Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, shared in a Friday tweet that Tesla’s Powerwalls are powering a hospital in Borodyanka, a small town in the Kyiv region, through blackouts. The area was heavily damaged by Russian bombings, and efforts to rebuild are ongoing. “Your tech solutions help [Ukraine],” Fedorov said […]

Tesla has started accepting photo submissions from winners of its referral program to send into space — four years after the program was introduced (via Reddit). The electric vehicle (EV) maker launched a referral program back in 2018. Under the program, existing Tesla customers could generate and share referral codes with prospective buyers. Those who […]

The Tesla Owners Silicon Valley has released the first part of its interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. “This is the first segment of a three-part series in which our club President John Stringer, Club Vice President Kelvin Gee, Tesla Owners Club My Tesla Adventure President Eli Burton, and Ryan Levenson from The […]

On Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden responded to Elon Musk’s earlier claim that he had a “super bad feeling about” the country’s economy, with Biden wishing him “lots of luck on his trip to the moon.” In response to President Biden, @ElonMusk wrote “Thanks Mr. President!” and shared a link to a press release detailing […]

Following news that Stellantis plans to spend $2.79 billion on retooling Canadian plants to produce zero-emission vehicles, the company has officially dedicated its Windsor plant in Ontario, Canada to work on an upcoming platform for the tech. Stellantis will use its Windsor, Ontario plant to produce electric vehicles (EVs) using the automaker’s new STLA Large […]

As driverless technologies become a more prominent subject with each passing year, some companies are starting to gain provisional access to giving customers rides. Cruise is able to begin charging for its driverless robotaxi rides in San Francisco, after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted on Thursday to offer the company a driverless deployment […]

A U.S. regulator is asking Tesla to respond to questions raised in a recent round of complaints from customers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asked Tesla on Friday to respond to questions before a June 20 deadline regarding 758 reports of “phantom braking” with Autopilot engaged, according to Reuters. The NHTSA began the […]

After Tesla announced that AI Day would be taking place on August 19, Tesla has officially pushed the event back by a little over a month. @Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla plans to delay the upcoming AI Day event to September 30, largely because the company may have a prototype of its Optimus […]

As electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla continues to grow, layoffs are to be expected, with a new round of layoffs set to begin as seen in a new email. Tesla CEO Elon Musk emailed employees to announce that the automaker will be performing layoffs, saying that the company has become “overstaffed” in many areas, according […]

May’s electric vehicle (EV) sales in Sweden saw fully-electrics taking nearly half of the automotive market share, with Tesla’s sales dropping a few notches on the list after a 22-day production halt for its Shanghai factory. Sweden’s battery-electric vehicle (BEV) market share reached 24.2 percent in May, with total plugin electric vehicles reaching an impressive […]

Automaker Volvo is partnering with a games company to use a popular video game engine for electric vehicles (EVs), as announced by the automaker on Wednesday. Volvo plans to partner with Epic Games on advanced EV hardware, according to an announcement made by both companies on Thursday. Epic Games is the developer behind the wildly […]

Luxury automaker BMW has a goal of doubling electric vehicle (EV) deliveries this year to 200,000, and in a new step in that direction, the company officially plans to put a new EV into production later this year. BMW unveiled its iX1 xDrive30 all-electric compact crossover, set to be a direct competitor with Tesla’s Model […]

Lithium’s increasing demand has electric vehicle (EV) automakers rapidly searching for ongoing supply deals, with Stellantis also recently announcing a decade-long deal. Stellantis inked an ongoing deal with Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd. (CTR) to supply Jeep and Peugeot with lithium hydroxide over a 10-year period, according to Automotive News. The news came in an announcement […]

Tesla today started rolling out its 2022.16.1 software update, as noted by @TeslaFi, detected on a Model X Long Range in Finland. The 2022.16.1 release notes indicate an update to Navigate On Autopilot Fork Initiation, to comply with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). This update means Navigate On Autopilot will no longer […]

Expected delivery dates for the Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) in China have jumped by four weeks, from 16-20 weeks to 20-24 — reports CnEVPost. Due to the delay, Chinese Tesla customers who place an order for the RMB 279,900 ($41,960 USD) entry-level Model 3 today won’t get deliveries until at least the end of […]