Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on the company’s Q4 2021 earnings call its upcoming Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, will begin production with the company’s latest 4680 structural battery packs. The automaker confirmed it is already installing 4680 structural packs at Giga Texas. Tesla shared a picture of seats being attached to its new structural pack. […]

Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings resulted in another record quarter, with revenue beating Wall Street’s expectations, at $17.71 billion. The automaker shared a couple of charts detailing its lead versus other established automakers, such as GM, Toyota, BMW, Honda and more. Tesla’s vehicle delivery growth (time-to-market) currently continues to outpace legacy automakers, in particular for Q4. […]

Tesla produced 305,840 cars in Q4 2021, and the automaker said this was achieved partly by record production from its factory in Fremont, California. The automaker said Q4 “saw a continuation of global supply chain, transportation, labor and other manufacturing challenges, limiting our ability to run our factories at full capacity.” While Tesla states its […]

According to MyRGV News, the Elon Musk Foundation has awarded $2,533,346 USD to the Brownsville Independent School District. The funds will be used to purchase teaching equipment and devices for students, including interactive panels, desktop computers, iPads, and laptops. “This will provide our students the necessary tools to fill in the learning gaps that were […]

Tesla announced record Q4 2021 earnings today, and during the company’s update, it also shared some more details on Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). The electric automaker said, “the team continued to iterate on FSD Beta software, releasing seven updates throughout the quarter.” Tesla also revealed its FSD beta testers have now reached close to […]

After announcing its record Q4 2021 earnings, Tesla also shared new photos of its upcoming Gigafactories in Texas and Berlin. Tesla produced a record number of vehicles from its Fremont factory in California, but what’s coming is even more exciting. Below are images shared within the company’s Q4 2021 shareholder slide deck. Gigafactory Berlin – […]

Tesla has announced its Q4 2021 earnings on Wednesday afternoon, reporting numbers higher than Wall Street expectations. The automaker reported $2.52 earnings per share, while revenue was at $17.72 billion, both beating Refinitiv data of $2.36 and $16.57 billion from analysts. Revenue was up 65% YoY. Tesla saw 27.4% gross margin, up from 26.6% in […]

Tesla’s Model Y only debuted in China last January, and the electric SUV has been making waves of good reviews ever since. The Shanghai-built Tesla Model Y has achieved the highest ratings possible across all categories in China’s health index this week, announced Tesla (via @Ray4Tesla). The ratings include four different categories, with the Model […]

Earlier this month, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk admitted flight trackers using publicly available data, that share the location of his private jet, are becoming a security risk. Now, Protocol reports on the Twitter direct message conversation Musk had with @ElonJet, the most popular flight tracker with over 83,000 followers. The owner of the […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter in one of the more strange virtual encounters we’ve seen on Tuesday, encouraging burger mega-chain McDonald’s to start accepting Dogecoin. In the tweet, Elon Musk said, “I will eat a happy meal on tv if McDonald’s accepts Dogecoin.” I will eat a happy meal on tv if @McDonalds […]

With a total of 1,469 Starlink satellites in orbit and laser links between them set to activate soon, SpaceX is also developing an updated dish interface for use in extreme conditions, as shown in a new filing. SpaceX is hoping to “ruggedize” a new generation of Starlink dishes for use on building exteriors in harsh […]

Volkswagen subsidiary Bentley is setting its sights on an electric future, as emphasized in a recent interview. Bentley plans to begin producing its first electric vehicle (EV) by 2025, funded by a 2.5 billion pound ($3.4 billion) investment into sustainability, according to Automotive News. In an interview on Wednesday, Bentley said the move to build […]

With Ford’s F-150 Lightning seeing high levels of demand alongside a new electric van from the automaker, the company’s leader is expressing high production targets for the two electric vehicles (EVs). Ford CEO Jim Farley says the company is targeting 600,000 production units of the E-Transit electric van and the F-150 Lightning over the next […]

Tesla’s AI team is hiring for a number of Deep Learning and other Engineer roles, as announced by the automaker’s Director of Artificial Intelligence Andrej Karpathy on LinkedIn on Tuesday. The positions listed on Karpathy’s post include a Deep Learning Engineer/Scientist, three different Software Engineers, a Backend Engineer and a Frontend Engineer. The Deep Learning […]

Earlier this week, we saw Tesla unload its latest Cybertruck prototype at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, and the delivery saw numerous pictures and videos shared to the web. Now, on the eve of Tesla’s Q4 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said he thinks the new Cybertruck is “awesome.” “Been driving latest Cybertruck prototype around […]