Tesla Vehicles Helping New Car-Share Programs in B.C.
At the beginning of the pandemic, Canadian tourism dropped by over 50 percent, though the shift may have also paved the way for new car-sharing and rental programs, posits one report. Canada’s car rental companies made up one of the industries hit hardest, effectively making rental prices skyrocket, and ultimately making it possible for new […]
Volkswagen Didn’t Expect Tesla to Be ‘So Fast and Well Prepared’, Says CEO
Tesla’s position in the electric vehicle market and the auto market in general are both unmatched, and one legacy automaker’s head is noting that it may make it difficult to achieve some of the company’s lofty goals. Volkswagen may have a hard time reaching its goal of becoming the world’s biggest EV seller by 2025, […]
Indonesian President to Meet Elon Musk on U.S. Visit to Discuss Nickel
Following Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s meeting with Indonesian officials at Gigafactory Texas last month, the country’s president is now planning to meet with Musk, too. Indonesian President Joko Widodo plans to meet with Musk on an upcoming trip to the U.S., according to statements from a minister on Monday (via Reuters). The meeting will take […]
Russian Space Chief Seemingly Threatens Elon Musk for Helping Ukraine
Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin seems to have threatened SpaceX head Elon Musk, in a long tweet directed toward the U.S. billionaire and entrepreneur. Rogozin threatened Musk on Twitter over the weekend, saying in a note that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet was given to Ukrainian marines and “militants of the Nazi Azov battalion.” In the […]
Elon Musk to Meet with EU Industry Chief at Giga Texas
Tesla CEO Elon Musk periodically meets with world leaders to discuss global issues, and next week he’ll sit down with a European official at the automaker’s Gigafactory in Texas. Musk is set to meet with European Union Industry Head Thierry Breton in Texas on Monday, in order to talk about supply chain issues, according to […]
Alaska’s First Tesla Supercharger Holds Grand Opening Event
Alaska’s long-awaited first Supercharger in Soldotna became operational last year, and the owners celebrated with a grand opening event. The owners of Tesla’s first Supercharger station in Alaska held a grand opening event for the site on April 30 to celebrate the future of renewable energy, according to Alaska’s News Source. The station is owned […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: May 2–8, 2022
Let’s take a look at all of the new Superchargers Tesla added to its global Supercharging network this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing May 5, 2022 The Holiday Market at 20635 Gas Point Road, Cottonwood, CA, USA 12 250 kW Tesla […]
Ford to Sell Off 8 Million Shares from its Rivian Stake: Report
Ford Motor Co. is planning to sell 8 million shares out of its 12% stake in electric truck startup Rivian Automotive — reports CNBC. Ford will sell the shares through Goldman Sachs, sources told the publication. The veteran automaker currently owns a total of 102 million shares in Rivian. The shares will go on sale for […]
Tesla Sues Ex-Engineer for Stealing Data on Supercomputer Technology
According to Automotive News, Tesla has filed a lawsuit against Alexander Yatskov, a former employee, for allegedly stealing confidential information on the company’s supercomputer technology by illegally transferring data to his own computer and turning in a “dummy” laptop for inspection to cover up the theft. Tesla has been developing its own supercomputer technology, dubbed “Project […]
SpaceX Aims for People on Mars ‘Within a Decade’, Says Exec [VIDEO]
During a recent interview with CNBC, SpaceX President and COO, Gwynne Shotwell, was asked when she thinks her company will be able to transport people to Mars. This is the goal of SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, and one that the rocketry giant has been working towards ever since it was created. “We should put […]
Tesla Apple CarPlay Workaround Now Available for Download
Back in January, Polish developer Michał Gapiński showed off his Apple CarPlay hack to run the latter software on his Tesla. The workaround was made possible by using a custom build of Android 12, running on a Raspberry Pi. Later in February, Gapiński shared a video with Tesla North showing off the alpha build of his Android 12 […]
Tesla Supercharger Cables Keep Getting Cut by Vandals
A Tesla Supercharger in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been repeatedly vandalized, with someone cutting and stealing charging cables from the Supercharger stalls at the site (via Reddit). The Supercharger in question is located in the parking lot of a Meijer outlet at 4825 Marburg Avenue, and it hosts a total of 10 V2 Supercharger stalls capable […]
Elon Musk Plans to Quintuple Twitter’s Revenue, Hit 1 Billion Users by 2028: Report
Even though Twitter accepted Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion USD takeover offer last week, the celebrity billionaire’s plans for the social media platform have been pretty vague. Up until now, the bulk of what we knew was that Musk wants to make Twitter “the platform for free speech around the globe,” and […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.12 Releasing Next Week Says Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a Friday tweet that the next iteration of the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, version 10.12, will “probably” start rolling out next week on Wednesday, May 11, or Thursday, May 12. Musk’s tweet was a response to FSD beta tester @WholeMarsBlog, who commented that they never once had to […]
Tesla’s Mobile App Functionality Unmatched by EV Startups, Says J.D. Power
Automaker smartphone apps are not created equal, especially when it comes to electric vehicles, says a new study. Tesla’s smartphone apps are head and shoulders ahead of those made by EV startups, according to a study from J.D. Power (via InsideEVs). The report, J.D. Power’s OEM EV App Benchmark Study shared on Wednesday, says that […]