Tesla has launched a free Autopilot camera upgrade for Model S and Model X owners with cars built before September 2017. The news comes one day after CEO Elon Musk replied “coming soon” to a customer that asked about a retrofit for older Tesla vehicles. Coming soon — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 8, 2021 On […]

Tesla’s Model S Plaid has reached an 8-second quarter-mile time, according to a video and time slip shared by George Dodworth. “First Tesla in the WORLD in the 8s! Congrats Christine @gtr_raceher !! We’ve been ready to make the attempt for a few months but between work and weather it was not possible. Elon! Do we have […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.8.6 software update, as noted by @Teslascope. The update was detected on a bunch of refresh Model S Plaid vehicles on its service (along with some Long Range Model S refresh versions as well), that were previously running 2021.36.5.3. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.36.8.6 on a […]

Here’s a list of all the new Supercharger locations that opened up across 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. 3, 2021 3030 Recplace Dr, Prince George, BC, Canada 6 250 kW An official listing for this Supercharger isn’t […]

After a couple of delays, SpaceX and NASA are set to bring back Dragon and its Crew-2 astronauts from the International Space Station. Dragon just recently autonomously undocked from the ISS and is set to come back to Earth 8 hours later and splashdown off the coast of Florida. Separation confirmed. Dragon will now perform […]

In September, Tesla updated its Autopilot system to slow down automatically for emergency vehicles at night, and a new discovery shows that the company is still working out ways to make its advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) safer around emergency responders. Tesla has once again updated its emergency light display, as pointed out on Monday […]

Following our first look at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada Semi Megachargers last month, another source has captured some different perspectives of the semi-truck charging fast-charger, along with some overhead video shots of the factory itself. @Sawyer Merritt shared a first look at the Tesla Semi Megacharger at the company’s Gigafactory Nevada location on Monday, including photos […]

As Tesla investors continue to increase their price targets on the company based largely on its performance in the Chinese auto market, the company is also bolstering its domestic and exported sales as produced by its Gigafactory Shanghai location, as shown by new sales figures. Tesla sold a total of 54,391 units in China in […]

Tesla has been hinting at updates to include a heated steering wheel option in its Model 3 units, though one source has revealed that the move to do so may become a permanent standard. On Sunday, @Sawyer Merritt reported that all 2022 Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel-Drive units produced after November 2021 will include a heated […]

After Wedbush correctly predicted Tesla’s stock would hit four digits heading into 2022, the company has joined other investing firms in increasing bull estimates on the company. Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois raised his price target on Tesla to $1,400 from $950 on Sunday, also increasing his bull case price target to $1,600 (via @Sawyer Merritt). […]

Nofar Energy CEO Nadav Tenne Israel’s Nofar Energy has officially announced its further expansion with Tesla. On Monday, the company said it entered its second framework agreement with Tesla for more battery stored power systems worth $54 million. Nofar will purchase battery storage systems of 200 megawatts, and will pay 5% on the contract signing […]

Reports from earlier this year showed that PepsiCo was set to receive 15 Tesla Semis by the end of 2021, and while this estimate was stated before Tesla seemed to further delay the electric semi-truck, Pepsi’s head seems to be saying it’s still on target. Pepsi’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ramon Laguarta said on CNBC’s […]

In an interview on a recent episode of Now You Know’s In Depth series on YouTube earlier this week, automotive expert and outspoken Tesla proponent Sandy Munro talked about how Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are coming for the U.S. auto market. Tens of millions of cars are sold in the U.S. every year, and according to […]

Tesla and its growing presence in the automotive industry was a major topic at Ford’s recent virtual town hall, which was attended by around 20,000 employees from around the globe. During the virtual conference, Ford CEO Jim Farley spoke about Tesla, warning that the company must take Tesla seriously as the dominant player in the […]

In updated securities filings dated Friday, Rivian increased the price range for the 135 million shares it will be offering during its IPO from $57-62 USD to $72-74 USD — reports CNBC. Taking the new price range into account, and assuming underwriters exercise their option to purchase an additional 20.25 million shares, the electric vehicle (EV) […]