As Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg comes closer to fruition, European customers are getting excited at new features being alluded to in the company’s parts catalogue. Tesla has updated its Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) to include the first part for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg’s upcoming Model Y units, according to the company’s website (via @Tesla_Adri). The newest part […]

The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) head is cautioning European leaders on SpaceX head Elon Musk’s domination of the new and growing space economy, accusing the latter of being permitted to “make the rules” of space on his own. ESA Chief Josef Aschbacher said that Europe’s collective will to allow SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite […]

Electric vehicle ranges can significantly degrade just by sitting in cold temperatures, and Tesla is not immune to physics, as detailed at a recent conference by a Russian minister. Russia’s Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov said his Tesla Model X 100D doesn’t keep to the range it claims it has due to the cold […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered California electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Lucid Motors to represent itself in court, as shown in a new report. Lucid Motors received a subpoena from the SEC this week, regarding its blank-check acquisition deal made earlier this year, according to a regulatory filing shared by the automaker […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had its run-ins with Tesla CEO Elon Musk before, but now a new report shows that the regulatory agency is officially probing the automaker over its solar division. The SEC has opened a formal investigation into Tesla, after a whistleblower reported that the company did not adequately […]

Let’s take a look at all of the new Supercharger sites that have opened up all over the world this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 30, 2021 Olstavägen 45, Åsarna, Sweden 8 250 kW Tesla Dec. 1, 2021 The Bigstore Gallery […]

Did you place an order for Tesla’s $50 Cyberwhistle that debuted last week? The Cybertruck-inspired Cyberwhistle sold out shortly after its debut, as numerous Tesla fans snapped up the “premium collectible made from medical-grade stainless steel with a polished finish.” Now, we’re seeing the first orders of the Tesla Cyberwhistle reach customers, along with an […]

After debuting its AMD Ryzen chips for the Model Y Performance in China, it now appears Tesla vehicles in Europe will also be getting the CPU and GPU upgrades as well. Tesla first debuted AMD Ryzen chips in its Model S and Model X refresh vehicles, forgoing traditional chips from Intel. Teardowns revealed AMD Ryzen […]

On Saturday evening, Tesla started to roll out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.6 to external testers, that came with the company’s 2021.36.8.9 software update. Shortly afterwards, we saw the first drives of FSD beta 10.6 hit YouTube. James Locke based in Santa Clarita, California, drives the same test routes with every new version of […]

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on Saturday announced via Twitter that the company has successfully completed the static fire test for Falcon 9’s upcoming launch of NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, and is now eyeing Thursday, December 9 at 1:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 p.m. PT for liftoff. Static fire test complete – targeting Thursday, December […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been invited to speak about ‘Tech’s New Frontier’ and the future of his companies at the publication’s year-end CEO Council Summit, slated for December 6-7, 2021, in Washington D.C. “Tesla has redefined the market for electric vehicles while SpaceX is looking to transform […]

According to a recent post from Reddit user daekwan, Tesla is now delivering the 2022 Model Y Performance with Michelin Pilot All Season 4 tires instead of the Pirelli P-Zero tires the all-electric CUV used to come with. The news comes after Tesla repeatedly hiked the price of the Model Y Performance in the U.S. […]

Looks like Elon Musk sold more than just Tesla stock this week. According to Mansion Global, the billionaire CEO has officially closed on his last remaining property, a luxurious 16,000-square-foot mansion in California’s Silicon Valley. The property, located in Hillsborough, California, just south of San Francisco, sold for $30 million USD. According to the California […]

Veteran Japanese carmaker Toyota has reportedly partnered with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD, to use the latter’s battery technology in an upcoming all-electric sedan, slated to launch exclusively in China in late 2022 — reports Automotive News. Toyota turns to BYD for new China EV battery tech, report says https://t.co/fqbR0R1UnK pic.twitter.com/2wthRvLviB — Automotive News […]

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday announced it intends to engage SpaceX for up to three additional crew flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) contract. The decision comes after NASA issued a request for information to American companies capable of providing safe, reliable, […]