Tesla has detailed the recent completion of the Arevon Townsite Solar and Storage Facility, located in Boulder City, Nevada, about 20 miles south of Las Vegas. Construction on the site started back in November 2020. According to Tesla, this site—which spans 1,053 acres—generates 500,000 MWh annually, “powering 60,000 homes and avoiding 400,000 tons of carbon […]

Tesla is gearing up to reopen its Chinese Gigafactory in Shanghai. The electric vehicle (EV) maker has started calling workers back to the factory and on Friday notified some employees to enter a so-called “closed-loop” production system starting April 17 — reports Bloomberg. The news is in line with recent reports of Tesla receiving a […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday spoke at the 2022 TED Talk in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Interviewer Chris Anderson — the head of TED — asked Musk about everything from Tesla’s future to his $43 billion USD offer to buy social media platform Twitter. Anderson touched a bit upon Tesla’s past as well, asking the […]

Tesla has ended the option for Model S and Model X owners to purchase their vehicle at lease end. A recent change on Tesla’s leasing website spotted by @Tesla_Adri indicated the change: “All Tesla vehicles delivered on or after April 15, 2022 are not eligible for purchase,” says the Tesla leasing page. A cached version […]

Prior to Tesla issuing an expanded “recall” for its Boombox feature, the company also issued a recall notice for the 2021-2022 Model X refresh, related to front row curtain airbags. Tesla says the issue affects potentially 7,289 Model X vehicles. “On certain affected vehicles, when the corresponding [left hand] or [right hand]-side front-row window is […]

Following reports earlier this month saying that the Volkswagen ID Buzz would also be developed into an autonomous vehicle, the company’s top executive has taken the first ride in the driverless vehicle through a German city. Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess took the ID Buzz around Munich for its first autonomous drive this week, according to […]

Austin, Texas officials took a trip to Las Vegas earlier this month to scope out Elon Musk’s underground tunnel loop venture. Ten employees of the Austin Development Services Department (DSD) flew to Las Vegas earlier this week to meet with officials at The Boring Company, according to The Austin Chronicle. The trip, which cost $9,900 […]

A University community in Washington D.C. is installing a community solar panel to backup the microgrid. Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. is installing a Tesla Megapack as a backup option to support its microgrid, according to Solar Power World Online. The project is expected to be completed as soon as Fall 2023. The solar project […]

SpaceX announced the development of a Starlink mesh Wi-Fi router system in January, which the company has apparently now completed. You can now buy a mesh Wi-Fi router for Starlink on the company’s website for $130, according to a post on Reddit on Thursday. Some users in the thread are noting that the mesh router […]

Ark Invest expects Tesla’s shares to shoot up to $4,600 by 2026 in expected value, based on the firm’s open-source Tesla model, according to a post on the company’s website. The firm’s Monte Carlo model is open-source to the public because it “strengthens the quality of [its] research,” allowing others to see and react to […]

After several delays to Tesla’s reopening of Gigafactory Shanghai, the automaker has apparently received a green light from local authorities to reopen, according to two sources familiar with the topic. Tesla plans to resume production at its Gigafactory Shanghai on April 18, according to the sources and as reported by Reuters on Friday. The Shanghai […]

Image via Gravity (via InsideEVs) Sustainable mobility startup, Gravity, has announced Tesla’s Model Y has joined its electric taxi fleet in New York City. “This is another major first for Gravity as we reinvent what it means to ride a taxi in the world’s greatest city. The Model Y is the first Tesla that really […]

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the Vision EQXX electric vehicle (EV) with 621 miles of range, last year, and one executive from the automaker says the high range is part of the company’s focus on efficiency. The German automaker plans to produce EVs that consume just 10 kilowatt-hours of energy per 100 km (62 miles), in its 100-kilowatt/hour […]

Photo: Dogecoin FoundationSpaceX will work with the Dogecoin Foundation on a Starlink internet access project, as detailed by the group in a web post on Monday. Dogecoin has announced the RadioDoge project which combines radio technology with global Starlink internet to bring Dogecoin access to those without traditional internet infrastructure, according to the Dogecoin Foundation […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk casually offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion in cash this week, and one analyst predicts that the buyout will, in fact, take place. Wedbush’s Daniel Ives believes Twitter will accept Musk’s buyout offer of around $43.4 billion, though it won’t happen without a significant amount of drama, according […]