During Tesla’s Q3 2022 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk reiterated the company is expecting to expand its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to wide release this year in North America, in the fourth quarter. “So, this quarter, we expect to go to a wide release of full self-driving Beta in North America. So, anyone who has […]

Tesla on Wednesday afternoon started to roll out its 2022.36.5 software update and now we have release notes. The 2022.36.5 release notes can be seen below, thanks to Tesla North reader Mikhail Babaian. They are the same as 2022.36.1 released back in the first week of October: Caraoke: Model S/X Energy App: new graph and […]

On Tesla’s Q3 2022 earnings call, the automaker reiterated it is ramping up production of its Semi, an electric Class A truck that will have 500 miles of range with cargo on level ground, with the new vehicle already in early production. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, it takes “about a year” to ramp […]

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, on the company’s Q3 earnings call, he now sees the potential for the company to be worth more than Apple and Saudi Aramco, combined. Musk said at the beginning of the call he believes it is possible for Tesla to be worth more than Apple, but it will require […]

Tesla today announced record Q3 earnings for 2022 and the automaker continues to share more information regarding the development of its product roadmap. In Q3, Tesla said the Cybertruck has reached the ‘tooling’ stage and Semi is now in ‘early production’. The company also reiterated how its factory in Berlin, Germany, has already reached 2,000 […]

Tesla announced its Q3 2022 earnings today, posting a staggering $21.4 billion in revenue, up 56% year-over-year and setting new production and delivery records. The company’s Installed Annual Vehicle Capacity remains at over 1.9 million vehicles across its factories in California, Shanghai, Berin and Texas. But more interestingly, the status of the Cybertruck in the […]

Tesla has announced earnings for Q3 2022 on Wednesday afternoon, reporting $21.4 billion in revenue, up 56% year-over-year, to go with net income of $3.3 billion (GAAP), with the latter up 103% year-over-year. The company says its free cash flow has exceeded $8.9 billion in the last 12 months and operating margin hit 17.2% in […]

Waymo is set to deploy its autonomous ride-hailing services in Los Angeles, California, joining Phoenix and San Francisco, said the company on Wednesday. The move is set to expand the autonomous driving service across a number of central LA districts, bringing the service into the city following its tests on surrounding highways. “When we think […]

Hyundai and the South Korean government are lobbying the White House to loosen electric vehicle (EV) tax credit restrictions on foreign automakers, as detailed in a report from Automotive News. The recently passed $7,500 tax credit rules within the Inflation Reduction Act require EV manufacturers to build their vehicles in the U.S. in order to […]

BMW is investing $1.7 billion into U.S. operations at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, according to a press release shared on Wednesday by the automaker. The funding will be used to retrofit the factory to produce electric vehicles (EVs), $700 million of which will be used to build a nearby battery plant in Woodruff, while […]

One of the European nations pioneering widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption is Norway, though new regulation changes heading into 2023 are set to cost zero-emission buyers more than in the past couple of years. Norway is proposing budget policies to reinstate a previously removed Vehicle-Added Tax (VAT) for new EV purchases, accounting for 25 percent […]

Tesla’s mobile app version 4.14.1 has been released, and suggests the company’s referral program may be coming back to life, according to the app code, says @TeslaAppUpdates. The account says that the strings make it look like users will be able to go to a digital shop to use referral credits on specific merch items […]

Tesla has started production on the 2023 Model Y, which began on October 16, according to the automated Twitter account @WaitingForTesla.com. This marks an earlier start compared to last year for the Model Y (and Model 3), when the transition from 2021 to 2022 vehicles started on November 2, 2021. The Twitter account uses a […]

SpaceX has launched Starlink Aviation, which is essentially the latter’s satellite internet service for airplanes. “High-speed, low-latency, in-flight internet with connectivity across the globe. Reserve now with deliveries starting in 2023,” says the SpaceX website. With Starlink Aviation, you’ll have access to streaming, video calls, gaming and more at any altitude, says SpaceX. “Starlink can […]

Tesla, SpaceX and The Boring Company CEO, Elon Musk, announced on Tuesday evening the latter has sold 28,700 bottles of its limited-edition ‘Burnt Hair’ perfume. “28,700 bottles of exquisite Burnt Hair perfume already sold!”, said Musk, adding, “Only 1,300 left of this unique, limited edition, collector’s item.” That makes for 30,000 total bottles of ‘Burnt […]