A new electric vehicle (EV) is heading to Chinese markets from Volkswagen’s fold, set to be premiered to the world next week. Volkswagen plans to unveil the world’s first electric limousine, the ID AERO, on June 27, as detailed in a press release shared by the automaker on Wednesday. The Volkswagen ID AERO will be […]

Image credit: @Gf4Tesla Onlookers were quick to notice Tesla’s graffiti art at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg upon the facility’s opening, and now a new piece has been spotted showing off the automaker’s upcoming Optimus robot. Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin has an Optimus Tesla Bot painted in graffiti art on a wall, as shared by @Gf4Tesla. #GigaBerlinBrandenburg" Our technology […]

A former elevator operator at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory has denied a judge’s settlement of $15 million following a racial discrimination and harassment case in 2017, according to Reuters. Owen Diaz, a former contract worker at Tesla who is Black, was awarded a $137 million settlement by a jury last year, following the judge’s ruling […]

Tesla’s Model Y production line in Shanghai is getting a capacity upgrade, though it will cause the factory to pause most production for it to be possible. Tesla is halting production and renovation plans from July 1 to July 4 to expand the Model Y production line to a daily capacity of around 2,000 units, […]

According to The Intercept, the office of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) at the Pentagon exploring SpaceX’s Starship as means to quickly deploy military reaction teams anywhere in the world. The intel comes from documents the publication obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. USTRANSCOM partnered with SpaceX in 2020 to assess Starship’s viability for logistics. […]

SpaceX wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday, warning Starlink internet would become unusable for most Americans if Dish Network’s 5G proposal goes through. According to Space News, Colorado-based Dish Network is seeking permission to operate 5G service using the 12 GHz band, part of the Ku-band spectrum used by satellite companies to […]

The annual Cars.com American-Made Index for 2022 tracks the ‘most American-made’ cars, ranking 95 cars through five criteria related to assembly location, parts content, engine origins, transmission origins and U.S. manufacturing workforce. For 2022, Tesla’s Model Y takes the crown as the number one most-American made vehicle, only surpassing its sibling, the Model 3. Tesla’s […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.16.2 software update, as detected by third-party companion software @Teslascope. The update was seen on a 2022 Model S Long Range in the Teslascope fleet, located in Illinois, USA. This vehicle was previously on 2022.11.102. Similar third-party software @TeslaFi saw the 2022.16.2 update hit a Model Y Long Range […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining traction, with many major automakers announcing huge investments to outfit production facilities for electrification. BMW announced plans to invest one billion euros ($1.05 billion USD) by 2030 into its Steyr, Austria car assembly plant, for the development and production of next-generation EV powertrains, according to a statement from the automaker […]

A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger is set to go through with Polestar this week, putting the Swedish automaker (owned by Volvo and Chinese parent Geely) on the Nasdaq as soon as Friday. Polestar and Gores Guggenheim are expecting to raise $850 million through the SPACE merger, according to statements from the companies on […]

Last week, Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since the initial $44 billion offer, and now the company’s board of directors has officially endorsed the takeover. The Twitter board of directors unanimously urged the company’s investors to approve Musk’s takeover of the social media site on Tuesday, according to an SEC filing, […]

  Tesla inked a deal with Australia’s Core Lithium in March, and the company is now officially getting ready to send its first mineral shipment out to the electric automaker. Future Tesla supplier Core Lithium Ltd. is expecting its Finniss, Australia project to have the first shipment of minerals out by the end of this […]

Tesla’s Director of Autopilot Software, Ashok Elluswamy, shared on Tuesday the company’s Autopilot team is at the IEEE / CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) this year in New Orleans. “The Tesla Autopilot team is at CVPR this year! If you are in New Orleans, do stop by the booth, talk to the […]

While SpaceX head Elon Musk was lauded throughout much of the Western world for his move to send Starlink internet and hardware to Ukraine, but China saw it a little bit differently. Musk’s move to supply Ukraine with Starlink satellite kits has caused increasing pressure from Beijing’s national security and data hawks, according to the […]

After a pair of former Tesla Nevada employees sued the automaker over job cuts, CEO Elon Musk says the layoffs will actually affect a smaller amount of employees than many expect. Musk said that the job cuts at Tesla will affect only 3.5 percent of Tesla’s total workforce, saying that the actual amount is “not […]