Tesla said on Thursday that the company is trying its best to keep production going at its Gigafactory in Shanghai as it complies with China’s COVID-19 prevention measures — reports Yahoo Finance. “We are actively cooperating with the government’s requirements for nucleic acid testing and other epidemic prevention requirements, and at the same time are […]

While Monday’s lineup-wide price hikes from Tesla across the globe did not affect the Model Y Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) trim in China, Tesla adjusted pricing for the China-exclusive entry-level Model Y on Thursday — reports CnEVPost. According to the publication and Tesla’s Chinese vehicle configurator, the Model Y Standard Range RWD now costs […]

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas toured Tesla’s Fremont Factory on Tuesday, where he test-drove the Model 3, Model Y, and Model S Plaid, and also met with the company’s Investor Relations (IR) division (via @SawyerMerritt). NEWS: Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas toured the Tesla Fremont Factory on Tuesday March 15th, test drove the Model 3, Model […]

A new report from Ookla Speedtest examining Q4 2021 internet download/upload speed data from users across the world found that SpaceX’s Starlink saw a marked increase in median download speeds, delivering 100+ Mbps in the U.S., Canada, and 13 other countries. Starlink is a high-speed broadband service from SpaceX that connects to a constellation of […]

Volkswagen AG might build an all-electric truck for the U.S. automotive market’s growing and highly profitable pickup segment — reports The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication’s sources, the veteran automaker is considering the idea and could make a final decision by the middle of this year. Scott Keogh, head of Volkswagen’s U.S. business, […]

Tesla Insurance is currently available in Arizona, California, Illinois, Ohio and Texas. But according to state insurance filings seen by Forbes, expansion is slated for Oregon and Virginia next. Forbes says Tesla will be underwriting by itself or the first time in Oregon and Virginia, instead of third parties. Tesla General Insurance will do the underwriting […]

Before incentives, the Tesla Model Y Long Range now costs the same as a Model Y Long Range in Germany (via @tesla_adri). The Model 3 is eligible for €6,000 in incentives in the country while the Model Y is only eligible for €5,000, so the Long Range trim of the former comes out just €1,000 […]

Tesla in February fired John Bernal, a former employee on the company’s Autopilot team and the YouTuber behind AI Addict, a channel dedicated to reviewing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta on public roads — reports CNBC. Bernal started working for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company as a data annotation specialist in August 2020 in an office in […]

Update: Click here to watch the full video of this EV record lap in the Model S Plaid. Carmine’s Import Service was at the Virginia International Raceway Grand Course on Tuesday with its Tesla Model S Plaid, which set a new electric vehicle lap record, while on stock tires. According to Carmine’s Import Service, they […]

According to developer @greentheonly, a Tesla Model Y Standard Range Plus is coming from the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, according to software code. A deep dive into Tesla’s 2022.8.2 software update by @greentheonly reveals a Texas-made Model Y Standard Range Plus, dated for the first quarter of 2022. “I guess that would be the […]

Tesla has suspended production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai for two days amid China’s largest COVID-19 outbreak in two years — reports Reuters. The news comes from a notice Tesla sent out to employees and suppliers, which was seen by the publication, informing them that production would be halted for Wednesday and Thursday. Gigafactory Shanghai produces […]

Another batch of SpaceX Starlink terminals have arrived in Ukraine, according to Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation on Tuesday. “A new batch of Starlink stations is already in Ukraine! Technology is our future. Today it helps Ukrainians! It helps the new good to defeat the old evil. Ukraine is […]

Cadillac, the luxury brand of General Motors, announced on Tuesday pre-orders of its upcoming 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric vehicle will launch on May 19, 2022. Orders for the 2023 Lyriq and the 2023 Lyriq performance all-wheel drive will be available through a dealership’s website or Cadillac.com, according to Rory Harvey, vice president of global Cadillac, […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.8.2 software update and now release notes are available. Software version 2022.8.2 was just detected on a Tesla Model S 100D in Kärnten Austria on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/toVziqb2Xl — TeslaFi (@teslafi) March 15, 2022 According to the details from developer @greentheonly, 2022.8.2 release notes indicate… Estimated […]

Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled the “progressive and luxurious” interior of its upcoming 2023 EQS SUV, slated to launch globally on April 19. The EQS SUV is the company’s largest all-electric sports utility vehicle to date, and it will be the first of six EQ-series electric vehicles (EVs) from Mercedes that are due to launch in […]