In addition to New York City’s $12.4 million USD purchase of 250 Tesla Model 3 units for the police department, a new announcement shows that Teslas aren’t the only electric vehicles (EVs) the agency is buying. New York City has also placed an order for 184 Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, according to auto news reporter […]

Waymo has announced a collaboration with Geely to use a version of the company’s Zeekr vehicle as the host for Waymo’s sustainable, autonomous ride-hailing program, the Waymo Driver, according to a press release. The vehicle, which is different from the Geely Zeekr unveiled earlier this year at Auto Shanghai and was designed in Sweden, features […]

A video shared a few weeks ago by the Beyond The Press channel shows a crew blowing up a broken-down Tesla Model S amidst a snowy landscape. To create the explosion, the team lined the car with several pieces of dynamite and placed it on a few pallets – though the explosion is rather large […]

Just weeks after the news broke that New York City was looking to purchase a $12.6 million USD Tesla Model 3 fleet, the city’s authorities have officially decided to move forward with the plan. New York’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is moving forward with its plans to purchase a fleet of 250 Tesla […]

Tesla lets owners add a friend or family member access to their mobile app via the web, but the company has enabled the feature in its mobile app, though an over-the-air update (via Reddit). When you launch the Tesla app, under the Security menu, the new option ‘Manage Drivers’ now shows up. Once you tap […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has completed his sale of the company’s shares, after exercising a tranche of stock options. In an SEC Form 4 filing on Tuesday evening, the footnote stated, “This Rule 10b5-1 trading plan was completed on December 28, 2021,” according to Gary Black, managing partner, The Future Fund. Musk had stock options […]

Electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian sent out the first deliveries of its Launch Edition R1T pickup truck in October, and its Launch Edition R1S SUV is on its way out the door. Rivian is now shifting its focus to producing Adventure and Explore Package vehicles. The company gave reservation holders an update on estimated delivery […]

Tesla Model Y vehicles made in Shanghai, China, were found to include new AMD Ryzen chips, and now we’re seeing these being included in Model 3 and Model Y cars made at the company’s Fremont plant in California. According to images shared by @Teslascope, we see a picture of ‘Additional Vehicle Information’ that shows in […]

Tesla has launched new jackets for men and women, in the form of quilted and puffer varieties. The men’s Quilted Bomber Jacket “features an elevated, quilted design for warmth and mobility in cold weather seasons. With both comfort and style, the bomber features subtle silicone injected Tesla logos on the right and left sleeves, custom […]

Globus, a German retail chain of hypermarkets, last week announced plans to add Tesla Superchargers to all 51 of its stores across the country (via @SawyerMerritt). https://t.co/Tr1rBKDFW3 — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) December 28, 2021 The retail chain already hosts one 22-stall Supercharger at its Gensingen store and says it could install Superchargers at all 51 […]

Podcaster Lex Fridman offers “conversations about the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power” on his podcast. His latest guest was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk yet again, in a new podcast that is 2.5 hours long. A variety of topics were discussed, from SpaceX, Tesla, cryptocurrency and more. Check out the podcast timestamps […]

Tesla analysts are raising their price targets on the company going into 2022, and one professor of innovation has suggested that’s the right thing to do after finding the U.S. automaker to be the most equipped for the future of technology. IMD Business School LEGO Professor of Management and Innovation Howard Yu said that Tesla […]

Argus analyst Bill Selesky raised his Tesla price target on Tuesday to $1,313, from his prior target of $1,010, according to a new research note to investors (via @SawyerMerritt). Citing the move to open the Tesla Supercharger network up to other electric vehicles as “brilliant,” Selesky said involved fees could produce a revenue stream that […]

General Motors (GM) has teased a number of new electric vehicles (EVs) this year, and a new trademark filing has fans wondering of the company is getting ready to unveil a new electric SUV. GM has submitted an application to trademark the name “Electra” for Buick, expected to be an upcoming electric SUV, according to […]

The online Tesla shop recently added a wireless portable device charger, and while it’s already out of stock after just a week of the holiday season, one customer has shared new unboxing photos of the hardware. Unboxing photos shared on Tuesday show off the sleek, matte black finished version of the Tesla Qi device charger […]