Ford announced it plans to invest in new major electric vehicle factories in the United States, to bring EVs to scale for American consumers, with “the largest, most advanced, most efficient auto production complex in its 118-year history.” Known as Blue Oval City, the complex will be built in Stanton, Tennessee on a 6-square-mile site, […]

Image credit: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority According to Energy Storage News, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) recently inaugurated a new battery energy storage system (BESS) powered by Tesla’s Powerpack at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is the world’s largest single-site photovoltaic solar farm at this time. The Mohammed […]

Ferrari SF90 Stradale: the company’s current hybrid-electric offering Ferrari announced on Monday it has teamed up with former legendary Apple designer Sir Jony Ive and his firm, LoveFrom, to develop an electric car. The holding company Exor, controlled by the Agnelli family and Ferrari, announced a multi-year partnership with LoveFrom, which consists of Ive and […]

Ford just can’t seem to catch a break with the Mustang Mach-E. The Mach-E was already one of the electric vehicles (EVs) hardest hit by the ongoing global chip shortage, and Ford now has to recall most of the Mach-E units sold in the United States due to a manufacturing defect with their windshields — […]

As the third quarter of 2021 draws to a close, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that this week will be the “most intense delivery week ever” for the company — reports Electrek. In a short internal email obtained by the publication, Musk said: “This will be the most intense delivery week ever for Tesla.” Because […]

Tesla announced last Friday it has changed the location of its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders. Originally set to take place at the company’s Fremont factory in California, it has now moved to the Gigafactory Austin in Texas “The 2021 Annual Meeting will be presented from Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas on Thursday, October 7, […]

Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 20, 2021 The Smithfield’s Chicken N Bar-B-Q at 2669 NC-24, Warsaw, NC, USA 12 250 kW Tesla Sept. 20, […]

In a recently published YouTube video, RSymons RSEV went hands-on with Tesla’s all-electric Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV), the Model Y at a Fully Charged event in the U.K. (via InsideEVs). So far, the Model Y is not available yet in the UK. With a plethora of Model Y competitors also being showcased at the event, the YouTuber […]

According to the Wall Street Journal, Polestar is currently working on a deal to go public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker is in advanced talks with Gores Guggenheim Inc., an SPAC that has reportedly valued the former at $21 billion USD. Polestar is a high-performance, all-electric […]

On Monday, the City of Kelowna, located in southern British Columbia, Canada, will consider a staff proposal seeking to mandate electric vehicle (EV) chargers at all new gas stations — reports The Kelowna Daily Courier. The proposed changes to the city’s regulations will also require that: All parking spaces in new residential complexes have the […]

Michael Rihani (@MichaelRihani) recently announced on Twitter that he would be vacating his position as Product Manager for Supercharger User Experience (UX) at Tesla. I’m bidding a farewell to a company I deeply admire. While much has been written about @Tesla and @elonmusk, I’d like to share a few virtues this experience has instilled in […]

Tesla has shifted the owner’s manuals for its electric vehicles (EVs) from PDFs to an online format. The new, interactive owner’s manuals are live on Tesla’s website, and can be seen below (via @tesla_adri): Model S (2021+) owner’s manual Model 3 owner’s manual Model X (2015-2020) owner’s manual Model Y owner’s manual The new online […]

Image via @tesla_raj As promised, Tesla has released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.1 on Saturday night, after delaying it by one day. According to the 2021.24.17 software update release notes, as shared by @Tesla_Raj, we can see what’s new in FSD beta 10.1 below: 2021.24.17 FSDbeta 10.1 release notes pic.twitter.com/90SA8d17A3 — Tesla Raj (@tesla_raj) September […]

Tesla is set to announce its Q3 production and earnings at the end of September, and according to a new report from Reuters, the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory is firing on all cylinders. Unnamed sources tell Reuters despite the global semiconductor shortage, Tesla’s Giga Shanghai factory is expected to produce 300,000 vehicles, for the January to […]

After Tesla released a new app update for iPhone users, version 4.1.0, an equivalent version for Android users has yet to hit Google Play. However, an unofficial Tesla Android app version 4.1.0-663 is available for download via APK Mirror (via Reddit), essentially an unverified copy outside of the Google Play store. In order to install this […]