After Shell’s announcement of plans to build as many as 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across North America by 2025, the company has received federal funding which it plans to use to bolster its charging network in Canada. Shell has received $3.95 million CAD in federal funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), set to […]

With Subaru’s 2023 Solterra announced earlier this year, the electric vehicle (EV) marks Subaru’s first, and is already garnering attention in markets around the world. Subaru has debuted the first of its all-electric Solterra SUV line, and the company’s Australian arm has been hinting at the fact that a local release down under may be […]

  Police departments across the U.S. are asking their city to approve Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) to cut down on emissions and maintenance costs, and one California P.D. has just followed in their footsteps, with hopes to start an EV pilot program of their own. Menlo Park, California’s City Council voted 3-2 on October 26 […]

Tesla’s vehicles are considered highly safe, especially with the use of the company’s crash lab for testing real-world scenarios, though driver-caused accidents are still not unheard of. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that a Tesla Model 3 crash that ended fatally in Coral Gables, Florida, was speeding before crashing into two trees and […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.40.5 software update, as noted by @Teslascope, seen on a 2021 Model S Plaid in New Jersey in the United States. This vehicle was coming from 2021.36.5.1 released on October 21 and as of writing, it’s unclear what’s new. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.40.5 on a Model […]

Tesla has launched a new promotion in China for Singles’ Day or Double 11 (November 11 is seen as 11.11), offering 1 month of free Enhanced Autopilot (EAP), according to @42how_. Tesla China launches 1 month of Free Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) for China’s Double 11 (11.11). Activity time:From November 11,2021 (inclusive) 30 days EAP limited […]

On Wednesday evening it was revealed Elon Musk had started selling Tesla shares, following through on the promise from his weekend Twitter poll. While mandatory filings with the SEC showed Musk had sold over 676,000 shares of Tesla, after exercising 2.15 million stock options (at $6.24/share), later filings made public on Wednesday night reveal even […]

SpaceX has unveiled a new Starlink satellite dish, sporting a new rectangular design for customers in the United States. The company’s website is showing the new design for visitors showing U.S. IP addresses. Canadian visitors, for example, are still seeing the old design, as the new dish is not available outside the U.S. yet. This […]

Tesla demand appears to be getting out of hand, as new orders for entry Model S and Model X vehicles in the U.S. have reached estimated delivery dates of March 2023, which is a whopping 16-month wait (via @SawyerMerritt). For the Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive Model S with entry 19-inch Tempest Wheels and the same […]

Update Nov. 10, 2021, 10pm PT: New SEC filings have revealed Musk has sold nearly $5 billion in Tesla shares this week–read more here. Our original story follows below. ==== Tesla CEO Elon Musk followed through on this Twitter poll, when he asked if he should sell 10% of his shares in the company. According […]

SpaceX and NASA are set to launch its Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). You can watch the live video of tonight’s launch, set for 6:03pm PT/9:03pm ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be SpaceX Dragon’s third long duration crew mission to the ISS, […]

After Hertz’s $4.2 billion USD deal to buy 100,000 Tesla vehicles, the company’s head is hoping to help lead the efforts to move towards electric vehicles (EVs) with the purchase. Hertz Interim CEO Mark Fields said the company’s strategy was geared towards being the company to “lead the adoption of EVs” on a recent segment […]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has officially dropped the word “beta” on its website, and with the company’s userbase growing around the globe, one user has decided to try the satellite internet out from a local park. A new video shared by MegaLag on Wednesday shows the host using Starlink internet to work from the park, […]

As climate change becomes more and more of a prevalent reality, many of the world’s governments, companies and cities on Wednesday signed the Glasgow Declaration to end fossil fuel use by 2040 – though holdouts include some of the world’s top automakers and auto markets. Toyota and Volkswagen, the world’s two top two automakers did […]

Following Washington State’s announcement of its goal to ban new gas car sales by 2030, the state is enacting other changes into law to help fulfill the decade-long goal, even taking it a step further in some areas. Washington plans to switch its statewide vehicle fleet over to EVs by 2040, as per a new […]