NIO on Sunday announced fourth-quarter deliveries of 40,052 electric vehicles (EVs), marking a 60% increase year-over-year and a new quarterly record for the Chinese automaker. The company also marginally beat its own delivery outlook for Q4, which it lowered from 43,000-48,000 vehicles to a more modest 38,500-39,500 last week. At the same time, the EV […]

Tesla’s long-rumoured new Model Y Standard Range with an All-Wheel Drive (AWD) configuration was recently spotted in the code for the company’s U.S. order configurator with a price of $61,990 USD, according to a tweet from WaitingForTesla.com (@w4tsla), an automated tracking and notification bot for Tesla inventory in North America. ⚠ New Tesla MY Model […]

We just got our first look at the Tesla Semi’s internal components, thanks to diagrams spotted by Tesla owner and software data miner “green” (@greentheonly) in the company’s online Parts Catalog. Tesla hasn’t published a parts catalog for the Semi yet, but green was able to dig through the company’s website and find it. Going […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday recapped the country’s progress in the electric vehicle (EV) market and supply chain during 2022 in a Twitter thread. “Since January, we’ve secured several historic manufacturing deals for electric vehicles, hybrids, and batteries – deals that are going to create and secure good jobs, help keep our air […]

New electric vehicle (EV) incentives set to go live in the U.S. on January 1, 2023, will seek to boost commercial electric truck adoption and demand in the U.S. by offering tax credits of $7,500 or $40,000, depending on the size of the vehicle, to companies — reports Automotive News. These commercial incentives, the first […]

Ford issued the most recalls of any automotive manufacturer in 2022, both by the number of recalls and the total volume of cars potentially affected (via Autoblog). The legacy automaker announced a total of 67 recalls over the course of the year. In total, a whopping 8,636,265 vehicles manufactured by Ford were potentially affected — […]

Tesla has launched a New Year’s promotion in China, offering up to 10,000 yuan (about $1,450 USD) in incentives (via @Tslachan). According to information shared by Tesla, the company says there’s a limited-time promo offering an insurance subsidy of 4,000 yuan ($580 USD) and a delivery incentive of 6,000 yuan ($870 USD), towards the purchase […]

After offering a $7,500 delivery discount in the U.S. for Model 3 and Model Y in its Q4 year-end push, Tesla has now reportedly extended this offer to its flagship Model S and Model X. Update: Tesla’s website has been updated and this discount has been confirmed. “Take delivery of limited local Model S and […]

On Thursday, December 29 at 11:38 p.m. PT, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket to kick off the ISI EROS C-3 mission to a low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This particular Falcon 9 booster saw its 11th launch and landing, previously supporting Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, […]

Tesla announced at the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show it will be revealing pricing for Model S and Model X Plaid in the nation on January 6, 2023, with first deliveries set for the first half of the next year. The company previously teased on Weibo earlier this week that Model S Plaid and Model X […]

The Rivian R1S electric SUV is fairly new to the market, having only delivered its first units to company executives just a year ago. A new video shared by Hagerty on Thursday shows a drag race between some of the world’s quickest production SUVs, including the Rivian R1S, the Aston Martin DBX 707 and the […]

Tesla highlighted a number of its 2022 achievements in a post on Twitter on Thursday, ranging from the company’s deployment of Superchargers, to its opening of new Gigafactories in Germany and the U.S. The thread begins with a thank you to “owners, supporters & employees” for helping Tesla make sustainable energy an option for the […]

NASA is considering SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as a backup option to Russia’s Soyuz ship for a return flight from the International Space Station, following a leak aboard the capsule. The space agency says the Soyuz spacecraft is leaking liquid particles and potentially coolant while docked on the International Space Station, after it was previously […]

An antenna yard project in the Halfmoon Township of Centre County, Pennsylvania is set to offer increased access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet by combining it with fiber optic capabilities. Halfmoon Township is located just under a 2.5-hour drive east of downtown Pittsburgh. Township officials awarded conditional approval to a development plan for a Starlink […]

Buyers awaiting Tesla’s carbon ceramic brake kits will have to wait a little longer, as spotted on the automaker’s online store. Tesla seems to have delayed the carbon ceramic brake kits in its web store once again, with the product listing now displaying that it will be available in early 2023 (via @The Kilowatts). The […]