Tesla Starts Sending Out Semi Delivery Event Invitations [Update]
Image via Luca Atalla Tesla’s Semi delivery event is slated to take place on Thursday, December 1, 2022, and now the company has started sending out event invites. According to a screenshot of the invite shared by Luca Atalla (@lucaatalla), it asks for those that received it to RSVP by 11:59 on November 28, 2022. […]
The New York Times Spends a Full Day with Tesla’s FSD Beta in Florida
The New York Times published a story on Wednesday detailing its experience with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, after spending a full day with the self-driving software thanks to Chuck Cook, a well-known beta tester in Jacksonville, Florida. The Times filmed the entire experience with its own cameras and Cook provided the journalists a taste […]
Tesla Offering Free Off-Peak Supercharging for Thanksgiving at Select Locations
Tesla has again announced free Supercharging during off-peak hours for U.S. Thanksgiving, a move aimed at alleviating congestion during busy travel periods. The free Supercharging will be available from November 23 to 27, before 9am and after 8pm. “Avoid the rush this Thanksgiving holiday and charge for free during off-peak hours at Superchargers along select […]
Here’s the Tesla Semi and its Pop-Out Windows [VIDEO]
We’re two weeks away from Tesla’s Semi delivery event, set to take place at Gigafactory Nevada. The company will deliver its first Semi trucks to customer PepsiCo. If you haven’t seen it yet, the Tesla Semi also features pop-out windows, allowing the driver to get both fresh air and also talk to people outside of […]
Cruise Launches Daytime Driverless Rides in San Francisco
Cruise has launched driverless rides during the daytime in San Francisco, with the first ride taking place on Thursday at 8:30 a.m., according to co-founder @Kyle Vogt. The post includes a video detailing the first ride, showing actually footage from the ride and reactions from some of the company’s employees using the daytime driverless ride. […]
Tesla Opens Superchargers in Italy to Non-Tesla EVs
New countries are being added to Tesla’s pilot program testing non-Tesla vehicles at Superchargers, and one new European country has just joined the program’s ranks. Tesla opened its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) this week, adding the country to a list of countries on its website involved in the pilot program (via @TeslaCharging). […]
2022.40.7 Tesla Update Rolling Out
Tesla’s software update 2022.40.7 was spotted for the first time on a California Model 3 All-Wheel-Drive Long Range on Thursday night, and the version’s rollout can be viewed live from Teslascope. At the time of writing, the Model 3 seems to be one of two vehicles receiving the update, with one categorized as waiting for […]
Toyota’s New bZ Concept SUV Almost Looks Like a Tesla Model Y
Toyota unveiled a few new electrified models on Wednesday ahead of the LA Auto Show, including a concept bZ model SUV that looks a lot like the Tesla Model Y, according to a report from Barron’s. The LA Auto Show starts on Friday. The SUV model takes after the Model Y’s flowing, angular design and […]
Tesla Engineers Sent to Twitter Worked on ‘Voluntary Basis,’ Says Elon Musk
During his testimony in court on Tuesday, Elon Musk said that Tesla engineers sent to work at Twitter were doing so “on a voluntary basis” and only “after hours,” according to a report from CNBC. The news came during a case over Musk’s $56 billion compensation plan in 2018, for which Tesla shareholder Richard Tornetta […]
Tesla Delivers its 10,000th Vehicle in Israel, with More Coming
Tesla has delivered its 10,000th vehicle in Israel, which also makes the U.S. automaker the first to deliver 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in the country, as spotted by @ConnectingODots according to owner @TomerHacohen (via Tesmanian). Apparently, the milestone makes Israel the fastest country to reach 10,000 deliveries. The first Tesla deliveries in Israel began in […]
Tesla Semi Delivery Event Confirmed for Dec. 1 at Giga Nevada
Tesla confirmed it will be holding a Semi delivery event at its Gigafactory in Nevada, set for Thursday, December 1, 2022. The automaker’s announcement comes exactly five years after the original Semi unveiling that took place on November 16, 2017 (the Roadster was also unveiled too!). The first customer to receive deliveries of the Semi […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: November 8–15, 2022
Here’s a look at all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe between Tuesday, November 8, and Tuesday, November 15, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing November 9, 2022 Sortavalankatu 2, Joensuu, Finland 8 250 kW Unavailable November 9, 2022 7703 […]
First Look: Inside Tesla’s New Peterson Museum Exhibit [VIDEO]
Tesla is set to debut a new exhibit at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20, 2022. The exhibit features early Tesla vehicle prototypes, early design insights, SpaceX, Tesla AI and Dojo, Hyperloop, Cybertruck, Tesla Bot and more. For a special preview of the entire exhibit, Tesla Raj has shared a nearly […]
VinFast Opens First Store in Canada at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre
VinFast opened its first store in Canada, located at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre, as detailed by the company in an emailed statement on Wednesday. The Toronto store is the company’s flagship location and comes ahead of a larger rollout of the company’s stores across Canada. The storefront is set to be part of VinFast’s “go-to-market” strategy, […]
Tesla Might Produce 100 Semis This Year, Says Chair in Testimony
Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm testified in a case surrounding Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation plan in 2018, saying that she expected the automaker to produce as many as 100 Semis this year, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Denholm testified remotely, noting that the Semi was originally planned for release in 2019, […]