Earlier this month, Tesla’s 2022.20 software update introduced a new feature for basic Autopilot, the version of the driver assist software that comes standard with all vehicles. The feature known as Green Traffic Light Chime was previously only available for customers that purchased Full Self-Driving or Enhanced Autopilot, but now it’s widely available for everyone […]
Tesla’s Giga Press casting machines play a significant role in the automaker’s production of its vehicles, and a recent post shared by the company’s chief points out a few notes about how useful the machines are. On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk retweeted a video from Tesla of the automaker’s IDRA Giga casting machine, adding […]
Hardware for SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service Starlink received a price cut in one European country this week. SpaceX has lowered the price of Starlink hardware to just 399 euros ($407 USD) in Germany, as noted by new customer @stadlix_ on Sunday. Starlink now 399€ in Germany! Ordered mine right away. @tesla_adri @elonmusk @SpaceX […]
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed its upcoming Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.13 would begin improving unprotected left turns “Chuck Cook” style, it was reported the company had sent down its own team to the site in Florida to test the complex intersection itself. For those unaware, Chuck Cook is a FSD beta tester in […]
Former Tesla executive JB Straubel’s battery recycling company Redwood Materials is looking to build a battery materials plant for electric vehicles (EVs). Redwood Materials said on Monday that it’s looking to spend $3.5 billion to develop a battery-materials factory in Nevada, as detailed in a report from Reuters shared on Monday. The news comes as […]
Following statements from the White House saying that Tesla will open Superchargers to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. by the end of the year, new updates show that the automaker is also looking to access public funding to help the cause. Tesla is bidding for billions of dollars in federal and state funding […]
U.S. automaker Tesla is facing yet another subpoena from one of the country’s major financial regulators, as shown in a filing shared by the company on Monday. Tesla revealed details about a new subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a regulatory filing on Monday, along with information about the automaker’s Bitcoin sales […]
After Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai upgraded its production line for Model Y units and is expecting to produce around one-third more cars than it could before, one source said. Tesla’s Giga Shanghai has upgraded its Model Y production line to around 30 percent more daily production capacity, according to people familiar with the matter who reported […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a Saturday tweet that Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 10.13 could “maybe” start rolling out to the public by the end of next week. “Team is working hard on it,” Musk said in his response to a question about the update. Maybe end of this week. Team is working […]
Tesla’s newest Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, started delivering cars in April. The plant began production with the Tesla Model Y Standard Range with the company’s new 4680 cell-based structural battery pack. In a recent video, The Kilowatts compared a Giga Texas-made Model Y against a Model Y Long Range with 2170 battery cells from Tesla’s […]
A Tesla Model Y with the new “Deep Crimson Multicoat” was recently spotted outside Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg among a bunch of units that look like they’re waiting to be scrapped. Deep Crimson is one of the three new colorways that will come out of Giga Berlin’s paint shop. The test unit is visible at the 20-minutes-and-18-seconds […]
Lutz Meschke, Chief Financial Officer at Porsche, believes electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to be more profitable for the luxury automaker than gas-powered cars — reports Automotive News. Meschke said during Porsche’s capital markets day earlier this week that the company’s EV margins will reach the same level as those of its combustion engine-powered […]
Tesla started rolling out a new feature for its online vehicle configurator in April that allowed customers to add a home charging solution to their order at checkout. The feature is now available in Germany and other parts of Europe (via @giovadamiano). German Tesla customers can now add a Wall Connector to their electric vehicle […]
The Frontier School Division in northern Manitoba, Canada is planning to bring SpaceX’s Starlink internet to three-quarters of its 40 schools — reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Starlink is a high-speed broadband service that aims to deliver reliable internet anywhere in the world using a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. Frontier deployed its first Starlink […]
SpaceX will launch Starlink in Nigeria next month, according to CEO Elon Musk on Saturday. Responding to a question about when Starlink would launch in Nigeria, Musk said “service turns on next month, which is same time required to deliver a user terminal.” He then directed the user to the company’s website. According to Starlink’s […]
