Elon Musk Pens Essay on Sustainability for ‘China Cyberspace’ Magazine
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared an article in China Cyberspace, a monthly magazine run by the agency in charge of internet control and regulation, the Cyberspace Administration of China. The essay, written in Chinese, was translated by Yang Liu on the Beijing Channel substack. In the text, as translated initially to Chinese, Musk wrote, “Thank […]
Tesla Opens Store, Service and Delivery Center in Tainan City, Taiwan
Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasing in popularity throughout the world, and as Tesla leads the industry’s growth, the automaker is also growing its network of stores and service centers in places like Taiwan. Tesla opened a new store, service and delivery center in Tainan Anping in Taiwan on August 1, according to a post shared […]
Panasonic to Boost Tesla Battery Production by 10%, Sends Extra Staff to U.S.
Tesla supplier Panasonic is looking to increase battery production for the automaker, amidst high demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and high growth within the industry. Panasonic is increasing battery production for Tesla by 10 percent by 2024, according to a report from Nikkei Asia. The company is looking to meet heightened battery demand by sending […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: August 8–14, 2022
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 8, 2022 Route de Sefrou, Fes, Morocco 4 150 kW Unavailable August 9, 2022 The Meijer at 1301 8 […]
Tesla Dominating U.S. Luxury Car Registrations in First Half of 2022, Surging 61% YoY
Tesla’s registrations jumped 61 percent in the first half of this year compared to last, beating out BMW and other gas automakers for the number one spot in luxury sales. The news, as detailed in a report from Automotive News on Sunday, also showed rising competition in the electric vehicle (EV) space from legacy automakers, […]
Tesla Supercharger Opens in Vicksburg, Mississippi
According to Canadian Supercharger aficionado Marco (@MarcoRPTesla), the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, just had a Tesla Supercharger go live earlier this week. The new Supercharger is located at the Ameristar Casino & Hotel at 4116 Washington Street, Vicksburg. It comprises a total of 12 V3 Supercharging stalls, each capable of delivering up to 250 kW […]
Tesla Wins German Lawsuit Over Misleading Marketing for Autopilot and FSD
Tesla has emerged victorious in a lawsuit brought by Germany’s antitrust regulator alleging that the marketing around the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD), is misleading — reports Teslamag. This is far from Tesla’s first brush with concerns regarding how it advertises Autopilot and FSD. The result […]
Tesla Hits Milestone: 1,000,000 Cars Made at Giga Shanghai
Tesla hit a milestone recently at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. According to CEO Elon Musk on Sunday, Giga Shanghai has already made one million cars. “Congrats Giga Shanghai on making millionth car! Total Teslas made now over 3 [million],” said Musk. An attached photo showed Tesla China employees making a “T” gesture with their […]
Tesla Partners with CenterPoint Energy and More to Develop Virtual Power Plants in Texas
Tesla has joined a task force chaired by CenterPoint Energy that aims to launch an Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources (AEDR) pilot project in the state of Texas (via @SawyerMerritt). Among other things, the program seeks to create a model for virtual power plants (VPPs) to export energy to Texas’ energy grid. A VPP is a […]
U.S. House Passes Climate Bill Containing $7,500 EV Tax Credits
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest climate bill ever passed in the country. It includes $369 billion USD in climate-related funding, part of which will cover tax credits of up to $7,500 USD for new and used electric vehicle (EV) purchases. The IRA cleared the U.S. […]
Tesla Now Has the 7th-Largest GPU Supercomputer in the World
According to Tesla’s AI and Autopilot lead, Tim Zaman (@tim_zaman), the company now operates the seventh-largest graphics supercomputer in the world by GPU count. Zaman said in a Friday tweet that Tesla recently upgraded its GPU supercomputer. It now comprises a whopping 7,360 of Nvidia’s A100 Tensor Core GPUs. Tesla is sponsoring the @MLSysConf, come […]
Fremont Tesla Model Y Gets New Door Panels, Matrix Headlights on Long Range
Model Y units manufactured at Tesla’s Fremont Factory in the U.S. now come with an updated interior trim (via Reddit). The new interior on Fremont-made Model Ys replaces white faux leather with alcantara, a suede-like material, adds carpeting to the door bins, and features new wood panels along the front driver and passenger doors, matching […]
2022 Tesla Owners California Takeover: Check Out These Modified Teslas [VIDEOS]
The Tesla Owners California Takeover took place on August 6, 2022, at the fields at Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California. This is by far the largest Tesla event in the United States and possibly worldwide. The event had 50 exhibitor booths, an area for kids, plus talks from Tesla influencers. The event organizers […]
SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites into Orbit [VIDEO]
SpaceX launched yet another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Friday afternoon, like clockwork. On August 12 at 2:40 p.m. PT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Falcon 9 successfully landed on the drone […]
Tesla Exports from China Fill Up Shanghai Port with Nearly 9,000 Cars [VIDEO]
Drone pilot Wu Wa has shared another video of Tesla’s exports from China at Shanghai’s Nangang Terminal. The video shows a sea of Tesla vehicles adorning the site, with an unconfirmed number of over 8,800 according to Tesla enthusiast @SawyerMerritt’s count. This apparently marks a new record of cars seen at the terminal for export, […]