A new YouTube video from EKMMetering showcases drone footage of the progress made on the Tesla Megapack project at the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) substation in Moss Landing, California. The Moss Landing PG&E site is only one of a number of sites in California that are in the process of getting Tesla Megapacks and Powerpacks for energy storage […]
According to leading technology analyst Dan Ives, Tesla’s $1.5 billion USD investment in Bitcoin via Coinbase earlier this month has already yielded the electric vehicle giant over $1 billion USD in profit. Tesla bitcoin gambit already made $1 billion, more than 2020 profit from car sales, estimates analyst https://t.co/rcAU0Vp6ex — MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) February 21, 2021 […]
According to IHS Markit, a big name in information and data analytics, new electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the U.S. during 2020 hit an all-time high market share of 1.8%, reinforcing the belief that electric cars are the future with growing consumer demand. Electric vehicle (#EV) registrations in the US in 2020 reached record market share […]
Tesla has updated its website tonight to no longer offer a Model Y Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive, and instead only offer two Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive options. Of the two Dual Motor configurations available, the Long Range has also dropped in price by $1,000 USD. Here’s what’s available now: Long Range AWD – $48,990 USD […]
As reported on a Reddit thread, Tesla has removed the 2020 expected production date from the official reservation page for the Tesla Roadster. The change comes less than a month after Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that the Roadster won’t go into production until 2022. For reference, here’s what the Roadster’s reservation page looked […]
The city of Estevan in Saskatchewan, Canada, now has a PlugShare charging station that offers free charging for your electric car — reports the Estevan Mercury. The station, which is the only public charger in the city, was recently built during the renovation of the Peavey Mart parking lot in the Estevan Shoppers’ Mall. It […]
According to Teslarati, Tesla has applied for the expansion of its Fremont factory with the city. The filing details the addition of a 64,000 square foot structure to the south of the facility by building foundations and installing below-ground utilities under General Assembly 4.5 (GA 4.5). With demand for its electric vehicles blooming across the […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.10 software update, as noted by @TeslaFi, detected on a Model 3 in Quebec, Canada. Software version 2021.4.10 was just detected on a Tesla Model 3 Long Range DM in Quebec Canada on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/SDGzKDazss — TeslaFi (@teslafi) February 20, 2021 The release comes two […]
Tesla on Friday shared a short video of its new Model S Plaid refresh winter testing. Plaid winter testing pic.twitter.com/Zau1dWZD2U — Tesla (@Tesla) February 19, 2021 In the 6-second clip, we see a Model S Plaid on a snowy field accelerating in a straight line, while the camera pans across the back of the vehicle. […]
Canadian satellite operator Telesat has claimed that its satellites are more advanced than those from SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation. In a press release Thursday, Telesat announced that it has entered an agreement with the Québec’s government to receive an investment of $400 million (CAD) to help develop its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. The […]
Tesla’s Cybertruck is set to release later this year, and hopefully by that time, Saskatchewan resident Tyler Golding will be ready to get his own, albeit in a rather unconventional way. The Warman, Saskatchewan resident has been working for three months to trade his way up from a deck of cards, all the way to […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been making headlines with the company’s recent decision to invest $1.5 billion (USD) into Bitcoin. In response to a Twitter news story in which Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he was “surprised” Musk was so keen on Dogecoin, Musk replied that he is “not an investor,” but rather an engineer. […]
In recent months, news of an upcoming Apple Car has had the internet speculating widely, and in a new update, it appears the technology has begun evaluating driving sensor companies. Apple is currently in talks with a number of self-driving car sensor suppliers which produce lidar, as it considers which route to go for its […]
Vehicle testing is an incredibly important part of production, and it’s only growing in significance as autonomous driving becomes more prominent. On Wednesday, General Motors (GM) announced that engineers at the Canadian Technical Centre (CTC) can now begin testing advanced vehicles at the newly-finished CTC McLaughlin Advanced Technology Track (MATT), according to a press release. […]
When it comes to electric vehicles (EVs), Tesla currently ranks at the top according to their owners in a previous JD Power study. But in the firm’s most recent auto inspection, it found the company’s cars may not be as dependable as they are well-liked. Thursday, CNBC reported that a new JD Power study ranked […]
