Tesla Stock Rally Continues After China EV Registrations Surge, Following Price Drops
During Tuesday’s regular trading hours, Tesla’s stock jumped 4.6 percent, following a rally of 8.3 percent last week, according to Investor’s Business Daily. Tesla’s vehicle registrations increased to 12,654 for the week of January 9 to 15, representing a 500-percent increase from the 2,110 registered in the week before. Overall, passenger vehicle registrations totalled 437,000 […]
Hertz and Uber to Launch Up to 25,000 EVs in Europe, from Tesla and More
Hertz and Uber announced plans to deploy as many as 25,000 electric vehicle (EV) rentals in Europe as a new expansion to its partnership, according to a press release shared on Tuesday. The EVs are set to hit much of Europe in 2025, beginning with London and shortly followed by Paris and Amsterdam. The rentals […]
Elon Musk Denied Request to Move ‘Funding Secured’ Tweet Trial to Texas
Elon Musk was denied a bid to move or put off a trial regarding a misleading 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private on Friday, according to a report from CBS News. Federal U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled in a San Francisco hearing that jury selection for the trial will still happen as planned on […]
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Dazzles with USSF-67 Mission at Golden Hour [VIDEOS]
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-67 mission on Sunday, later sharing a sped-up tracking cam of the footage showing everything from launch to landing, dazzling viewers during golden hour. The launch took place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:56 pm ET on Sunday, marking the second launch for these particular side boosters […]
Tesla Faces Union Concerns in Germany Over Working Hours at Giga Berlin
Tesla is facing scrutiny from the German union IG Metall and local officials over worker claims of unfair working hours and a fear of speaking out at the company’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, according to a report from Reuters. At its yearly news conference, IG Metall said that there was a growing number of employees reporting longer […]
Tesla 2022.44.30.8 Update for China: MangoTV, Apple Music and More [Release Notes]
Tesla’s software update 2022.44.30.8 is now rolling out in China, as spotted in screenshots shared with Tesla North on Monday. The screenshots show release notes for the update, which began deploying on the weekend, according to the notes. The update includes a number of features that were deployed with Tesla’s holiday update in other markets, ahead […]
Wyoming Wants to Ban New Electric Car Sales By 2035
As several U.S. states consider banning gas cars as soon as 2035 to support the growth of electric vehicles (EVs), one state has done quite the opposite in what it says will help stabilize the oil and gas industry. Wyoming legislators have drafted a resolution to ban the sale of EVs in the state by […]
Another Tesla Model 3 Spotted with Camo Front and Rear Bumpers
Another Tesla Model 3 with covered rear and front has been spotted in the wild, suggesting that it could be the upcoming refreshed version of the electric sedan. A Tesla Model 3 with California manufacturing plates and camouflage wrap on the front and back has been spotted, which some think could be the new “Highland” […]
SpaceX to Build Five Full Starship Stacks in 2023, Says Elon Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a Saturday tweet that the rocketry giant hopes to build “about five full stacks” of Starships this year. Each “stack” comprises an actual Starship, which will carry cargo and (eventually) humans into space, attached atop a “Super Heavy” booster rocket. The news comes after Musk said earlier this week […]
Tesla Design Chief Talks Cybertruck, Roadster, and More in New Interview
Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, recently sat for an interview with IGN Executive Editor Ryan McCaffrey on the latest episode of Ride the Lightning, his unofficial Tesla podcast. The two spent close to an hour talking about several different topics, including Tesla’s upcoming Cybertruck, the next-generation Roadster, and the changes the all-electric automaker recently […]
Tesla FSD Hardware 4.0 Allegedly Leaks, Showing Camera Changes
Tesla has been working on a successor to Hardware 3.0, the computer that powers the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features in its vehicles, for over a couple of years now. Documents detailing what appears to be Tesla’s Hardware 4.0 surfaced online earlier this week, as shared by Chris Zheng (@ChrisZheng001)on Twitter. According to these […]
World’s Largest Tesla Supercharger Complete, 98 Total Stalls at Harris Ranch
Back in April 2021 a permit revealed Tesla was planning to expand the Superchargers at Harris Ranch Inn and Restaurant, located in Coalinga, California. Construction started last year and Tesla completed the site just before Christmas last month (via TMC forums), adding 80 Superchargers to the site, its latest V3 chargers that can juice up […]
DISH Network Sues SpaceX to Halt Starlink Gen2 Deployment
DISH Network has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. to prevent the company from deploying its second-generation Starlink satellites (via PCMag). In early December, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave SpaceX conditional approval to launch 7,500 Starlink Gen2 satellites (a fraction of the company’s original ask […]
Pwn2Own 2023: Tesla Up for Grabs for Hackers
Tesla has returned to the Pwn2Own hacking contest and is offering a $600,000 USD cash reward to anyone who can write an exploit capable of bypassing multiple systems in its electric vehicles (EVs) and achieving an arbitrary code execution — reports SecurityWeek. In addition to the cash prize, any hacker who succeeds will also get […]
Tesla Says Price Cuts Made Possible by ‘Normalizing’ Inflation
Tesla on Friday explained that its recent price cuts, which drove down the stickers on its electric vehicles (EVs) by up to a whopping $21,000 USD in the U.S., were made possible by the “normalization of cost inflation” — reports Reuters. According to the company, the price drops are making its top-selling EVs more accessible […]