Saturday Night Live announced a special pair of guests for its May 8 broadcast, and as the weekend approaches, talk around the showing is heating up. On Thursday, Saturday Night Live posted a brand new teaser to promote the upcoming show hosted by Elon Musk, with musical guest Miley Cyrus on Saturday, May 8, set […]

On Thursday, u/RangerWax06 shared a screenshot from Tesla’s upgrade screen, including a glitched option for Full Self-Driving (FSD) capabilities with a price of $0.00. The glitch option was displayed beneath an identical description for the regular FSD which displayed the correct price of $10,000 (USD). Unfortunately, clicking the glitched option doesn’t do anything, according to […]

Tesla told California regulators that the company may not achieve Full Self-Driving (FSD) by the end of this year, according to a memo from the California DMV, seen by Reuters. The news comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk told shareholders in an earnings call that he and Tesla are “highly confident the car will be […]

Documents were filed by Tesla on April 30 for a “Bobcat Project,” and according to the site plan, the company is looking to build a second facility at its Gigafactory Texas site, as reported by Austin Business Journal. The new facility’s location may span as many as 100 acres and could land somewhere on Harold […]

Tesla has again increased the price of its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in the United States. Check out the changes below… Model 3 Standard Range Plus: $39,490 USD (+$500; was $38,990) Long Range: $48,490 USD (+$500; was $47,990) Performance: $56,990 USD – no change Model Y Long Range: $51,490 (+$500; was $50,990) Performance: […]

New York-based Gravity Inc. announced earlier this week it plans to debut a Tesla Model Y taxi fleet, as part of a one-year pilot program to test battery electric vehicle (BEV) taxicabs. The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) pilot will allow for BEVs with lower than 4.4 second 0 to 60mph acceleration times, such […]

Reddit user u/motofanka shared close-up photos of Tesla’s refreshed Model S on Thursday, from a sighting in Kettleman City, California. The photos, as shared on the Tesla Motors subreddit, show close-ups of the seats and front interior of the Model S, as well as a picture depicting the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) front exterior cameras. Some […]

Tesla has depended largely on the sale of regulatory credits to other automakers that didn’t meet emissions requirements in past years to retain a high level of profitability. Stellantis, the owner of Fiat Chrysler Automotive and France’s PSA group said it plans to meet its emissions targets this year, without having to purchase them from […]

While Tesla’s market share was hit by Ford in April following the legacy automaker’s release of multiple hybrid and battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs), sales of the companies Mustang Mach-E have declined month-to-month – with recent drops due in part to an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, as reported by Investors. Ford sold just 1,951 Mustang Mach-E […]

The Canadian federal government has announced on Thursday more electric vehicle chargers are coming, thanks to funding from Natural Resources Canada’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program. A new $110,000 CAD investment to the District of Saanich in Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, will install 22 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers at sites owned by […]

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) company NIO has had a successful year despite an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage slowing production, and now the Shanghai-based company has shared plans to expand into new territory. NIO will rival Tesla and Volkswagen in Norway with the release of its ES8 SUV expected in September, and the ET7 luxury sedan […]

Following data privacy concerns in China over Tesla’s use of footage generated by its vehicles, the company is taking steps to improve the way it stores and shares this data. On Thursday, Tesla said it had plans to produce a platform that gives vehicle owners in China access to the data created and stored by […]

As electric vehicles (EVs) are just beginning to see mainstream adoption, Tesla will rely less and less on its free Supercharging referral program going forward, if one report is to be believed. According to sources familiar with the matter, Tesla spent over $23 million in free Supercharging miles in the first quarter alone and is […]

SpaceX went ahead with its Starship SN15 high altitude test flight on Wednesday afternoon from Boca Chica, Texas. The flight was successful, with lift-off, belly descent and landing, the first time ever for Starship prototype, without explosion. As of writing, there was a fire ongoing after the landing, which looked to be extinguished. Starship landing […]

Tesla has been in the electric vehicle (EV) world for well over a decade now, and while other car manufacturers are showing up way late to the party, a batch of prototype pictures posted to Reddit reminds us how far the California EV company has been at it, comparatively. On Tuesday, one user shared pictures […]