A major lobbying group representing major automakers General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and others has said the newly passed U.S. Senate bill including tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) could jeopardize climate targets. The $430 billion bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Sunday could stop automakers from reaching EV adoption targets by 2030, one senior […]

Another Tesla deal has been announced for minerals necessary in the automaker’s electric vehicle (EVs) battery packs, this time coming from Indonesia. Tesla has signed a contract for a $5 billion nickel processing deal for multiple products in Indonesia, as detailed by a senior cabinet member from the country, reports Reuters. In an interview with […]

Tesla has launched a new “Ownership Loyalty Program” in China that offers existing customers a 50% discount on the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) upgrade, among other things (via Not a Tesla App). FSD is an optional add-on comprising a suite of advanced driver assistance features. It costs $12,000 USD in the U.S. and 64,000 Yuan […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in a Friday tweet challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a “public debate” about the platform’s claimed bot account percentage. The electric vehicle mogul invited Agrawal to “prove to the public that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users” as the company claims in its SEC filings. I […]

The Teesside Built-up Area (BUA) in the United Kingdom wants Tesla to build a new Gigafactory in the North East of England — reports Yahoo Finance. “In the UK, where we have an £82bn automobile industry which leads the world in production of high end vehicles, it would surely make sense for Tesla to develop […]

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the next version of Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, is set to come on August 20, 2022. That’s according to Musk’s early Sunday morning tweet. FSD beta 10.13 will be released as version 10.69, as stated by Musk at the company’s annual shareholder meeting held last week. The new FSD […]

Tesla owners can now beat the heat while charging their cars, at least at one German Supercharger. Earlier this week, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer installed a pool at a Supercharging location in Hilden, Germany. Tesla Welt Podcast on YouTube recently shared a detailed look at the pool, along with an interview with the charging […]

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has alleged that the marketing around Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD), is deceptive — reports CNBC. Autopilot is a suite of driver assistance technologies that come standard on all of Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs). FSD, meanwhile, is a set of advanced driver assistance features […]

Tesla may be lobbying the Canadian government to make Ontario the home of its next Gigafactory, according to recently filed lobbyist registry documents — reports Electric Autonomy Canada. The electric vehicle (EV) maker is seeking to convince Canada to adopt policy reforms that would make Ontario more hospitable to an “advanced manufacturing facility,” which is […]

While Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting was underway on Thursday, Elon Musk’s other company SpaceX was busy launching South Korea’s first mission to the moon. On Thursday, August 4 at 7:08 p.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) to a ballistic lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]

Tesla announced the date its 3-for-1 stock split will begin: Thursday, August 25, 2022. Company shareholders approved Tesla’s proposal for a 3-for-1 stock split at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, Tesla announced the following: Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) announced today that the Board of Directors has approved and declared a […]

A new series of attacks on Tesla owners has been gaining steam in Iowa, with other drivers showing outright animosity toward owners of the electric vehicles (EVs). Tesla owners in Iowa are being aggressively targeted by other drivers, often being yelled at, cut off in traffic or blocked from using Superchargers, according to Axios. One […]

Toyota is offering a new buyback program and make-good repairs to owners of the bZ4X after a recent recall. Customers of the Toyota bZ4X are now eligible to have recalled models repaired by Toyota, or to have the automaker buy the electric vehicle (EV) back entirely, according to Automotive News. The news comes after the […]

Image via @WholeMarsBlog Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a few brief notes about the upcoming Cybertruck, including the fact that it won’t be the same price as when it was first announced back in 2019. The Cybertruck will be more expensive than when its pricing was originally launched in 2019, according to statements from Elon […]

As Rivian’s R1S and R1T units were delivered to their first customers over the past several months, the automaker has used over-the-air (OTA) updates like Tesla to improve its electric vehicles (EVs) continually. Rivian has begun rolling out its software update version 2022.27.02 on Thursday, as detailed on the automaker’s website. The Rivian software update […]