Tesla Now Has Nearly 60,000 Cars Testing Full Self-Driving Beta in the U.S.

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 […]

Tesla Shares New Photos of Inside Gigafactory Texas and Berlin [PICS]

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 Model 3/Y Awarded Perfect Rating in China’s Health Index

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 […]

Elon Musk Asks 19-Year Old to Take Down His Flight Tracker, Offers $5,000

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 […]

McDonald’s Responds to Elon Musk’s Dogecoin Payments Request

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 […]

Bentley’s First All-Electric Vehicle is Coming in 2025

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 […]

Ford Targeting 600,000 EV Capacity Over the Next 22 Months, Says CEO

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 Andrej Karpathy Seeks Deep Learning Engineers for AI Team

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 […]

Tesla 2022.4 Software Update Release Notes

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4 software update, as noted by @Teslascope. 2022.4 has been detected and currently rolling out to vehicles.https://t.co/EvhuA4GEXQ — Teslascope (@teslascope) January 25, 2022 According to a screenshot of the 2022.4 release notes shared by Jesse Bryce (@jesseb4me) on his 2019 Model 3, there are now changes to regenerative braking […]

Tesla Launches Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) Sales Online

Tesla has launched online sales of its Tire Pressure Monitoring System, priced at $75 USD each in the United States, available in silver or black. A set of four sensors will set you back $300 USD. “This product is the original Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) equipped with Tesla vehicles,” explains the automaker. The TPMS […]