After Ford’s CEO announced last month that it planned to double electric vehicle (EV) production to 600,000 in two years, field tests of the Ford Mustang Mach-E are showing its true potential. @42how_ shared a video on Monday of some testing with the Ford Mustang Mach-E GT on a racetrack, pitted against a series of […]

As Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas comes closer to reaching full completion, the company will prepare to build its Model Y and 3 units to start, as well as its highly-anticipated Cybertruck down the road. A new drone flyover from the Terafactory Texas channel taken on Monday shows that the production facility is nearing completion, specifically including […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke at the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) CEO Council Summit, held in Washington, DC, on Monday evening. The 36-minute chat with Musk was hosted by Joanna Stern from the WSJ. Musk was attending virtually from Tesla’s Giga Texas factory. Musk was blunt saying President Biden’s Build Back Better bill […]

Tesla appears to be replacing some faulty cameras on cars made at its Fremont factory in California. According to CNBC, repeater cameras needed for Autopilot, located on the front fenders of “several hundred” Model S, Model 3 and Model X, are suffering from internal faulty print circuit boards (PCBs). Internal service documents from late November, […]

Tesla has launched new Wheel and Winter Tire packages for the Model S, Model X and Model Y. New: Model S 19" Tempest Wheel and Winter Tire Package https://t.co/7qnv3yojZU — TeslaNorth.com (@RealTeslaNorth) December 7, 2021 The Model S package comes with “19” Tempest Wheels and Pirelli winter-rated tires for the icy months ahead”. Here’s what’s included […]

Tesla will be releasing a new version of its Full Self-Driving beta software this week, announced CEO Elon Musk on Monday. Musk said this afternoon, “10.6.1 coming in a few days to address a few annoying issues,” without going into specifics. 10.6.1 coming in a few days to address a few annoying issues — Elon […]

Tesla owners can expect to see a 2021 holiday software update “coming soon”, according to CEO Elon Musk. https://teslanorth.com/2020/12/25/tesla-holiday-software-update-2020-more-to-come-says-elon-musk/ The company releases a fun software update every holiday to debut new features. Last year saw the 2020.48.26 software update roll out on Christmas Day, introducing new games: The Battle of Polytopia, Cat Quest and Solitaire. […]

According to Automotive News, Honda-owned performance vehicle maker Acura is gearing up to go all-in on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and will skip the hybrid phase altogether in its transition to all-electric. After new Integra, Acura to push hard on EVs https://t.co/MP5orjclGj pic.twitter.com/Gdqfo5T4g9 — Automotive News (@Automotive_News) December 6, 2021 Acura will be dusting off the […]

Toyota announced on Monday it will be building a new electric vehicle (EV) plant in North Carolina. The announcement was made in Liberty, North Carolina just now. The company will hire 1,750 jobs and begin vehicle production by 2025. The site of this Toyota EV battery plant will be located in Randolph County near US 421, […]

The New York Times today published a deep-dive into Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technologies after talking to a number of former employees who have worked on them over the last decade. The 19 former employees–speaking anonymously–interviewed by The New York Times all said Tesla has tried to push the development of both Autopilot […]

Although Tesla may have been able to gain as much as 40 percent of its investments on the construction of its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, the U.S. automaker did not want to wait for authorities to offer the incentive, according to one German minister. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told reporters on Monday that Tesla did not wait […]

  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 […]