The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Sunday announced that a previously delayed hike in penalties for 2019 and later model year vehicles that do not meet fuel efficiency requirements will soon take effect — reports Reuters. The news comes a little over two months after the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied […]
A federal judge on Friday approved the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) plans to distribute $40 million USD from the regulator’s 2018 settlements with Tesla and company CEO Elon Musk to the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer’s investors — reports Reuters. The news comes after the SEC said earlier this month that it was going to […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared on Monday the company’s Falcon rocket team is “making excellent progress” in 2022, and is now aiming for 60 launches in 2022. Back in January, it was revealed SpaceX was planning on targeting 52 launches this year, which would be a launch cadence of one per week. Musk’s further details […]
Tesla Model Y units modded for off-road use have been seen a time or two before, but a new one built in China in recent months is taking the concept to the next level. Chinese car show YiChe developed an off-road Tesla Model Y, which even features a roll cage, according to a video shared […]
Tesla’s recent price hikes have caused the automaker to price out of California’s rebate program, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, according to Forbes. The program offers rebates of up to $2,000 for qualifying electric vehicle (EV) purchases, and it can be applied to models costing up to $45,000 or $60,000 if they’re crossover vehicles. Due […]
U.S. safety regulators have called for a series of recalls over Tesla in the past six months, with Tesla forced to comply with certain standards amidst the rollout of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta systems. Upon the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) early encounter with Musk in 2016, following a fatal tractor-trailer […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is thinking about creating a new social media platform, following tweets suggesting that Twitter doesn’t adhere to free speech, according to CNBC. @ElonMusk tweeted a poll saying “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy,” then asking, “Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?” The poll resulted in 70.4 […]
SpaceX will cease production of new Crew Dragon capsules, according to a company executive speaking with Reuters. While the company currently has four Crew Dragon capsules, SpaceX is also planning to succeed the spacecraft with Starship, a rocket made for eventual trips to the moon and Mars. The company will cap its Crew Dragon fleet […]
As Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) increase in popularity, it’s getting tougher for some owners to land a spot at Superchargers, which has caused the automaker to limit charging for some drivers, by default. Owners in Australia were given a notification in their cars saying they were at a “High-usage Supercharger station,” with the message noting […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live 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 March 21, 2022 Carl-Zuckmayer-Straße 4, Salzburg, Austria 10 250 kW Tesla March 23, 2022 445 Rte du N, Montauban, […]
Tesla has announced plans for a second stock split in the span of a little less than two years, giving a slight bump in prices to shares that had been trading lower following reports of Tesla’s COVID-19 woes — reports Yahoo Finance. In a tweet published early Monday morning, the company said it will “ask […]
Image via Gary (@akidesir) Tesla released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta for Canada last night, as part of its 2022.4.5.20 software update, unleashing FSD beta 10.11.1 for Early Access Program testers. Canadian FSD beta tester, Gary (@akidesir), shared a first look earlier of his late-night drives in Toronto, Ontario, with the test software, which Elon Musk […]
Last night Tesla released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta in Canada finally, offering the test software for Canadians that paid the $10,600 CAD add-on for Autopilot. Those with Safety Scores of a perfect 100 (and some with 99) received FSD beta 10.11.1, including Gary (@akidesir), who shared a couple of videos of his first experience with […]
Last night Tesla expanded its Full Self-Driving beta to Canada, marking the first time the test software has gone officially beyond the United States. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been responding about FSD beta on Sunday morning and in response to one question about the Canadian release, the leader added its Senior Director of Artificial […]
Tesla will suspend production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai for five days, from Monday, March 28, to Friday, April 1, due to a full COVID-19 lockdown being imposed by the local government to curb China’s largest COVID-19 outbreak in two years (via @JayinShanghai). BREAKING: TESLA TO PAUSE PRODUCTION AT GIGA SHANGHAI DUE TO FULL LOCKDOWN […]
