SpaceX Starship Presentation Set for Feb. 10 at 8pm, Says Elon Musk
SpaceX is set to hold a presentation next week for its Starship rocket, confirmed CEO Elon Musk. The Starship presentation will take place on Thursday, February 10 at 8pm EST, said Musk. Musk was detailing how SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will be launching roughly once per week this year, delivering roughly two-thirds “of all Earth […]
Tesla Applied for Cathode Building Permit at Giga Texas, Confirms City
Tesla has plans to build a cathode building at its Gigafactory Texas site, as revealed by a building permit application seen by Electrek. “The applicant is proposing an Industrial Use facility along with associated improvements,” reads the permit application. Now, an Austin spokesperson has confirmed to Reuters the permit is indeed for a proposed cathode […]
Biden Administration Ready to Call Tesla’s Elon Musk for Chip Shortage Help
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has said she would be open to input from Elon Musk on how to better navigate the ongoing chip shortage affecting the automotive industry, even though President Joe Biden has snubbed Tesla and its CEO time and again — reports Bloomberg. President Biden’s Build Back Better plan locks Tesla out of […]
IIHS Developing Nighttime Automatic Emergency Braking Test
The nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) works to help increase safety on roads in the U.S., and new data collected by the organization shows that automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems may not be equipped to handle dark conditions. Crash rates for pedestrian crashes weren’t lowered in dimly-lit and nighttime conditions by ARB systems, […]
Latest Tesla Fremont Factory Flyover Shows Packed Overflow Lot Remains [VIDEO]
The latest Tesla Fremont factory flyover by drone pilot ‘Met God in Wilderness’, filmed on Thursday, February 3, 2022, shows the company’s overflow lot remains jam-packed full of vehicles. Filmed this morning, we don’t see any test vehicles on the track at Fremont, but we continue to see a flurry of action at the factory. […]
Tesla Model Y Fleet Unveils Washington Commanders Name Change
One NFL team has a new name, and the freshly-renamed Washington Commanders are apparently using electric vehicles (EVs) to promote their new merchandise and team. Tesla Model Y units sporting the new NFL team’s name and branding were seen leaving the stadium to hand out Washington Commanders merch around DC, Maryland and Virginia, as shown […]
Tesla Removes Model 3 ‘Lowered Suspension’ Animation from Website
Tesla removed the wording on its Tesla Model 3 order configurator for the Performance variant’s lowered suspension last month, but the animation remained when switching between the latter and the entry Long Range version. Now, Tesla has removed the animation altogether on its website, to go with the wording’s removal last month, seemingly confirming […]
Tesla Revenues to Exceed GM and Ford Combined by 2027, Says Morgan Stanley
Legacy automakers like Ford and General Motors (GM) are scrambling to deliver their first electric vehicles (EVs), and one analyst says Tesla is uniquely poised to overtake them both within the next five years. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas shared a new note on Wednesday saying he expects Tesla’s revenues to surpass those of Ford […]
Here’s the Latest Graffiti Art at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin [VIDEO]
Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is still awaiting final approval, with a new update this week showing newly-added construction nearing the building’s completion. The roof on the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Central Utilities Building was being built on Tuesday, as shown in photos shared by drone pilot @Gf4Tesla. The photos show cranes and construction workers surrounding the new […]
Tesla 2022.4.5 Update to Fix Seatbelt Chimes, as Part of NHTSA Safety Recall
Tesla has issued a safety recall for over 817,000 U.S. vehicles due to the seat belt reminder chimes not making a sound when starting the vehicles with an unbuckled seat belt, according to AP News. The recall was discovered in documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday, and they apply […]
Here are New Tesla Supercharger Locations Coming to California in 2022 [LIST]
Tesla has updated its Supercharger map for 2022, now outlining new locations coming soon in the United States, Canada and beyond, as spotted by @MarcoRPTesla on Wednesday. If you navigate over to this page on Tesla’s website, you can see “coming soon” locations that have either been removed or added, compared to yesterday. Tesla’s Supercharger […]
Tesla 2021.44.30.12 Software Update [Release Notes]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.44.30.12 software update on Wednesday evening, as noted by @Teslascope. The update was detected on a Model Y Long Range in Alberta, Canada. According to KKVR (@kkvr2823), their Model Y looks to be the vehicle that received this update. According to 2021.44.30.12 release notes shared by KKVR below, they […]
Tesla Has Done ‘Extraordinary Things’ for Electric Vehicles, Says White House
Image via u/dappermarketer on Reddit While President Joe Biden has yet to mention Tesla by name, the White House has acknowledged Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. According to Bloomberg, an unnamed person “familiar with the president’s thinking” says the reason Biden hasn’t mentioned Tesla, but only the likes of GM and Ford, is because unions […]
First Lamborghini EV to Be a Two-Door Coupe, Says CEO
Lamborghini’s first electric vehicle (EV) will likely end up being a versatile, four-seater, two-door coupe with significantly more ground clearance than one would expect from a car with the golden bull badge on it, company CEO Stephan Winkelmann told TechCrunch in an interview. The Italian automaker is set to launch its first EV sometime in the […]
Starlink Order Wait Times to Decrease in 2022, Says Elon Musk
According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, those with Starlink orders “shouldn’t have to wait long,” as the company is set to increase production of its standard satellite dish. “SpaceX standard antenna production rises rapidly this year, so those with orders shouldn’t have to wait long,” said Musk on Wednesday morning. “Note, Starlink can only support […]