Earlier this year, Tesla began taking Model 3 orders from customers in Israel. Now, many of those orders are set for delivery, according to new reports. Tesla follower Sawyer Merritt reported Wednesday approximately 238 Tesla Model 3s have arrived in Israel and are set for delivery by the end of the month. While the first […]
Following the Trump administration’s removal of high emissions penalties put in place by the Obama administration, Tesla is calling on a U.S. appeals court to reinstate the regulation, which would more than double penalties for auto manufacturers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements, according to Reuters. On January 14, before President Joe Biden took office, […]
Chinese automaker and Tesla rival NIO has seen all-time highs this year (but not at the moment!) with the release of its ET7 flagship sedan, and the battery swapping electric vehicle (EV) company has now reached another major milestone in 2021. On Thursday, @driving_china reported that NIO had reached 2 million battery swaps, marking an […]
Tesla has hit a milestone of reaching over 6,000 Superchargers across Europe, at 600 locations and counting, according to the company on Thursday morning. 6,000+ Superchargers across Europe — at 600 locations and counting! 📸 by @EPavlic, @MinimalDuck & @_better_e pic.twitter.com/Yf36HRO9MC — Tesla (@Tesla) March 25, 2021 During Tesla’s Q4 2020 earnings, the company revealed […]
Direct auto sales bills have been popular in the last few years with the rise of Tesla, an electric car company that doesn’t have franchised dealerships, such as in Connecticut. On Wednesday, the General Assembly’s Transportation Committee passed Senate Bill 127, a bill that effectively allows direct sales from auto companies to customers in Connecticut […]
Tesla has launched the ‘Tesla Decanter’ for purchase, which is the company’s Tesla Tequila bottle, but without any liquor inside. “Inspired by Tesla Tequila, the Tesla Decanter is the perfect addition to your home bar. With its lightning silhouette, each hand-blown carafe holds up to 750 mL of your favorite spirit. With the Tesla lettering and the […]
It appears Tesla will be opening up a pop-up store in Budapest, Hungary. According to information shared by the Tesla Club Magyarország on Facebook (via e-cars.hu), a member said they received a letter that said, “I would like to inform you that we plan to open the first official Tesla store in Hungary in the […]
Tesla has increased the price of its Model 3 sedan for customers in the United States. Changes to the company’s website note a $500 USD increase to the entry Standard Range Plus and Long Range AWD versions. Check out the new prices below, spotted by @Tesla_adri: Standard Range Plus RWD: $37,990 USD (was $37,490) Long […]
In an electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure deployment update from Natural Resources Canada, the federal government in Canada has announced plans and funding efforts to install 129 new Tesla Supercharger stalls across British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan (via @MontrealTesla). The new Tesla Superchargers, as listed on Canada’s website, are shared below, revealing locations not seen before. […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on early Wednesday morning, part of the Starlink-22 mission. The launch took place at Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The company’s B1060 Falcon 9 booster completed its sixth launch and landing, with the latter aboard the autonomous drone ship Of Course I Still […]
Talks of the Tesla Semi are heating up, with more sightings in the wild coming up in recent months than ever before. However, there is still more work to be done for the electric semi-truck to reach Australia. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Tesla’s first-generation Semi will be delayed in Australia due to a law […]
Tesla AI Director Andrej Karpathy has been working on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) platform for several years now, and in a new Robot Brains Podcast with Pieter Abbeel, Karpathy details his path to working with artificial intelligence, how Tesla’s FSD is going, what it’s like to work with CEO Elon Musk, comparisons between Waymo and […]
On Tuesday, Twitter user @sumitgrrg summarized Elon Musk’s 2013 handshake deal with Google to acquire Tesla, which was struggling to survive at the time. If you haven’t heard of this story, it’s one for the ages as part of Tesla’s evolution into a dominant electric automaker. Dealing with tons of bugs, and an inability to […]
Tesla’s newly-refreshed 2021 Model S began delivering to customers over the past few weeks, even after the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHTSA) expressed safety concerns over the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) yoke-style steering wheel. On Wednesday, a Reddit user shared photos of the new 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid with the yoke-style steering wheel to […]
Occasionally, Teslas have been known to have accidents while on Autopilot. However, despite the scrutiny Tesla’s Autopilot systems have undergone in recent months, the electric vehicles (EVs) are still considered safer than if they weren’t engaged, according to the company itself and other data. A new report from Loup Ventures echoes the past claim that […]
