Just before announcing plans to resume a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter last week, Elon Musk alleged that Twitter ordered whistleblower Peiter Zatko to destroy evidence of company mistakes in his departure, as reported by Bloomberg. Zatko is a former head of security at Twitter and a recent whistleblower to the social media company’s […]
E-Cite Motors is purchasing batteries and motors directly from Tesla to help build modified electric vehicles (EVs), according to a press release shared by the company on Tuesday. The batteries and motors from Tesla will be used to create enhanced performance EVs, increasing horsepower, improving cooling and shaping the parts to a proprietary E-Cite Motors […]
Two of Tesla’s upcoming arrivals in China have gained a vital tax exemption from the country’s ministry in charge of industry. The Tesla Model S and X are now exempt from the vehicle purchase tax in China, as spotted on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT) catalog of new energy cars (via @JayinShanghai). […]
Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing October 3, 2022 The Little Genera at 2001 Sutton Lane, Sutton, WV, USA 8 250 kW Tesla October 3, 2022 […]
Image via @nextmove_de For the first time, an electric vehicle has become the best-selling car in Germany, and it’s none other than Tesla’s Model Y compact crossover SUV. That’s according to data from Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), showing the Model Y led registrations at 9,846 in September 2022, beating out the gasoline-powered Volkswagen Golf […]
After Tesla started taking Model X and S Plaid orders in Europe, the automaker is officially set to begin delivering to its first customers next month — on track from the automaker’s estimates made in August. Tesla buyers in Europe are receiving calls about their upcoming Model S and X Plaid deliveries by the end […]
Tesla may be experiencing diminished demand, as reported by Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas following Q3 deliveries that did not meet Wall Street’s expectations (via Seeking Alpha), despite setting company record highs. As a result, Jonas reduced his full-year forecast from 1.37 million to just 1.31 million, after being reduced from earlier estimations of 2 […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has offered Starlink terminals and services to those defending themselves against Russia in Ukraine, recently positing a new estimate for how many are using the service in the country. @ElonMusk said on Sunday that there are around 25,000 Starlink terminals in Ukraine, but he also added that each can also be […]
Tuned electric vehicles (EVs) are outpacing gas cars in many ways, and one modified Tesla Model 3 is making waves on the internet because of its looks and performance. This lowered Model 3 was tuned by Germany’s Manhart Performance, dubbed the Manhart TM3 510 Model 3 mod. The tuning kit offers a performance, dual-motor engine […]
Amazon plans to invest over €1 billion (~$969 million) in electrifying its European transportation routes over the next five years, as detailed in a press release from the company on Monday. The move is an attempt to reach net-zero by 2040, which the company notes is 10 years ahead of the Paris agreement. The company […]
One electric vehicle (EV) that has yet to hit the Chinese market is the Tesla Model S Plaid, as the latter is currently only being made at the automaker’s Fremont plant in California, along with the Model X. A Tesla Model S Plaid was spotted in China on Monday, as caught in photos and videos […]
Los Angeles-based filmmaker Marvin Hayes on Saturday wrapped filming on a documentary centered around the electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is taking the automotive industry by storm. Hayes and Patrick Pinsonneault, a realtor from Chatham, Ontario, who goes by the moniker “Mr. Tesla Canada” online, organized a get-together for EV owners on Saturday morning on […]
In this week’s edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple’s autonomous electric car project has lost yet another key manager — this time to electric truck startup Rivian. Jonathan Sive, who was working on vehicle design and hardware engineering for Apple, has now parted ways with the company. Sive was a “fairly […]
Tesla sold an all-time high of 83,135 China-made electric vehicles (EVs) in September, beating its previous record of 78,906 units from earlier this year in June — reports CnEVPost. The numbers come from data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Sunday. September sales of Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai-made vehicles represent a year-over-year increase of […]
Yesterday evening at 7:05 p.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the Intelsat G-33/G-34 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was SpaceX’s third launch of the week. This was the first time a commercial payload was sent up on a Falcon […]
