Tesla started rolling out its 2022 holiday software update to more vehicles today, and the Tesla North fleet received the highly-anticipated update. This update includes goodies such as Apple Music support and also MyQ Connected Garage. Here’s how to set up MyQ Connected Garage in your Tesla—it was very straightforward. The first step is to […]

Tesla has shared a new campaign on its Engage website, this time asking customers to “thank the Governor and the CPUC for keeping California a leader in clean energy!”. The electric automaker says, “we’d like to share with you some good news for the future of clean energy in California and ask you to take […]

Korea’s LG Energy Solution plans to invest 4 trillion won ($3.1 billion USD) into its Ochang plant between now and 2026 to develop electric vehicle (EV) batteries, according to a statement from the company on Monday (via Reuters). The investment will go toward developing an R&D department and production facilities for EVs at the Ochang […]

Tesla is reportedly building a Model S factory line at its Giga Berlin, along with plans to build the Model 3 at the Grünheide, Germany factory, according to a Giga Berlin worker who spoke with @Felix Kern on Friday (via @Berlinergy). While Kern notes that the news of the Model S factory line isn’t yet […]

The ramp-up to SpaceX’s next-generation satellite launches is nearly complete, with the company set to begin launching the upgraded hardware before the new year. SpaceX plans to start launching its second-generation Starlink satellites by the end of December, according to FCC filings from the company shared by @Nathan Owens on Monday. The company also filed […]

In a letter on Sunday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) wrote to Tesla’s board chair Robyn Denholm saying that CEO Elon Musk has failed to meet legal duties following his purchase of Twitter, according to a report from CNBC. Warren posited that Musk’s use of Tesla employees at Twitter could represent major conflicts of interest, […]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has had quite a year, and it has just announced an important milestone heading into 2023. Starlink has reached a milestone of one million active subscribers worldwide, according to an announcement shared by @SpaceX on Monday. “Starlink now has more than 1,000,000 active subscribers — thank you to all customers and […]

Following reports last week that said Tesla would be announcing a factory in Mexico in early 2023, a new story says the automaker could share news of the new Gigafactory this week. Tesla may announce the construction of a Gigafactory in Mexico’s Nuevo León as soon as Friday, according to a report from local outlet […]

Earlier this week Tesla announced its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, had ramped up to 3,000 Model Y cars made in one week. Now just days later, Tesla says its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, has achieved the same. Tesla said on Saturday, “Congrats to the Giga Berlin team on building 3k Model Y this week!”, while […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has received some more parts for the 9,000-ton die-casting “Giga Press” that will be instrumental to the production of the company’s upcoming Cybertruck, as seen in a recent drone flyover video of the plant from Joe Tegtmeyer. “Another early morning flight and today, we are greeted by some truly gorgeous […]

Tesla customers in Shenzhen, China, can currently take advantage of a total of over ¥33,000 (about $4,732 USD) in subsidies when purchasing any of the company’s electric vehicles (EVs), according to notices issued by Tesla (via @Tslachan). Shenzhen, China seems to provide temporary government subsidies. It's 12,000 yuan. ($1,700)The period is from December 18, 2022 to […]

SpaceX this week completed three launches in under 36 hours, with the third mission also being the first-ever 15th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket. The company kicked off the back-to-back launches with NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to low-Earth orbit, which lifted off at 3:46 a.m. PT/6:46 a.m. ET on Friday, […]

Ford Motor has increased the price of its F-150 Lightning Pro electric truck, now from $55,974 USD, a nearly 8% increase. According to a Ford spokesperson in a statement to CNBC, the price hike was related to higher raw material costs for the electric truck. The F-150 Lightning Pro’s starting price increased $4,000 USD for […]

PepsiCo Vice President Mike O’Connell detailed the food and beverage giant’s experience with the Tesla Semi in a recent interview, noting that the company plans to add another 100 of the all-electric trucks to its logistics fleet in 2023 (via Reuters). Tesla’s Semi is an all-electric Class 8 semi-truck that the electric vehicle (EV) maker […]

Tesla could announce plans to build an electric vehicle (EV) factory in northeastern Mexico as early as next week — reports Bloomberg. According to the publication’s sources, the EV pioneer is locking down plans for a plant in Santa Catarina in Monterrey city, the capital of the Nuevo Leon state. Tesla is reportedly still ironing […]