One electric vehicle (EV) that has yet to hit the Chinese market is the Tesla Model S Plaid, as the latter is currently only being made at the automaker’s Fremont plant in California, along with the Model X. A Tesla Model S Plaid was spotted in China on Monday, as caught in photos and videos […]

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Marvin Hayes on Saturday wrapped filming on a documentary centered around the electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is taking the automotive industry by storm. Hayes and Patrick Pinsonneault, a realtor from Chatham, Ontario, who goes by the moniker “Mr. Tesla Canada” online, organized a get-together for EV owners on Saturday morning on […]

In this week’s edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple’s autonomous electric car project has lost yet another key manager — this time to electric truck startup Rivian. Jonathan Sive, who was working on vehicle design and hardware engineering for Apple, has now parted ways with the company. Sive was a “fairly […]

Tesla sold an all-time high of 83,135 China-made electric vehicles (EVs) in September, beating its previous record of 78,906 units from earlier this year in June — reports CnEVPost. The numbers come from data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Sunday. September sales of Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai-made vehicles represent a year-over-year increase of […]

Yesterday evening at 7:05 p.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the Intelsat G-33/G-34 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was SpaceX’s third launch of the week. This was the first time a commercial payload was sent up on a Falcon […]

If there wasn’t already enough evidence that a Tesla is essentially an iPhone on four wheels, you can now check out the battery health on any of the company’s cars — or at least Tesla service personnel can. Tesla has updated the “Service Mode” for its electric vehicles (EVs) in software version 2022.36.2. to now […]

Tesla last week started rolling out its 2022.20.18 software update, which delivered Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 10.69.2.3 to testers. The FSD update continued to make its way to more beta testers throughout this week. We’ve already seen some initial impressions of and first drives on FSD beta 10.69.2.3, but we now also have comprehensive […]

NIO on Friday held a launch event under the theme “A New Horizon” in Berlin to detail its expansion into European markets. The event kicked off with William Li, NIO’s founder, chairman, and CEO, taking the stage. Li announced that the Chinese automaker now has more than 250,384 customers across the globe. NIO delivered a […]

Back in August, Tesla halted Model 3 Long Range AWD orders, citing the waitlist was too long, according to CEO Elon Musk. But as of Friday evening, it appears Tesla has resumed Model 3 Long Range sales again on its website, but on its existing and new inventory page, as spotted by @BLKMDL3. You can […]

Rivian announced on Friday evening it is voluntarily recalling nearly every vehicle it has delivered so far, over a potential loose fastener. The voluntary recall is expected to be published by the National Transportation and Safety Administration on Saturday. Affected Rivian customers received an email on Friday evening. Rivian says as of September 28, 2022, […]

Tesla is preparing for the Cybertruck to come to fruition and the machine that’s set to make it has officially been completed, according to a new video. Italian casting machine manufacturer IDRA has completed the Giga Press for the Tesla Cybertruck, as shown in a promo video by the company shared on Friday. The video […]

Military users of SpaceX’s Starlink in key areas of the conflict in Ukraine are reporting debilitating outages, according to one report. Ukrainian forces are reporting Starlink outages amidst efforts to defend newly liberated regions of the country, said the Financial Times on Friday. The disruption to service led to a “catastrophic” loss of communication, according to […]

The Tesla Semi has been the subject of much anticipation since its announcement years ago (November 2017), and with production and deliveries set to start according to Elon Musk yesterday, the company’s first customer has commented on the matter. PepsiCo has confirmed the delivery of the first Tesla Semi units are set to arrive on […]

As SpaceX prepares to begin ramping up its Starlink launches next year, a new video has come to light showing the onboard cameras on these satellites. SpaceX CEO @Elon Musk shared a video and photo showing the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket deorbiting back to Earth and preparing to burn up in the […]

In a recent interview with Financial Times Editor Roula Khalaf, Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about his use of Twitter and why free speech plays an important role in it. While showing Khalaf around Gigafactory Texas, Musk described his use of the social media platform as “vaguely therapeutic,” with a  lighthearted aura surrounding the topic. […]