DISH Network has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. to prevent the company from deploying its second-generation Starlink satellites (via PCMag). In early December, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave SpaceX conditional approval to launch 7,500 Starlink Gen2 satellites (a fraction of the company’s original ask […]

Tesla has returned to the Pwn2Own hacking contest and is offering a $600,000 USD cash reward to anyone who can write an exploit capable of bypassing multiple systems in its electric vehicles (EVs) and achieving an arbitrary code execution — reports SecurityWeek. In addition to the cash prize, any hacker who succeeds will also get […]

Tesla on Friday explained that its recent price cuts, which drove down the stickers on its electric vehicles (EVs) by up to a whopping $21,000 USD in the U.S., were made possible by the “normalization of cost inflation” — reports Reuters. According to the company, the price drops are making its top-selling EVs more accessible […]

Back in December, Tesla updated its mobile app for iOS and Android to show annual charge stats and gas savings. The new app feature now shows charging stats based on Month and Year. The yearly stats show estimated values for gas savings, plus the ability to see charge history for specific months. Tesla also added […]

Image via Reddit (credit: unknown) Tesla made drastic price cuts across its entire vehicle line up on Thursday evening, and now the company is informing those with existing Order Agreements their cars will be updated with the latest pricing, informing customers in the U.S., Canada and Europe where these price drops took place. According to […]

Production equipment for the Tesla Cybertruck is being assembled, ahead of the automaker’s plans to make the electric truck later this year. Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory appears to be assembling many of the IDRA Cybertruck Giga Press parts it has received in recent weeks, as seen in recent shots shared on Friday by @Joe Tegtmeyer. The […]

Tesla is leasing a 1.04 million-square-foot warehouse in Brookshire, Texas, according to statements from a City Council member and a certificate of occupancy issued in October (via Houston Business Journal). Brookshire City Council member and President of the economic development board Jeremiah Hill said Tesla is currently preparing permits for Building 9 of the city’s […]

A new study suggests that Tesla’s vehicles are cheaper to maintain over time than other luxury brands, with the Model S landing the top spot overall. Tesla is the cheapest luxury car brand to maintain, costing an average of 7.09 percent of their original value over a decade’s worth of maintenance, according to a new […]

Tesla’s newest Superchargers are always rolling out, and a public permit now shows that another one of the charging stations is headed for Hawaii. A new Tesla Supercharger station is set to be built in Kahului, Hawaii, located on the island of Maui, according to filings with local authorities (via @MarcoRPTesla). The filings indicate that […]

Security concerns are preventing Tesla’s factory in China from expanding for the time being, as government officials share security concerns over Starlink, a satellite internet service created by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Tesla’s plans to expand its Gigafactory Shanghai have been delayed due to security concerns related to Starlink, according to sources familiar with the subject […]

After dropping prices in China, South Korea, Japan and Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, Tesla has now significantly reduced prices in the U.S. and Canada. Tesla’s website has been updated to note, “Until March 2023, certain new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles qualify for a $7,500 federal tax credit for eligible buyers.” Price drops are […]

Cropped image via @JustStarman Tesla announced on Thursday it continues to expand free Starlink-powered Wi-Fi at its Supercharging stations. “Wifi coming to a Supercharger near you,” said the official @TeslaCharging account on Thursday afternoon, retweeting Joseph S. and his images of a the newest SpaceX Starlink dish posted at a nearby Supercharger in Hawthorne, California. […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) are continually becoming more popular, and despite concerns over a recession, one automaker actually managed to outproduce its own revised forecast. Luxury EV startup Lucid Motors produced 7,180 vehicles in 2022, with 3,493 in the fourth quarter of the year alone, according to a press release shared on Thursday. The full-year figure […]

Starlink satellite users were previously able to transfer service to new locations, and currently, SpaceX has taken the option down temporarily,  while it develops an updated process for sending your service to another location. SpaceX is developing a self-service process for all transfer requests, temporarily suspending transfer requests until the process is set up, according […]

As Tesla prepares to begin producing the Cybertruck later this year, the automaker is continuing to receive huge packages for assembling the electric truck. Additional hardware parts from Italian casting machine manufacturer IDRA arrived at Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas earlier this week, as shared by drone videographer @Joe Tegtmeyer on Wednesday. Tegtmeyer notes that parts for […]