Everybody has Tesla’s Semi truck on their mind, after this week’s delivery event for PepsiCo at Gigafactory Nevada. After five years, Tesla finally delivered its first Semi truck and also showed that the vehicle can travel 500 miles on a single charge. We also saw the new Semi hit up a Christmas parade in California […]

For the first time ever, late-model used electric vehicles (EVs) held their value better than the automotive market as a whole this year, albeit for a brief period — reports Automotive News. Alex Yurchenko, chief data science officer at Black Book, said this was spurred on in part by higher gasoline prices. However, electric models’ […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the “manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries,” among other things. “In line with our ambition for decarbonizing and reindustrializing France and Europe, with @elonmusk we exchanged on future green industrial projects, such as manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries,” President Macron said […]

Tesla’s Model Y dominated car sales in Norway during November, a month where plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) overall accounted for a whopping 89.3% of automotive sales in the country — reports CleanTechnica. Norway saw total vehicle registrations increase about 28% year-over-year to 19,513 units during November. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) grew their lion’s share of […]

Image via u/TheRsell Tesla delivered its first Semi trucks this week to customer PepsiCo, with the launch event at Gigafactory Nevada showcasing some decked-out trucks with Pepsi and Frito-Lay graphics. PepsiCo executives joined Elon Musk on stage at the delivery event, with the Tesla CEO saying the first delivery included Frito-Lay snacks sent to the […]

Tesla Model Y units in the company’s new “Quicksilver” color have started making their way to showrooms across Europe, just a few weeks after the first units with the new paint option were spotted outside Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. Electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast Lasse Edvardsen (@nasalahe) on Saturday shared images of a Quicksilver Model Y Performance on […]

A Tesla Model 3 with a camouflage cover on the front and rear was recently spotted at a parking space in Santa Cruz, California (via @omg_tesla). https://twitter.com/omg_tesla/status/1598907595632562176 The electric vehicle (EV) seemed to have factory plates, indicating that it is part of Tesla’s engineering and testing fleet. “Tesla policy requires employees who use certain [engineering] […]

Well now we’re seeing more reports of the new larger rear screen in the Tesla Model S and Model X for 2023. After seeing pictures of this larger rear screen in Europe and China, we’re now seeing it for the first time in Canada, thanks to Tesla North reader Sam, who just took delivery of […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.44.2 software update, as noted by @Teslascope and @TeslaFi fleets on Friday evening. As for 2022.44.2 release notes? There are new Sentry Mode features, according to Not a Tesla App. Sentry Mode gets new customization options in 2022.44.2, including: Camera-Based Detection, which allows users to disable the use of […]

Tesla has debuted a 2023 Model Y All-Wheel Drive, in existing inventory for immediate purchase in select states. Currently, Tesla’s website no longer offers the Standard Range for purchase, as only Long Range (delivering Dec 2022 to March 2023) and Performance are available. The Standard Range Model Y AWD was made at Gigafactory Texas with […]

SpaceX has launched Starshield, a new, secured satellite service geared toward government entities and national security applications. It sounds kind of like Starlink, but for the government instead of regular consumers and capable of more than just providing an internet connection. “Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink […]

Image via Yan Chang Earlier this week it was reported the 2023 Tesla Model S and Model X was said to include a new larger rear display, as shared by a picture of a Model S in Europe. While it’s easy to assume all pictures on the internet are real, sometimes it’s worth taking things […]

In early November, SpaceX announced a new Fair Use policy for its Residential customers in the US and Canada, along with all Business and Maritime customers. The new policy was set to begin in December 2022, but now SpaceX has delayed the policy, according to an update on its website. The plan would offer up […]

Two companies have announced plans to create a clean energy storage using old batteries from Tesla’s vehicles. Energy storage firms Cactos and Smartville announced $10 million in fundraising to help commercialize systems using repurposed batteries from Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs), as detailed in a report from EnergyStorage.news on Wednesday. San Diego-based Smartville has an energy […]

Tesla has changed its estimated delivery times on all models in China, with the order configurator page now saying all Model 3 and Y trims will be delivered in “December 2022” (via @Tslachan). Previously, each trim and model displayed one to five weeks for estimated delivery. The change comes as Tesla seemingly pivots to focus […]