According to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory has only produced a total of 26,000 vehicles in the 30 days since it resumed operations on April 19 (via CnEVPost). The deputy Communist Party secretary of the Lingang free-trade zone administration said on Tuesday that Gigafactory Shanghai was only operating at about […]

A team of IT specialists from cybersecurity company Synacktiv succeeded in hacking into a Tesla Model 3 at the PWN2OWN white hat hacking competition in Vancouver, Canada, on Friday — reports Forbes. PWN2OWN is a biannual ethical hacking contest where contenders attempt to exploit widely used hardware and software through previously unknown vulnerabilities. Those who […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Friday afternoon that the company plans on creating “a hardcore litigation department.” Musk invited applications to join the planned unit, which he said will directly initiate and execute lawsuits for the company. The litigation team will report directly to him, the CEO added. Tesla is building a […]

As electric vehicle (EV) companies look for ways to expand production, one Korean automaker is set to establish a new U.S. plant in the coming months to aid its upcoming lineup of vehicles. Hyundai plans to build as many as six new EVs at a new plant in Savannah, Georgia, according to state leaders on […]

Volkswagen has launched its newly transformed production facility in Emden, Germany, as detailed in a press release on Friday. The plant marks what Volkswagen calls the biggest transformation project in the plant’s history, sparking a gradual conversion from internal combustion engine (ICE) production to 100 percent electric mobility. Volkswagen plans to build its all-electric ID.4 […]

  Service subscriptions through Tesla’s website are showing a free download of manuals for the automaker’s cars, as noted on Friday. Tesla currently lets anyone download its car manuals for free on the company’s website, simply by signing up for a $0 subscription as spotted by @greentheonly on Thursday. The subscription package site lets users […]

As Tesla continues to expand its retail presence for its customers, construction on a new California showroom is expected to begin in the coming months for the automaker. Tesla is planning to open a new store and service center in San Luis Obispo, California, after the project was given the green light earlier this week, […]

Tesla has updated the support page for home charging on its website, now letting customers select a car model to see detailed information about charging options for that vehicle (via @Tesla_Adri). On the home charging support page, users can select their Tesla model from a dropdown box, before seeing details like its recharged mileage-per-hour and […]

Starlink’s low-Earth orbit internet has been expanding to countries around the world, and a meeting this week could help the company expand to one more in South America. SpaceX Head Elon Musk will meet with the Brazilian President this week to discuss the potential for a partnership on rural connectivity, according to Reuters. Musk will […]

Valeo, a Paris-based company that develops and supplies lidar technology for automotive applications, is developing the third generation of its Scala system, which it says will debut in 2024 and enable Level 4 self-driving (via Automotive News). Dubbed Scala 3, the next-generation lidar system will supposedly offer 12X the resolution and triple the range of […]

Those with Tesla Model X orders are seeing their estimated delivery dates pushed back to April 2023, a change made by the electric automaker on Wednesday evening. Numerous Model X owners shared their new estimated delivery dates on Facebook, saying how example dates of July 2022 were suddenly changed to a range of “Dec 2022 […]

Tesla is months into building a 100-stall Supercharger, the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer’s largest U.S. installation yet, in the Mojave Desert — reports the Daily Press (via Teslarati) The massive Supercharger station is being constructed on roughly four acres of desert near The Outlets at Barstow open-air retail mall in Barstow, California, a town located […]

Ford has decided to disable the “Phone-as-a-Key” feature in the F-150 Lightning, now being delivered to dealerships, with plans to re-enable the feature later this year via an over-the-air (OTA) software update — reports InsideEVs. Phone-as-a-Key, as suggested by its name, lets F-150 Lightning owners use their smartphones to lock and unlock the all-electric truck, […]

Volkswagen will launch pre-orders for its new ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo electric vans in Germany and most European markets starting Friday, May 20, 2022. The German automaker will start off by selling the high-end version of the ID. Buzz Pro, starting from 64,581.30 euros (in Germany), or about $68,416 USD (including the roughly […]

According to MarketWatch, Wedbush Securities Managing Director Daniel Ives has slashed his price target on Tesla by 29%, from $1,400 USD per share to $1,000 USD. Historically a Tesla bull, Ives said in a note to Wedbush clients that it is “hard to ignore” Tesla’s woes in China, where strict lockdowns following a COVID-19 outbreak […]