Tesla’s plans for a massive, 100,000 square foot sales, service, and delivery center in St. Petersburg, Florida, were recently approved by the Pinellas County Board of Adjustment and Appeals (BOAA) — reports St. Pete Rising. Reports of Tesla seeking more service centers in Florida, California, New York, and also in British Columbia’s capital city, Victoria, in […]
A Chevy Bolt retrofitted into an autonomous vehicle (AV) by General Motors Co. subsidiary Cruise was pulled over by the San Francisco Police last week, upon which the car bolted to a safe spot a few yards away (via Electrek). The SFPD reportedly pulled the driverless car over because its headlights weren’t on at night. […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.8.2.5 software update, as detected by third-party companion software, @Teslascope. A Model 3 Standard Range in England, United Kingdom, received the update. Two vehicles are downloading this update from the Teslascope fleet. Tesla released its 2022.8.2 software update back on March 15, which included improved estimated charging times and […]
Tesla owner and Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta tester, Omar Qazi–known as Whole Mars Catalog–has shared his latest video showcasing an extended road trip with the electric automaker’s beta software, yet again. This time, Qazi said FSD beta 10.11.2 using Tesla’s camera-based Autopilot known as Pure Vision, was able to drive from the bottom of Los Angeles […]
After a successful launch of the Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station last week, SpaceX has landed yet another contract for its reliable Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX has signed a contract with South Korea to launch five spy satellites by 2025 using its Falcon 9 booster, in order to monitor the military actions of […]
Vancouver, British Columbia led Canada’s electric vehicle (EV) registrations for much of last summer, and now the city’s planners are considering a yearly fee for gas stations and business owners to help push the rollout of EV charging stations. Vancouver city hall proposed a policy that could force gas stations and other parking lot owners […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the world this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing April 4, 2022 500 17th St, Miami Beach, FL, USA 10 72 kW Unavailable April 4, 2022 A1-M62 Ferrybridge, […]
Tesla recently dropped radar sensors in favor of camera-based sensors in its Model S and X units, officially marking the final move away from radar sensors. Pure Vision Autopilot, which is Tesla’s camera-only version of the driver assistance feature, has a current speed limit of 80 mph (128 kph) max. Telsa owner @BLKMDL3 asked Elon […]
After Tesla increased the price of multiple of its vehicles in China, the company has managed to pull off record deliveries in the last month of Q1, as shown by new sales data in the country. Tesla sold 65,814 Shanghai-built vehicles in March, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) and as […]
Chinese Tesla rival NIO is now facing a factory shutdown in China, causing delays to current orders that will be passed to consumers, as stated by the company in a notice to customers. NIO warned customers over the weekend about upcoming delivery delays due to the automaker pausing production amidst the ongoing COVID-19 surge, according […]
After acquiring a 9.1% stake in Twitter, and then being offered a seat on the company’s board, Elon Musk “has decided not to join our board”, explained Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Sunday evening. “Team, Elon Musk has decided not to join our board. Here’s what I can share about what happened,” wrote Agrawal on […]
While Tesla delivered its first Texas-made Model Y vehicles at its Cyber Rodeo event, the company was mum on details about who took the first deliveries. According to information received by Tesla North, one of the first Austin-made Model Y vehicles with the newest 4680 structural battery packs went to Tesla employee, Regan, a Process […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Elon Musk was featured at an event focusing on space exploration at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Saturday — reports Yahoo Finance. The news comes just a few months after China submitted a complaint to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs alleging that the country’s Tiangong Space Station […]
Popular children’s toys and entertainment company Mattel on Monday announced the release of its highly anticipated Matchbox Tesla Roadster, the toymaker’s first die-cast vehicle made from 99% recycled materials and certified CarbonNeutral. Mattel originally unveiled the die-cast Tesla Roadster back in April of last year. It is quite fitting to manufacture a toy modeled after the […]
Electric automaker NIO announced on Sunday that price increases are coming due to the “rise in global raw material prices”. The price changes to the company’s electric vehicles and other products are set to kick in on May 10, 2022. NIO says the starting price of its ES8, ES6 and EC6 vehicles will go up […]
