General Motors announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment in and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to source locally extracted, low-cost lithium in a press release on Friday. At its Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, located in Imperial, California, CTR is working on a closed-loop process to […]

Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger stations that went live in the U.S. this week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing June 28, 2021 The Mountain Mile at 2655 Teaster Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN 12 250 kW Tesla June 28, 2021 […]

In response to a tweet congratulating Tesla and CEO Elon Musk on yet another record-breaking quarter while also probing for information on the Cybertruck, Musk said that the highly anticipated all-electric pickup truck will feature 4-wheel steering for increased maneuverability. Friday afternoons are usually Tesla design studio time. Cybertruck will be almost exactly what was […]

The Tesla Model S Plaid has been getting rave reviews since its release in early June, and in a recent review, the host says nothing less of the electric sedan. In a new review of the Tesla Model S Plaid shared Tuesday by The Pollard Family, tRoland Pollard called the electric vehicle (EV) the “best […]

A number of awesome custom Tesla paint jobs and wraps have popped up from third parties over the years, including this Model 3 holographic wrap spotted last year, but a recent stealth paint protection film offers one of the coolest looks we’ve witnessed so far. A new video from OCDetailing shared on Wednesday shows a […]

Automakers in China are releasing their sales numbers for Q2 this week, and new updates from Li Auto show that the company is reaching new all-time highs, even coming out of the global chip shortage. On Friday, Li Auto said that its June deliveries of the Li One hit a monthly high of 7,713 deliveries, […]

Following reports that the Tesla Model Y was set to become available to Hong Kong buyers on Friday, the company has stayed true to its word with the return of the Model Y to the region. According to Tesla’s website, the Model Y Standard Range can now be purchased by Tesla buyers in Hong Kong, […]

As the world moves towards renewable and zero-emission solutions, one Florida city is adding two electric police motorcycles to its fleet. Florida’s Largo Police Department added two new Zero electric motorcycles to its fleet, as the city considers wider transitions to renewable energy sources, according to Yahoo Finance. The city plans to build out an […]

On Friday, a Tesla Model S Plaid was engulfed in flames as the owner was driving, and the car briefly kept the driver trapped in the car after the doors wouldn’t open, according to attorneys for the driver (via The Washington Post). The scene took place outside Philadelphia just a few days following delivery of […]

Tesla announced a record number of vehicle deliveries on Friday morning for Q2, producing and delivering over 200,000 cars for the first time. “In the second quarter, we produced and delivered over 200,000 vehicles. Our teams have done an outstanding job navigating through global supply chain and logistics challenges,” said Tesla in a statement. Tesla […]

Videos of Tesla’s camera-based Autopilot update, known as Pure Vision, continue to make their way onto the internet, including a new test of the system. In a new video from Michigan-based Dirty Tesla released on Tuesday, we see another glimpse at Tesla Pure Vision Autopilot tests in the rain, just weeks after Tesla’s camera-based, no-radar […]

Many analysts have increased their outlook on NIO recently, and while the Tesla-rivaling Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup still has a long way to go if it hopes to catch up to Tesla, its recent quarterly sales report is telling. According to a press release from NIO on Thursday, the company delivered 8,083 vehicles in […]

On Wednesday, MarketWatch reported that analysts polled by FactSet estimate Tesla (TSLA) will deliver 207,000 vehicles in this year’s second quarter,  – accounted for by as many as 114,00 Model 3 sedans, 78,000 Model Y compact crossover SUVs, and the rest made up of the company’s Model S and X units. The news comes amid growing […]

After reports The Boring Company was in talks with Florida in January, the news has now been publicly confirmed by one state official on Wednesday. The City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has been offered a proposal from the Boring Company to build a transit loop between downtown and the beach, according to Fort Lauderdale Mayor […]

Following a successful launch of SpaceX’s Transporter-2 Mission on Wednesday, a new update holds that the U.S. company’s orbital hardware may nearly be on target to collide with an orbiting Russian cargo ship. A SpaceX Starlink satellite and a Falcon 9 rocket fragment could both be poised to have a near-miss with Russian cargo ship […]