Tesla has remained in Ford’s crosshairs ever since electric vehicles (EVs) started gaining traction, and a recent move with the delivery of Ford’s first electric trucks seems to be trolling the all-electric automaker. Ford has been delivering units of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup with a Tesla charging adapter, which some speculate may be the […]
China’s electric automaker NIO has launched a home mobile charger that lets users discharge vehicles to offer power to other EVs or household appliances, according to a report from CnEVPost. The chargers let users connect vehicles to a 220V household outlet, gaining a max power of 2.85 kW, as shared earlier on Monday via the […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are gradually continuing to creep upward amidst the larger auto market, and May’s sales in the United Kingdom show an impressive growth of the sector, despite the market trending downward as a whole. The UK auto market had an electric market share of 18.3 percent in May including plugin hybrids, up from […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is still working through a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, though the company reportedly has not addressed the platform’s bot issue as of yet. Musk said Twitter was “resisting and thwarting” his attempts to gather information on the number of fake bot accounts on the social media platform, according to […]
When will Tesla release Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta in Europe? The move has taken a while because of stricter rules in the European Union when it comes to autonomous driving. According to an update from CEO Elon Musk on Saturday, when asked when FSD beta would arrive in Europe, he replied, “we are close to […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a slide deck from the company’s recent company all-hands meeting from last week. According to his Sunday morning tweet, Musk said the slide deck was from a talk he gave to employees. The slide deck reveals the following stats from SpaceX: Record breaking launch cadence: averaging 1 launch per week […]
In a recent YouTube video, DragTimes pit the Tesla Model X Plaid against the quickest Porsche in production at the moment, the Porsche 992 Turbo S, in a good old-fashioned drag race. But there’s catch: the Tesla raced the quarter mile while carrying six passengers, driver included. The Model X Plaid is supposed to be a […]
Tesla started expanding its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.12.2 yesterday, and veteran tester Chuck Cook wasted no time putting the new release through the wringer in his signature “unprotected left turns” and sharing the results in a new YouTube video. Cook’s ongoing testing of unprotected left turns on the FSD beta continues to improve for […]
Tesla recently pushed back delivery dates for new orders of the base Model Y, Model S, and Model X electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. by one month (via @SawyerMerritt). According to the company’s online configurator, the base Model Y Long Range now has an expected delivery window of March-June 2023 for new orders — […]
Tesla has started rolling out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.12.2 to more vehicles, specifically 100,000, according to CEO Elon Musk on Saturday. In a follow-up tweet to his note about improving Tesla Service, Musk said, “also, FSD Beta 10.12.2 now expanding to 100k cars.” Yes! — James Locke (@arctechinc) June 4, 2022 When it […]
According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Tesla is working on improving the company’s servicing for vehicles in North America, to ensure same-day service for 66% of cars. “Working on Tesla North American service. Goal is 2/3 of cars receive same-day service, no wait,” said Musk on Saturday. Working on Tesla North American service. Goal is 2/3 […]
The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads of British Columbia, Canada, has surged 1,600% in the past six years, the provincial government said on Wednesday. B.C. has gone from 5,000 light-duty EV registrations in 2016 to more than 85,000 today. Much of the credit goes to the province’s CleanBC Go Electric programs and rebates, which […]
Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, shared in a Friday tweet that Tesla’s Powerwalls are powering a hospital in Borodyanka, a small town in the Kyiv region, through blackouts. The area was heavily damaged by Russian bombings, and efforts to rebuild are ongoing. “Your tech solutions help [Ukraine],” Fedorov said […]
Tesla has started accepting photo submissions from winners of its referral program to send into space — four years after the program was introduced (via Reddit). The electric vehicle (EV) maker launched a referral program back in 2018. Under the program, existing Tesla customers could generate and share referral codes with prospective buyers. Those who […]
The Tesla Owners Silicon Valley has released the first part of its interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. “This is the first segment of a three-part series in which our club President John Stringer, Club Vice President Kelvin Gee, Tesla Owners Club My Tesla Adventure President Eli Burton, and Ryan Levenson from The […]
