Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has been in “initial conversations” with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) for tunnel projects in the state to alleviate traffic pressures and assist with transportation — reports The Dallas Business Journal. The NCTCOG is a voluntary association of local governments that was established to assist in regional […]

Europe is set to get the first Model 3 and Model Y deliveries without radar starting in the second quarter of this year (via @tesla_adri). The news comes from a new approval (V22) that was granted to Tesla in February. The approval also lists several other changes being made to the Model 3 and Model Y […]

The team of employees Apple had working on the company’s long-rumored self-driving electric vehicle (EV) “has been dissolved for some time,” says reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TFI Asset Management Limited (via MacRumors). Kuo, who in December 2020 pegged the Apple Car for a 2025-2027 launch at the earliest, added that Apple needs to reorganize the […]

Image: Tesla North A new update for the Tesla app (version 4.7.0 on iOS) started rolling out late Monday evening and brings a new auto seat heating feature, along with several improvements for Tesla Powerwall owners (via @AlexGuichet). Hey @Tesla #Powerwall owners, fun new app update for you. Big updates to Storm Watch and Energy […]

According to German business newspaper Handelsblatt, local politicians and officials expect Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be in attendance for the first customer deliveries out of the company’s $5 billion Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory (via Yahoo Finance). Tesla has scheduled a delivery day event for March 22 at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. “I expect that Elon Musk will be […]

Tesla has increased its prices yet again, for the second time in a week. The new round of price increases affects the entire lineup, including the Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y, showing in the U.S., Canada, Australia and China. Check out the U.S. price increases below for the entry versions of […]

Jared Isaacman, commander of the Polaris Program, with the rest of his Polaris Dawn team coordinated the donation of nine SpaceX Starlink terminals to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, the institution said on Monday. We are humbled to share 9 @SpaceX Starlink units were donated to our clinic & foundation partners […]

Tesla unveiled the Model Y, on March 14, 2019, touting it as the “safest mid-size SUV in the world”. Today, the all-electric crossover celebrates its third birthday. Watch Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 2019 unveiling of the Model Y in the video below: At launch, Tesla announced three trims for the Model Y: Long Range RWD, […]

Elon Musk with Marty Walsh; Image credit: Axios The White House administration is starting to seek deeper ties with Tesla, it appears. According to Axios, Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave Labor Secretary Marty Walsh a tour of the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. The meeting took place during the South by Southwest (SXSW) […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4.5.15 software update, which includes Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.11 to early beta testers, according to @BLKMDL3. Hello FSDbeta 10.11 😍 pic.twitter.com/UDbPvkp4SJ — Zack (@BLKMDL3) March 14, 2022 Yesterday, we saw FSD beta 10.11 release notes hit the web, detailing some major changes for the early test software. Tesla […]

In Q4, Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, boosted its positions in both NIO and Li Auto, while trimming shares in Xpeng Motors, according to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports CNEVPost. The bank increased shares in NIO by 31 percent and Li Auto by 990 percent, while […]

After Rod Copes retired as the Chief Operations Officer of Rivian last year, the company has officially selected a replacement to fill the position. Rivian has hired new COO Frank Klein, who is the former President of Austrian automotive manufacturer Magna Steyr, a subsidiary of Canada automotive supplier Magna International, according to a press release. […]

Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says Tesla could pass inflation costs off to the customer, with expectations that the automaker will raise their prices within the next two weeks, according to Yahoo Finance. In a statement on Yahoo Finance Live, Ives said, “I think they will announce in the next two weeks probably another price increase. […]

Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has officially reached two decades as a company, as depicted in a new post on Monday. @SpaceX shared a post celebrating 20 years as a company on Monday, featuring a post with a video depicting some of the company’s greatest accomplishments. In the post, SpaceX said, “Today we celebrate […]

After Ford revealed plans to divide its company into branches dedicated to electric vehicle (EV) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, the automaker has doubled down on its EV agenda with several new announcements. Ford has unveiled concepts for nine all-electric vehicles it plans to release for the European market by 2024, as detailed in […]