South Korean battery manufacturer Samsung SDI is looking to apply its electric vehicle (EV) battery production wisdom to smartphone batteries — reports The Elec. Samsung SDI supplies EV batteries to several automakers, including BMW and Stellantis. The battery maker even vied for contracts from Tesla last year when it produced samples of the EV maker’s new […]
Tesla’s Q1 2022 saw record delivery and production numbers, along with revenue and net income. The company also detailed how it is diversifying its battery chemistries for long-term growth. Back in October during its Q3 2021 earnings, Tesla said it was shifting its Model 3 and Model Y Standard Range cars to Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) […]
Tesla announced record Q1 2022 earnings on Wednesday, and the company also shared more about its factory operations in the U.S. and abroad. When it comes to Gigafactory Austin in Texas, Tesla confirmed the first Model Y cars made used its 4680 cells, single-piece front body castings and structural battery packs. Tesla said, “this is […]
Tesla has announced its Q1 2022 earnings on Wednesday afternoon, reporting numbers higher than Wall Street expectations. The automaker reported $3.22 earnings per share, while revenue was at $18.7 billion, up a staggering 81% year-over-year. “The first quarter of 2022 was another record quarter for Tesla by several measures such as revenues, vehicle deliveries, operating […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk may be polarizing to some, and now a new candidate for Senate in California is using his bid solely to take Musk and the company’s Full Self-Driving program down. California Senate candidate Dan O’Dowd launched a multimillion-dollar television ad campaign on Tuesday to push for a ban on Tesla’s self-driving vehicles […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to spread across the world, Volkswagen is beautifying one island with the addition of new EV deliveries. Volkswagen has delivered its first electric cars to private customers on the island of Astypalea, Greece, according to a press release from the automaker. Thanos Papagiannis received the first of the deliveries in […]
BMW will unveil the electric i7 xDrive60 in U.S. markets, with the launch expected to take place in Q4 of this year, according to a press release shared on Wednesday. The 2023 BMW i7 xDrive60 is estimated to have around 300 miles according to tests conducted by the automaker. It’s the electric version of its […]
After Lexus teased an RZ electric crossover with a yoke steering wheel in December, the luxury automaker officially unveiled the electric vehicle (EV) earlier this week. Lexus unveiled the 2023 RZ450e electric crossover SUV on Wednesday, based on its parent company Toyota’s bZ4X, according to a report from Car and Driver. This is the Japanese […]
As Tesla continues its expansion throughout the world with the opening of two new Gigafactories, the automaker is also bolstering its network of showrooms and service centers with a new pair of them set to arrive in Hungary. Tesla plans to open a showroom and service center in Budapest, Hungary soon, according to the Hungarian […]
Image via PepsiCo / Food Business News Your munchies may soon be delivered to your closest retailer using zero emissions. Frito-Lay has announced an electric fleet pilot set to service the Dallas Fort Worth, Texas area. The company will run the pilot more specifically in Carrollton, Texas and surrounding areas. The fleet will use Ford […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is looking to partner with co-investors in his $43 billion USD bid to buy social media platform Twitter — reports The New York Post. Earlier this month, Musk revealed he had bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter for $3.4 billion, becoming the company’s largest shareholder. Musk was originally going to […]
Image via u/naturebrah Back in January, it was discovered Tesla had fixed an issue with its blind spot cameras to reduce glare using a simple old-fashioned method: tape. When Tesla’s holiday software update was released in December, a new blind spot camera feature was introduced. The feature would show the side repeater cameras on your […]
YouTuber Ben Vallack recently traded their Fremont-built Tesla Model 3 for a Giga Shanghai-made 2022 Model Y in the U.K. and shared his first impressions of the electric crossover in a video. Having already owned a Tesla, Vallack noticed a number of differences and improvements Tesla has made to the 2022 Model Y. One of […]
The 2022.12.3 Tesla software update has started rolling out, as noted by third-party companion service @Teslascope. Tesla’s 2022.12.3 update was detected on a 2018 Model 3 Long Range in Idaho. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2022.12.3 on a Model 3 RWD LR (2018) in Idaho, United States. View the rollout of this update […]
Tesla entered the S&P 500 index in December 2020, and the automaker has also made some pretty big moves since, with some analysts expecting the company to overtake others on the index in a big way. A new report from Austin, Texas firm Worm Capital says Tesla is likely to dominate the rest of the […]
