Tesla is still pressing Rivian over trade secrets in the courts, but a new case’s jury has found the company guilty of failing to prevent racially-based harassment, as seen in the jury’s decision. On Monday, former Tesla contract worker Owen Diaz, 53, was awarded over $130 million USD in damages, after the jury decided that […]

On early Monday an embargo was lifted on the first prototype 2022 GMC Hummer EV reviews. You can check out a roundup of the first drives and reviews below. It’s worth pointing out GMC paid for travel for some automotive journalists to go review the electric truck (it’s common practice for auto reviews). Overall, reviewers […]

An apparently stolen Tesla was speeding in the area of Route 60 and Route 21 in Vernon Hills in Lake County, Illinois, and the alleged thieves were tracked down by the Lake County Sheriff Canine, Dax. According to Lake & McHenry County Scanner, a Lake County sheriff’s sergeant was passed by a red Tesla at […]

Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week. There are quite a few, that appear to have gone online to meet Tesla’s Q3 end-of-quarter push: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 27, 2021 Ellyway Incheon, […]

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew and mission successfully returned to Earth a few weeks ago, and the four members were reportedly surprised by the company with an acknowledgement of their status as astronauts over the weekend. The @Inspiration4 crew was awarded SpaceX Dragon Wings highlighting them as astronauts in a visit to the company’s Hawthorne, California headquarters […]

After losing Apple Car Chief Doug Field to Ford last month, the Apple Car project is hiring for a new position, even amidst the rocky ground. Apple shared a new job description over the weekend for a Radar Test Engineer on its Sensors team, which will develop new radar tech for its “Project Titan” autonomous […]

On Monday, NIO announced its drivers had reached a total of over 3 billion kilometers (1.86 billion miles) driven by its drivers, according to CNEVPost. The company also said that there were shorter intervals between each billion milestone, saying it took 846 days for drivers to reach the first billion, with 229 between the first […]

Supply chain issues and key electronic component shortages have prevented many automakers from growing in Q3, though Tesla wasn’t among them. Tesla has managed to continue growing despite an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, unlike traditional automakers, according to Barron’s. While General Motors (GM) and other automakers saw steep drops, many of them were due to […]

After Tesla gained approval to continue fighting Rivian for trade secrets in March, the company is upping the game, saying that Rivian has continued to poach its employees and to steal “highly proprietary” electric vehicle (EV) battery technology. Tesla is claiming that Rivian is still taking Tesla’s intellectual property and employees, saying that the company […]

A federal agency has rejected a 2019 petition over non-crash-related Tesla fires, which the automaker later released an update to fix, as shown on Monday in a filing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined a petition to open a formal investigation into non-crash-related fires in China, according to a Reuters report syndicated on […]

In a recent Reddit post, user “todd2fst4u” shared images of a Model S refresh they spotted at a Supercharger, which had the regular, plain circular steering wheel instead of Tesla’s new yoke steering system. The refreshed Model S in question was a non-commercial vehicle with manufacturer license plates, which most likely means that the unit was a […]

In response to a recent tweet saying the masses are “inundated” with seeing Tesla’s pearl white color on most of the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) out there and asking if the default “free” color could be changed, CEO Elon Musk said, “Good point, will discuss with team.” Good point, will discuss with team. Floki pic […]

With its first customer-bound vehicle making it off the production line last month, Rivian is now working on becoming a publicly-traded company. In a Friday filing for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), the electric vehicle (EV) startup revealed plans to build battery cells in-house — reports Reuters. Rivian currently sources batteries for its all-electric […]

Image via ‘rypalmer’ from TMC  The first Tesla Supercharger on Prince Edward Island in Canada is now open in Charlottetown, located at 12 Milky Way (via Reddit). There are 8 stalls available at V3 charging rates, offering up to 250kW speeds. Tesla’s website mentioned a targeted opening in Q3 2021 and it appears this location […]

After a couple of unfortunate delays, the first customer-bound unit of Rivian’s all-electric R1T pickup truck rolled off the production line last month. In a recently published video, YouTuber Snazzy Labs gives us our best look yet at the electric vehicle (EV) as part of a media tour he was part of, plus walks us through some […]