Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a Saturday tweet that Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 10.13 could “maybe” start rolling out to the public by the end of next week. “Team is working hard on it,” Musk said in his response to a question about the update. Maybe end of this week. Team is working […]

Tesla’s newest Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, started delivering cars in April. The plant began production with the Tesla Model Y Standard Range with the company’s new 4680 cell-based structural battery pack. In a recent video, The Kilowatts compared a Giga Texas-made Model Y against a Model Y Long Range with 2170 battery cells from Tesla’s […]

A Tesla Model Y with the new “Deep Crimson Multicoat” was recently spotted outside Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg among a bunch of units that look like they’re waiting to be scrapped. Deep Crimson is one of the three new colorways that will come out of Giga Berlin’s paint shop. The test unit is visible at the 20-minutes-and-18-seconds […]

Lutz Meschke, Chief Financial Officer at Porsche, believes electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to be more profitable for the luxury automaker than gas-powered cars — reports Automotive News. Meschke said during Porsche’s capital markets day earlier this week that the company’s EV margins will reach the same level as those of its combustion engine-powered […]

Tesla started rolling out a new feature for its online vehicle configurator in April that allowed customers to add a home charging solution to their order at checkout. The feature is now available in Germany and other parts of Europe (via @giovadamiano). German Tesla customers can now add a Wall Connector to their electric vehicle […]

The Frontier School Division in northern Manitoba, Canada is planning to bring SpaceX’s Starlink internet to three-quarters of its 40 schools — reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Starlink is a high-speed broadband service that aims to deliver reliable internet anywhere in the world using a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. Frontier deployed its first Starlink […]

SpaceX will launch Starlink in Nigeria next month, according to CEO Elon Musk on Saturday. Responding to a question about when Starlink would launch in Nigeria, Musk said “service turns on next month, which is same time required to deliver a user terminal.” He then directed the user to the company’s website. According to Starlink’s […]

Last month Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company was working on North American service, with a goal to have two-thirds of cars get same-day service with “no wait.” On Saturday morning, Musk provided an update to say “excited to work with Tesla Service to enable same-hour service as often as possible! Applying Formula 1 […]

After scrubbing yesterday’s Starlink mission, SpaceX tried again on Friday morning from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, with success. SpaceX launched its 32nd mission in 2022, setting a new record for launches in one year. Last year, SpaceX launched 31 times and in 2022, they company surpassed […]

Rivian’s electric delivery vans for Amazon are rolling out across the U.S., according to a press release shared on Thursday. By the end of the year, the companies are looking to deploy the electric delivery vans in over 100 cities across the U.S., with a goal of reaching 100,000 cities in the country by 2030. […]

As it works to upgrade its Shanghai factory to increase production, Tesla has officially completed the first part of its production line upgrades, ending one line’s halt on building cars, says local Chinese media. Tesla has completed its upgrade of Model Y production lines at its Gigafactory Shanghai, as detailed in a report from CnEVPost. […]

Porsche CEO Oliver Blume is set to take over for Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess’s long-tenured position as Chairman of the Group Board of Management, as detailed in a press release on Friday. Blume will also remain Chairman of the Board of Management of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, while Volkswagen CFO Ano Antlitz is […]

In the past, Tesla has offered lifetime connectivity options for new buyers, though the automaker has officially ended the program that gave this upgrade to buyers. Tesla is no longer offering standard connectivity for life on new vehicle orders placed after July 20, 2022, as spotted by Teslarati. The statement comes from Tesla’s Connectivity section […]

Tesla now has an exclusive lane to cross the Mexico-U.S. border at the Colombia Solidarity checkpoint, made to help suppliers speed up deliveries, as reported by Bloomberg. The lane includes a green, highway-styled Tesla sign next to several other lanes at the checkpoint near Laredo, Texas. The Economy Minister for the state Nuevo Leon Ivan […]

With Tesla’s more-efficient 4680 battery cells beginning to make headlines in North American markets, onlookers in Europe are still awaiting theirs — though tests show that they may not have to wait too much longer. Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg produced its first Model Y SUV with the next-generation 4680 battery, according to a report from the […]