At Battery Day on Tuesday, electric vehicle company Tesla announced its new 4680 Roadrunner battery. On Friday, Reddit user u/iTriMara posted a picture of a 3d-printed model of Tesla’s new 4680 battery. Multiple users within the thread commented on the sheer size of the battery, stating that they did not realize how big it would […]
After Thursday’s unveiling of the VW ID.4, Volkswagen’s US reservation site for the new car went down for about 2 hours yesterday, as reported by Car Scoops. If that didn’t signal major interest in the new EV, then the fact that it sold out in the US already certainly did. For eager buyers, not to […]
This year has proved fruitful for most electric vehicle (EV) companies and startups, especially within the Chinese market. Among them, Chinese motor companies NIO, XPeng Inc, Li Auto, and WM Motor have raised over $8 billion (USD) this year – and they have Tesla to be thankful for, according to Reuters. Tesla’s boom, especially in […]
Nikola CEO Trevor Milton recently stepped down amid claims of fraud and deception. Now, Tesla has had its say, and it’s not dissimilar from what others have been claiming about Nikola. Wednesday, as reported by Ars Technica, Tesla filed a court response in the ongoing case, saying that Nikola stole the design for its semi-truck […]
In August, a Tesla employee thwarted a Russian hacker’s attempts to install malware onto Tesla’s internal operating system. The hacker attempted to recruit the employee, only to be discreetly turned in to the FBI by Tesla. Now, as reported by CTV News, a 26-year-old Russian cyber-attacker, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, plead “not guilty” to courts on […]
Tesla has released an Acceleration Boost upgrade for its Model Y compact SUV, available as a $2,000 USD purchase. This addition matches what has been available from Tesla for the Model 3. The Acceleration Boost offers an improved 0-60 mph time, from 4.8 seconds down to 4.3 seconds (it should have been 4.20 seconds in […]
After being announced as the site of a future Tesla Supercharger back in December 2017, the Simi Valley Supercharger at Target in California is now live (via Supercharge.info). The Tesla Supercharger at Simi Valley Target opened on Wednesday, September 23, more than three years after news of the charging site was discovered. The location for […]
At Amazon’s special event today, the company unveiled new Echo, Fire TV, Eero 6 devices and more. One new announcement was the introduction of Ring Car Connect, a new API for automakers to allow customers to get push notifications on their smartphones from detected events. The new Ring Car Connect API also allows users to […]
After Tesla’s Battery Day announcement that its Model S Plaid set a record time of 1:30.3 at the Laguna Seca track, many fans were left wondering who the record-setting driver was. In a new video shared on the r/TeslaMotors subreddit, it was revealed that the Tesla Model S Plaid record-setter was driver Sebastian Vittel (not […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are finally starting to hit the mainstream, and while they’ve a long way to go before they’re the industry standard, they’re getting some well-deserved attention from experts. In a new video released Wednesday, Grid Connections host Chase Drum interviews auto and energy industry experts Sandy Munro and Bob Galyen about Tesla’s Battery […]
In a tweet on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told his followers that the “Roadster will be better.” The reply was in response to a fellow user asking Musk how the company would incentivize the Roadster after the release of the legendary Model S Plaid. The news, or hint at news, at the least, set […]
After Battery Day, it’s no doubt that Tesla is in full-steam ahead mode – while the company’s shares dropped a decent bit after the event, this still won’t stop its factories, showrooms, service centers, and Superchargers from popping up around the world. In an update from Tesla Motors Club, it was announced that Pasadena will […]
It feels like not long ago that Donald Trump was congratulating Tesla CEO Elon Musk for the new Giga Texas factory, and for reopening its Fremont factory before the state of California said it was okay. And now, Musk and Tesla have decided to take action against Trump, to retain its right to importing Chinese […]
Tesla software version 2020.36.12 has started rolling out to the fleet on Wednesday evening. According to TeslaFi, software update 2020.36.12 was found being released on a Tesla Model Y in Washington, in the United States. Other Model Y owners also saw the 2020.36.12 software update from Tesla received in New York City, New York. Same […]
Volkswagen is finally ready to introduce to the world the ID.4 – a fully electric SUV that produces zero carbon emissions and is produced through a carbon-neutral process, reports Volkswagen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgqgywj-kf0 With its second electric vehicle ever, Volkswagen is targeting the most sought-after vehicle segment in both the U.S. and China – SUVs. The veteran auto-maker’s […]
