Here’s a list of all the new Superchargers that went live in the U.S. this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Jan. 27, 2021 The Sheetz at 1237 Mebane Oaks Rd, Mebane, NC 8 250 kW Tesla Jan. 29, 2021 […]

Image via NASA; Crew-2 astronauts SpaceX and NASA have announced the target date for its next crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Both companies note a target date of no earlier than April 20 (4/20), will see a second crew rotation mission launch aboard a Crew Dragon on a Falcon 9 rocket, to […]

This week has been one for the books, and fortunately for electric automakers, they’re going to benefit greatly from some of its events. On Monday, President Joe Biden signed the “Buy American” plan, an executive order which directs federal funding towards American goods, including a major investment into the EV industry, as reported by Yahoo […]

Hyundai Motor Company was reportedly in talks with Apple about building the tech company’s first electric car, with a signed deal expected to be finalized as soon as March 2021. On Thursday, Reuters reported that Hyundai’s executives were divided on potential hold-ups with Apple, citing the company’s traditional reluctance to outsource work to other companies. […]

SpaceX has been postponed its SN9 Starship launch multiple times in the past few weeks, most recently due to an FAA release Thursday stating that the launch had been postponed to Friday. Later Thursday, SpaceX head Elon Musk responded to the news on Twitter, saying that “the FAA Space division has a fundamentally broken regulatory […]

On Thursday, Elon Musk confirmed in a Twitter response that production for Tesla’s Roadster is expected to start in 2022, with engineering wrapping up later this year. The tweet was in reply to a user asking, “what happened to the roadster?” “Finishing engineering this year, production starts next year. Aiming to have release candidate design […]

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a major surge on Friday, topping off an unbelievable week of record-setting stock market volatility. The surge occurred after Elon Musk added ‘#Bitcoin’ to his Twitter bio, with the trading cost of Bitcoin subsequently rising as much as 20%, according to CNBC. Musk followed the bio change up with a mysterious tweet, […]

Tesla (TSLA) opened Friday with losses as the market experienced increased volatility, immediately following a week of the meteoric rise of highly-shorted stocks like Gamestop (GME) and AMC (AMC). Despite the losses, Argus Research’s Bill Selesky said on Friday that the firm had boosted its price target for Tesla to $1,010, from the prior $777, […]

American automaker General Motors announced on Thursday its plans to electrify its entire fleet offering by 2035, 14 years from now. That means sales of gas vehicles and light-duty trucks will come to a close in that timeframe, as the company plans to go emission-free by 2040. “General Motors is joining governments and companies around […]

As predicted, Tesla unveiled its Model X and Model S refreshes, complete with a cool, new steering wheel. On Wednesday, Electrek reported on some of the new steering wheel’s features, including force touch buttons and sensor-based drive modes, due to the removal of the PRND drive stalk. Removing the drive stalk is a bold move, […]

Three free months of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving were activated earlier this month for many new Tesla owners, with many wondering what the future of the system may look like. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday at the company’s Q4 earnings call that the company is in early talks to share its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving […]

Tesla’s Semi was spotted in Fremont last month, and that fleeting glimpse will have to hold onlookers over for a while. In Tesla’s Q4 earnings update Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company is putting Semi production on hold until they can begin producing high volumes of its own battery, as reported by CNBC. […]

Rivian’s electric Amazon Prime van has now been spotted a few times in the wild, leaving Tesla fans wondering: when will the company develop its own electric van? At Tesla’s Q4 2020 earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk responded to an investor question about electric vans, sharing that Tesla would eventually develop its own […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently became the world’s richest person from Tesla’s (TSLA) major gains in 2020, though analysts are quick to speculate whether the company is overvalued or not. At Tesla’s earnings report on Wednesday, Musk shared that the company had a “roadmap to potentially justify” the company’s market capitalization and current valuation, according […]

A number of public transit companies in Canada have unveiled their own versions of the electric vehicle (EV), with the newest set to arrive next year. In a press release on Tuesday, Vancouver, B.C.-based TransLink announced a signed contract with Nova Bus for 15 all-electric buses, adding to the company’s current EV fleet of 4 […]