The Menlo Park Police Department (MPPD) on Tuesday put their two recently purchased Tesla Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets for full-time patrol duties for the very first time (via M-A Chronicle). These two Model Ys are part of a pilot program to test the viability of EVs in the MPPD’s operations. Ori […]

Tesla is rolling out an update for its iOS and Android app to bring new features to its Charge Stats, with the addition of one year of charging history and savings. The 4.16 update is now available for iPhone users, with the Android update to follow. The Charge Stats page now shows a tab for […]

The federal U.S. safety regulator said on Friday it has opened an investigation into the General Motors-owned Cruise autonomous driving system’s safety. The National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHTSA) is opening the probe into Cruise following reports in which the self-driving vehicles “inappropriately hard braking or become immobilized,” according to a report from Auto Blog. […]

Those with electric vehicles (EVs) are likely to have faced charging stations without working stalls a time or two, and now several groups are speaking out about one charging network’s failure to provide working hardware and necessary information about its charging stalls to drivers. EV owners are calling for public charging network company Electrify America […]

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named the 2022-2023 Rivian R1T as one of its Top Safety Pick Plus award winners, according to a press release shared on Friday. The R1T was tested in vehicle-to-vehicle evaluations and daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian tests, in all of which the electric pickup’s headlights and crash safety features were […]

Tesla unveiled the video meeting app Zoom in its vehicles in its recent holiday update, and the program is now available in the automaker’s cars, as spotted in photos from one new user. On Thursday, Zoom founder and CEO @Eric S. Yuan shared screenshots on Twitter of him using the video meeting program inside a […]

Tesla is offering another discount in China on all vehicles delivered by December 26, as pointed out by @JayinShanghai. The deal was shared with Jay in a message from Tesla, calling the discount a “Special Heartfelt New Year’s Gift,” and noting that it’s limited to just 3,500 buyers. Jay also notes that Tesla selected December […]

A new discount from Tesla in European countries has become available, as yet another bid for the automaker to offload as many vehicles as possible before the year’s end. Tesla is offering discounts on some inventory for new and demo vehicles in Europe, as spotted by Tesla North reader @TslaChan on Thursday evening. The electric […]

We’ve been sharing news about Tesla’s Model S and Model X Plaid launching Europe, but now the automaker has officially shared a video detailing the debut. On Thursday, Tesla shared a video saying, “Deliveries of the new Model S and Model X have started in Europe.” The video shows customers reacting to the acceleration of […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, hit a milestone today as it reached 3,000 Model Y builds per week. That milestone means Tesla’s Giga Texas factory is on pace to produce over 150,000 Model Y vehicles annually. A picture of employees surrounding a Midnight Silver Metallic Model Y and also celebratory balloons “3K” was shared by […]

SpaceX has reached a milestone with its Starlink satellite internet constellation, now hitting 3,000 satellites in operational orbit, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell’s tracking page (via @VirtuallyNathan). There are now 3,230 “working” satellites out of 3,267. The tracking page shows SpaceX has launched a total of 3,558 Starlink satellites to date. Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation […]

This morning we reported on Tesla offering 10,000 km of free Supercharging for those in Europe, to incentivize December deliveries. Now, Tesla North can confirm the automaker is offering up the same promo for the United States. A text message from Tesla was sent to prospective customers today, urging them to take delivery from now […]

Tesla has launched Tesla Electric in Texas, a retail electricity offering for retail Powerwall customers. Tesla Electric is an “electric plan designed for Powerwall,” says the company. It offers real-time pricing for Solar and Powerwall exports. According to Alex Guichet from Tesla’s Mobile App Product team, he says “It’s a pretty competitive rate offer. It […]

Image: Lucid Motors Hagerty shared a stunning video on Thursday pitting the world’s quickest cars against each other in a drag race, featuring the Tesla Model S Plaid, the Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, the Lucid Air Sapphire, and as a bonus, a Ducati Panigale V4 SP2 motorcycle. The video’s host, Jason Cammisa, talks through the […]

Starlink is set to begin rolling out to households in the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada in 2023, according to a press release from the First Nation’s leadership body (via @SpaceX). The agreement will oversee the rollout of Starlink to 127 occupied housing units on the reserve areas, across the Qu’Appelle Valley where […]