With Tesla stock rebounding from an ugly 2022 and has surged 24.58% in the past month, and 92% […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, hit another milestone yesterday as part of its plans to ramp up production of the company’s Model Y compact crossover. The Tesla Europe Twitter account announced on Sunday evening, “[4,000] Model Y built at Giga Berlin this week. Congrats to the Tesla team!”. A picture was shared of the factory […]

Earlier this month, Tesla launched a voluntary ‘recall’ to ease Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta concerns by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Tesla will issue a software update to address some FSD beta issues that might be unsafe, affecting 362,758 cars consisting of Model S/X and Model 3/Y. Since then, Tesla recently added a […]

Tesla is nearing the completion of a new grand entryway into its Austin, Texas Gigafactory, as spotted by @Jeff Roberts over the weekend. The entry features a geometric concrete pour with multiple different ramps and walkways, all pointing toward the entrance in the center. The angular style of the entrance can be likened to that […]

SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink has nearly reached 100,000 customers in Australia in just two years of operations in the country, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. At a round table discussion earlier in February, SpaceX officials said Starlink had earned 95,000 active users in Australia, according to anonymous sources in the telecommunication sector during […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to speak with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a call on Monday, according to two officials in a report from Reuters. Lopez Obrador also said he would talk to Tesla’s “owner” in the Monday morning call, later confirmed by the Mexican officials to be referring to Musk. […]

Just moments before liftoff on late Sunday/early Monday, @SpaceX announced that it was standing down its Crew-6 Mission launch due to a TEA-TEB ground system issue. SpaceX said it’s now shooting for no earlier than Thursday, March 2 for the Crew-6 Mission launch, set for 12:34 a.m. ET, as can now be seen on the […]

Tesla’s auto brand maintained high levels of brand loyalty despite controversies surrounding CEO Elon Musk, as shown in a recent S&P Global Mobility study, reports Bloomberg. The 2023 study, shared on Monday, looked at 11.7 million new-vehicle registrations and gives out awards based on U.S. household vehicle ownership and whether customers go with the same […]

Several Mexican states are falling over each other to try and court Tesla as the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer is rumoured to announce the country as the location of its next Gigafactory, according to a report from The Associated Press. While Tesla hasn’t officially confirmed plans to build a factory in Mexico, the company has previously […]

SpaceX on Sunday showed a glimpse at its new ‘V2 Mini’ Starlink satellites, which the company calls a “step forward” in capability for the low-Earth orbit satellite internet. “We call them “V2 Mini”. They represent a step forward in Starlink capability,” said SpaceX, showing two photos today. “V2 minis include key technologies—such as more powerful […]