Tesla announced on Friday its online configurator has gone live in Hungary and Romania, allowing both countries to buy the company’s vehicles. The Tesla website for Romania and Hungary is showing the Model 3, Model S and Model X as available. Configurator now live in Hungary 🇭🇺 & Romania 🇷🇴 — Tesla (@Tesla) May 14, […]

Wawa convenience stores shared plans to expand its electric vehicle (EV) charging network earlier this year, and in a press release earlier this week, the company has announced its 50th EV charging site across the six states it currently operates out of. The milestone was celebrated by Wawa with the opening of its most recent […]

After being arrested, not once, but twice, for riding in the backseat of a Tesla with no one at the wheel, 25-year-old Param Sharma has done it again, shortly following release from a two-day stint at Santa Rita jail, according to KTVU. On Wednesday afternoon Sharma sat down with Jesse Gary of KTVU in San […]

As Tesla’s Gigafactory Austin production facility nears completion, the crown jewels of its electric vehicle (EV) assembly are its GigaPress casting machines. The company currently has operational versions of the GigaPress casting machine at its Fremont and Shanghai factories, with one now beginning operations at Gigafactory Texas. In a video shared by YouTube channel scouts […]

Tesla is looking to add EVE Energy Co. to its Gigafactory Shanghai supply chain, according to four people familiar with the matter (via Reuters). The deal seeks to increase and bolster the number of low-cost electric vehicle (EV) batteries, to help keep up with increasing demand. Alongside China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Company (CATL), EVE Energy […]

Tesla’s Roadster prototype is headed to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, for two weeks from May 19 to June 2, 2021, from 10am to 5pm and also 6pm to 8pm. According to an email from the Petersen Museum announcing the news (via @BLKMDL3), it says “be one of the first to see […]

Image credit: @BocaChicaGal SpaceX has revealed plans to launch its Starship prototype into its first orbital spaceflight, according to a filling with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), reports CNBC. The company’s recent Starship SN15 prototype successfully landed during a test flight. The huge rocket ship is about 16-storeys tall, or about 160 feet, and made […]

Elon Musk has clarified his stance on cryptocurrency, after announcing on Wednesday Tesla would no longer be accepting Bitcoin for payments, due to the increasing environmental impact of the latter, due to the heavy ‘mining’ required to power the digital coin. On Thursday, Musk said, “To be clear, I strongly believe in crypto, but it […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.15.8 software update, as noted by @Teslascope. The new software update was detected in Europe, specifically on a couple of Model 3 vehicles in Germany and Hungary. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.4.15.8 on a Model 3 AWD LR (2019) in Budapest, Hungary. View the rollout of […]

GMC previously unveiled the Hummer electric vehicle (EV) would release in early 2023. In a new teaser video posted on YouTube Wednesday by GMC Hummer EV, we see the electric Hummer performing some impressive road testing around Moab, Utah’s iconic hills. The video shows the “Supertruck,” as dubbed by GMC, climbing steep hills and clearing trenches, […]

On Wednesday, Tesla suddenly announced it suspended accepting Bitcoin payments, in a surprising change of pace that Wedbush says could harm the company in the long run. According to Business Insider, Wedbush’s Dan Ives said in a note Thursday that Tesla’s decision to suspend Bitcoin payments is “very surprising and confusing,” especially given Tesla’s astounding […]

Tesla buyers in Israel are reportedly awaiting delayed Model 3 deliveries, due to ongoing missile strikes in the Gaza Strip’s Port of Ashdod, according to YNet (via Teslarati). The Model 3 units, as were being imported from Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory, are being delayed by Tesla to ensure customer safety, in the midst of violent tensions […]

DRIVETRIBE shared a new video on Wednesday, in which host James May (the former host of BBC’s Top Gear) breaks down how his Tesla Model S has failed – due to the failure of the conventional 12-volt battery in the car’s front trunk. This particular battery seems to have died in May’s car while he […]

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet company has been expanding into countries around the world, following successful North American beta tests, and while the SpaceX company is still rolling out its satellite constellation. Starlink is expanding its reach in European Union (EU) countries, including Spain, with parent company SpaceX having registered two subsidiaries with Spain’s National […]

Google announced on Thursday that its cloud computing arm has secured a contract with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide computing and networking services to the internet company, according to CNBC. Google’s private fiber-optic internet network will be utilized in the up to seven-year deal to make swift connectivity to cloud services possible. In addition, SpaceX plans […]