Tesla is in the process of building its second Gigafactory outside the U.S. in Germany, and while the road has been full of speed bumps, especially compared to the incredible speed at which the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory was completed, the end of the road may finally be in sight for the new production facility. Brandenburg […]

A number of Tesla fans, including the company’s own CEO Elon Musk are also video game fans, and in a recent snapshot of the mobile/PC game PUBG, players have begun making a location to show their love for the company’s electric vehicles (EVs). A screenshot from the mobile version of the PUBG apocalypse survival game […]

The modern space race is heating up, with a handful of billionaires looking to see Earth from high above as soon as this month, and one billionaire becoming the first to reach space over the weekend. Following Virgin Galactic’s first trip to space over the weekend, Elon Musk has purchased a ticket to head to […]

Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is defending Tesla’s SolarCity acquisition in court this week, as the defendant in a lawsuit brought forth by Tesla shareholders hoping to regain the $2.6 billion USD spent on the company, while plaintiffs claim that the move was a bailout. In court on Monday, Musk denied allegations that […]

Tesla’s Model Y estimated delivery dates have been pushed back to October, when earlier this week the website indicated September. According to Tesla’s website for the U.S. and Canada, the entry Long Range Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive Model Y is now showing October, while the Performance version is showing 7-11 weeks. Tesla North reader James […]

Eli Burton, host of The Starman Report, shared a video of Tesla Vision capturing and showing tail lights changing on other cars, shown right on visualizations on his vehicle’s display, specifically lights changing from red to ‘off’. Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied, \”It will soon capture turn signals, hazards, ambulance/police lights & even hand gestures.” […]

Image via @klwtts Tesla has started to implement its Bioweapon Defense Mode on the Model Y compact crossover SUV for the first time in the United States. Previously, Bioweapon Defense Mode, which uses HEPA air filters, was only available on the Model S and Model X, and the Model Y when it launched in China […]

According to a press release Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently shared on Twitter, Tesla Solar is teaming up with Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Dacra to build a large-scale sustainable residential neighborhood in Austin, Texas. Tesla Solar Roof + Powerwall in major new housing development in Austinhttps://t.co/u7NJAswFW2 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2021 Provisionally named […]

Tesla has dropped the price of the Model 3 sedan in Australia, reports The Driven. The Model 3 now starts at $59,990 AUD, down from its $62,900 AUD in April and $66,990 AUD in October 2020 and later $73,900 AUD in late 2020. “In NSW it will now cost $64,648 driveway, but in September that […]

Tesla Full Self-Driving beta tester, Chuck Cook, has released a video putting the new FSD beta v9.0 against his test of taking on unprotected left turns. The Tesla has to tackle a six-lane road with a median and the car also needs to inch out to see oncoming traffic. It’s the same test Cook has […]

Tesla’s application for a new patent describes the revolutionary lithium extraction process the EV pioneer has devised to cut costs by 33%, teased previously by CEO Elon Musk as “using table salt to basically extract lithium from ore” — reports Electrek. The extraction process was originally announced by Tesla during Battery Day 2020. During the […]

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office in Everett, Washington, has announced that it will be adding a Tesla Model Y Long Range to its fleet o patrol cars in a pilot program to test the viability of electric vehicles (EVs) in patrol work — reports The Everett Herald. Snohomish County isn’t the first in the U.S. to […]

On Friday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared aerial footage of the company’s newest autonomous spaceport droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), finally taking to the sea in its very first sea-trial outside Port Fourchon. Autonomous SpaceX droneship,A Shortfall of Gravitas pic.twitter.com/hNZ5U7nxUg — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2021 When asked if ASOG is fully automated […]

Chuck Cook testing FSD beta v9.0 As promised, Tesla released its Full Self-Driving beta v9.0 to beta testers last night, with software version 2021.4.18.12. So far, we’re seeing early beta testers share their videos of how FSD beta v9 fares. FSD beta v9 uses Tesla Vision, which relies only on cameras and no longer radar, […]

Yet another Tesla Model S Plaid owner, DragTimes‘ Brooks Weisblat, takes to a drag strip in a recently published YouTube video to try and break the world record for fastest 1/4 mile in a ‘production car’, which was recently set by Jay Leno in his own Model S Plaid at 9.247 seconds. On what was only […]