SpaceX has shared speeds for its “Best Effort” Starlink service plans, dedicated to pre-order customers stuck in the company’s long backlog. SpaceX has added new details to its specs page, showing that Starlink customers on the Best Effort tier can expect download speeds ranging from 5 to 100 Mbps, while uploads range from 1 to […]

  Tesla’s vehicles often struggle with something called “phantom braking” while the Autopilot advanced driving assistance is triggered, causing the vehicle to brake suddenly at high speeds without the driver triggering the brake pedal and without nearby vehicles. Sometimes this is caused when driving under an overpass or some sort of shadow is picked up […]

As Tesla rolls its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69.1 updates to customers, a few customers are confirmed to have received the new update. Tesla’s FSD beta 10.69.1 is rolling out to customers, with at least two confirmed updates heading to Texas residents with Model Y Standard Range units (via @Teslascope). The FSD beta update arrived […]

Tesla updated their mobile app today, with the iOS app version history saying you can now “View last measured tire pressures in Controls.” Of course, the caveat is you need 2022.24 or newer to view the last measured tire pressures, as that was found in the latter update (specifically 2022.24.5). Tesla says you can also […]

On Monday, the National Labor Relation Board announced a ruling that stops Tesla from banning its workers from wearing pro-union clothing. Tesla’s policy for employees was to wear plain black t-shirts, or one showing the company’s logo, and therefore banning any other clothing items that would sport a logo, including those that favored unions. “Today’s […]

Louisiana does not allow automakers to sell their electric vehicles directly to consumers, and now Tesla is fighting the state in court to challenge the law. According to the Wall Street Journal, Tesla filed a lawsuit last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Elon Musk’s company is arguing the […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg could be the key to the automaker’s success in the European market, and one analyst is noting that the facility positions Tesla well against its rivals. Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner said Tesla’s European production “could be a game-changer” for the automaker, as discussed in a news segment from Yahoo Finance shared […]

With Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69.1 update set to roll out on Monday, the automaker’s head has clarified that it will start with a smaller group of testers before rolling out to more. @Elon Musk tweeted on Monday that Tesla’s FSD beta 10.69.1 will roll out to just 1,000 owners first, then to 10,000 […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas is working on a special solar roof, and earlier this year the solar panels were confirmed to be spelling out the automaker’s name. A recent Jeff Roberts drone video shows that Tesla’s Giga Texas has nearly finished the outline of the letters on its solar roof, which spells out “Tesla.” (via @JeffRoberts). […]

Honda announced plans to partner with LG Energy Solution on a joint venture company to produce EV batteries in the U.S., as detailed in a press release on Monday. The batteries are expected to help the automaker provide EV batteries for electric Honda and Acura models in North America. The two companies are set to […]

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) could be slated for a wider release in the U.S. this year, and it may even hit Europe, according to CEO Elon Musk. Musk spoke at a renewable energy conference in Norway on Monday, saying that Tesla’s wider release of FSD in the U.S. and “maybe Europe” are goals he hopes […]

Even though Tesla doesn’t have a public relations department, the automaker’s website always looks clean and well-designed with the most up-to-date shots of its electric vehicles (EVs). In a recent site update, Tesla has added new press photos of the Semi to its website, which can be seen on the company’s dedicated page for the […]

Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing August 22, 2022 Bo’ai St, Zhunan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan 4 250 kW Tesla August 23, 2022 The Independent Grocer […]

Ford has partnered with North Carolina’s Duke Energy to establish a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) energy-sharing program that will give participating F-150 Lightning owners a discount on their lease payments (via Canary Media). “Duke Energy and Ford share many mutual customers, so there’s opportunity for overlap when it comes to maximizing the value of new technology that […]

A virtual power plant (VPP) project consisting exclusively of Tesla Powerwalls on the island of Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, has now become the largest of its kind in the country. The Miyakojima VPP project began in 2021 and today comprises more than 300 Powerwalls, Tesla said in a Japanese blog post. It is the […]