Tesla’s insurance policies in California are getting Safety Scores, though the company says they are “for educational purposes” and won’t affect insurance premiums, according to a screenshot from a user shared on Thursday (via Reddit). The page calls the feature a beta for California users, and it also says that users can opt out of […]
Sweden is adopting electric vehicles (EVs) at fairly high rates and recently surpassed some important milestones with Tesla at the forefront of the shift. Sweden’s first and second best-selling EVs in March were the Tesla Model Y and 3 with 1,363 and 990 units sold, respectively, according to data compiled from BIL Sweden by CleanTechnica. […]
Vehicle subscription service, Kyte, announced on Thursday it is electrifying its fleet with Tesla Model 3 subscriptions. Starting first in San Francisco and New York City on April 15, customers will be able to drive a Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD on a subscription, and even have the car delivered to their door. Other […]
NIO could be facing the most important product cycle in history, as detailed by Deutsche Bank’s Edison Yu, according to CNEVPost. The narrative is shifting from supply constraints to a product supercycle, despite stagnation seen in the last few quarters. In a statement, the Deutsche Bank team wrote, “Following 4Q earnings last week and an […]
Tesla unveiled the Model 3 on March 31, 2016, as the company’s most pocket-friendly offering. Today, the all-electric premium sedan celebrates its sixth birthday. Watch Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 2016 unveiling of the Model 3 in the video below: The Model 3 was the culmination of Tesla’s efforts to deliver an electric vehicle (EV) for […]
Image credit: @MKBHD In a new video from MKBHD shared on Wednesday, Marques Brownlee discusses issues with the current electric vehicle (EV) market’s pre-ordering systems and also expectations. The news comes amidst incredibly high demand for EVs, causing customers to have to wait for many months at a time after pre-ordering their vehicles. Brownlee explains […]
Volkswagen’s upcoming Trinity plant is hoping to catch up with Tesla, as the established automaker looks to mimic Elon Musk’s company, according to Reuters. The German automaker’s $2.2 billion ‘Trinity’ electric vehicle plant, expected to be up and running by 2026, will use huge Giga casting machines like Tesla, among other productivity-boosting plans. While Tesla’s […]
Tesla has paused solar roof installation projects due to issues with the supply chain, leaving some customers without a roof for months, according to internal documents from Tesla’s solar scheduling team, seen by electrek. Although Tesla’s solar business grew last year, wide-reaching supply chain constraints are affecting nearly every industry. While Tesla managed the semiconductor […]
SpaceX’s Starlink internet is continuing to grow in popularity as it reaches markets across the world, though a new update to the company’s website shows a map of where customers are waitlisted and where the service is available. With so many users asking when they can get Starlink, SpaceX has added waitlist location markers to […]
Following Tesla’s announcement of plans to halt production at its Shanghai manufacturing facility, the automaker will apparently remain locked down as the city experiences a swell of COVID-19 cases. Tesla is canceling its plans to resume production at Gigafactory Shanghai on Friday or Saturday, according to an internal notice as reported by Reuters. The factory […]
According to UK Minister for the Future of Transport and Decarbonisation, Trudy Harrison, Tesla is apparently ready to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla vehicles, “within weeks.” That’s according to an interview Harrison gave to the founder of Electrifying.com, Ginny Buckley, last week. “So we’re working with some of the large car and charge point […]
Tesla on Wednesday shared a new one-minute video showcasing its recent Giga Berlin Delivery Day, which took place at its new Gigafactory in Germany. The video shared from the Tesla Motors Instagram account provides an overview of the Model Y delivery event, with a mini drone able to fly throughout the factory and even capture […]
As Apple quietly tests its autonomous driving software for an upcoming car, the company has apparently added some drivers to its tests in recent months. Apple has added 10 drivers to its autonomous vehicle testing program, according to a report compiled by MacReports with data from California DMV records shared on March 25. The fleet […]
Just weeks after U.S. Senators requested invoking Cold War powers to boost domestic production amidst mineral supply issues, it seems that Washington will answer. U.S. President Joe Biden may invoke the 1950 Defense Production act to bolster the production of minerals needed for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, according to Automotive News. The act would let […]
An Australian company has chosen Tesla for its energy storage needs, offering $150 million AUD ($113 million USD) to the U.S. company as detailed by the Queensland state government on Wednesday. Queensland-run utility company CS Energy plans to build a Tesla Megapack energy storage system near its Kogan Creek coal power station, according to Reuters. […]
