Rivian has hired Diane Lye for the role of chief information officer, a new position that the automaker plans to use to accelerate global expansion, as reported by TechCrunch. Lye previously worked a nine-year stint at Amazon on Web Services before working at Citi’s capital markets division and working in the capital markets division at […]

Tesla is looking to expand Gigafactory Nevada after years of announcing plans to do so, according to sources familiar with the matter reporting to electrek. Past statements by Tesla held that the Giga Nevada location would be able to produce around 105 GWh of battery cells per year and 150 GWh of battery packs per […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.20.18 software update, which contains Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69.2.3, as noted by @Teslascope. According to a screenshot from Cameron (@twn675), FSD beta 10.69.2.3 release notes are the same as its predecessor, 10.69.2.2. This release appears to have undocumented changes and improvements. @teslascope it’s 10.69.2.3 pic.twitter.com/HxOAYAdk5y — Cameron (@twn675) […]

SpaceX on Thursday announced that the company’s satellite broadband service, Starlink, is now available in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Starlink est désormais disponible en Martinique et en Guadeloupe → https://t.co/slZbTmHdml — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 30, 2022 Starlink is a high-speed internet service powered by a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. SpaceX has designed Starlink […]

SpaceX has repositioned Starlink satellites and donated Starlink terminals to Florida in order to aid rescue and relief efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Ian — reports West Palm Beach News and Headlines. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a news conference held in Wauchula on Saturday that he contacted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for […]

Over the weekend, Tesla owner and YouTuber Jeremy Judkins evacuated from their Hurricane-Ian-affected North Port, Florida, residence in their Model X Plaid. North Port experienced significant flooding after the storm, and more was expected. Instead of waiting around, Jeremy chose to leave to a safer location in their Model X Plaid. He was able to […]

Tesla has announced its production and delivery numbers for Q3 2022. The company said it produced over 365,000 cars and delivered a record 343,830 vehicles in the third quarter. “Historically, our delivery volumes have skewed towards the end of each quarter due to regional batch building of cars. As our production volumes continue to grow, […]

Tesla has increased delivery wait times for all models except the entry-level Model Y in China to 4-8 weeks — reports CnEVPost. The move is in stark contrast with delivery timeline changes made by Tesla in recent weeks, which cut wait times down significantly. For some models, Tesla managed to bring delivery times down to […]

Tesla announced on Saturday it has achieved a new milestone, building 2,000 Model Y compact crossover SUVs in one week at its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. 2k Model Y built at Giga Berlin this week 🤘 pic.twitter.com/4u4I517wdV — Tesla (@Tesla) October 1, 2022 The milestone comes after Tesla announced it had produced 1,000 Model Y […]

If you’re planning to finance your next Tesla purchase in the United States, rates have increased to kick off the fourth quarter. As noted by Waiting4Tesla.com (@w4tsla), financing rates for Model S/X and Model 3/Y on the Tesla website in the U.S. have increased 0.25%, now showing as 4.74% (previously 4.49%). Tesla partners with major […]

NIO on Saturday announced third-quarter deliveries of 31,607 electric vehicles (EVs), marking a 29.3% increase year-over-year and a new quarterly record for the Chinese automaker. The company delivered 10,878 vehicles in September alone. NIO’s September deliveries consisted of 7,729 premium smart electric SUVs — which included 1,895 ES7s — and 3,149 premium smart electric sedans […]

Tesla on Friday held its annual AI Day event to showcase the company’s latest leaps in Artificial Intelligence, automation, and computation. The event kicked off with Tesla showing off the first working prototype of ‘Optimus,’ the long-awaited Tesla Bot. Despite merely being a prototype, Optimus was able to walk out on stage, wave to the […]

Tesla kicked off its 2022 AI Day by showing off a demo of its Optimus robot. The Optimus bot was able to walk out on stage on its own, wave to the crowd and even ‘raise the roof’ to music. Optimus was shown lifting boxes, working in a factory doing some light work and even […]

Tesla’s big AI Day 2022 is here and it is slated to start at 6:15pm PDT/9:15pm EDT from Palo Alto, California. The event is to recruit engineers to “build the future of AI”. According to the AI Day invite, attendees will “learn about Tesla’s latest developments in artificial intelligence, including Full Self-Driving, Tesla Bot, Dojo […]

A set of photos shared this week show that Tesla’s Powerwall and Solar Roof are super durable and will continue working after exposure to storms, as noted by one roofing company. @Tesla retweeted photos of a Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall that withstood winds and rain from Hurricane Ian on Thursday. The photos, originally shared […]