Remaining on good terms with the world’s largest auto market has perhaps been rockier for Tesla this year than it expected it to be – after its cars were banned for Chinese military personnel due to privacy concerns, CEO Elon Musk appeared on China’s state television to praise the country, ultimately saying that Tesla would […]

The first deliveries of the Polestar 2 began last year, and a new update from the company shows new plans to grow the Polestar 2 family into new variants. In a press release Tuesday, Polestar announced its plans to expand the Polestar 2 model to include three variants, including three separate powertrains, both dual and […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Austin has been under construction for quite some time now – 264 days to be exact – and while we could see a ton of new progress in our last Tesla Gigafactory Austin update, we get to see even more in the newest drone video. On Monday, Youtube channel Jeff Roberts shared brand […]

After months of CEO Elon Musk publicly supporting Bitcoin, cryptocurrency trading app Binance announced that it would be adding Tesla stock tokens on Monday, and the stock token is already off to the races. According to Vice President of Binance Aaron Gong, the first day for Tesla stock tokens on the exchange saw just under […]

According to Business Insider Germany, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess had an employment contract from Tesla in 2015 to become CEO which was ready to be signed. Current Tesla CEO Elon Musk was ready to hand over management of the electric vehicle (EV) company to Diess, though he eventually decided against it – for one mysterious […]

Magna and LG Electronics announced the formation of a partnership to build electric vehicle (EV) components last year, and in a new update, the joint venture may be likely to win a contract to build Apple’s upcoming autonomous vehicle. On Tuesday, an anonymous person familiar with the matter told the Korea Times that LG Magna […]

Last week the province of Saskatchewan in Canada announced it would start taxing passenger electric vehicle owners $150 CAD ($119 USD) per year. The decision would mean this is Canada’s first EV tax. On Saturday afternoon, electric vehicle owners in Saskatchewan held a rally to protest the provincial government’s decision at the legislature, with various EV […]

Tesla looks to be increasing the price of its Solar Roof for customers that have had reservations since last year. According to various posts on the TMC forums (via Electrek), customers that made Tesla Solar Roof reservations are noting huge price increases above their original quotes, even for those without design changes. “I’ve had a […]

Domino’s announced on Monday it will be launching self-driving pizza delivery, starting this week in the United States. The world’s largest pizza company based on global retail sales said it has partnered with self-driving delivery company Nuro and the latter’s R2 autonomous vehicle. Domino’s in Woodland Heights at 3209 Houston Avenue in Houston, Texas, will […]

Elon Musk has been known for sharing a strange blend of memes and viable SpaceX or Tesla information on Twitter, including bold past opinions on the autonomous vehicle world’s radar versus vision debate. And in a new update, the Tesla CEO tweeted that it’s “better to double down on vision than do sensor fusion,” furthering […]

A subsidiary of Intel, Mobileye, has huge plans for the future of autonomous vehicles, and it recently announced a partnership with Udelv to help build the framework for new driverless delivery technology. On Monday, Mobileye announced its new deal with Udelv to produce over 35,000 driverless delivery vehicles, called Transporters, by 2028, with commercial operations […]

The Volkswagen ID.4 SUV is a direct competitor with the Tesla Model Y, and a new update has revealed that its range will compete with some of the Model Y’s range offerings too. On Monday, Volkswagen announced that the ID.4 Pro, the model’s entry-level variant, has received a range of 260 miles from the Environmental […]

The Tesla Model Y has remained the default electric vehicle (EV) SUV in China, even after Model Y units received a price increase, as shown by new data from China’s vehicle registrations. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), Tesla sold 16,422 Model Y units in the Chinese auto market in this […]

Canadian satellite internet company Telesat has accelerated in the race to achieve low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet, pitting them against Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper, both working to offer improved satellite internet connectivity first. Calling Telesat’s LEO constellation “the Holy Grail” for shareholders, Ottawa-based Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg says the company has […]

Canaccord Genuity analyst Jed Dorsheimer said on Monday that Tesla (TSLA) could “radically” change the battery power market with its impressive technology and increased production capacity, according to The Street. Dorsheimer also said that the company is moving toward an “Apple-esque ecosystem,” but for energy products in particular. Dorsheimer also went on to say that […]