Tesla’s manufacturing teams around the world play a huge role in the company’s success. On Wednesday, electrek reported Tesla’s top manufacturing engineer, Victor Prajapati, would be departing from the company to join the manufacturing team at Rivian – a rival electric vehicle (EV) company whose first release, the R1T, is set to be the market’s […]

It’s January 2019, and Tesla (TSLA) is enduring turmoil as a company as it sits on the brink of bankruptcy. CEO Elon Musk sends out an open letter to employees sharing that the company needs to reduce headcount by 7%, and increase Model 3 production rates significantly – with the added difficulty of losing Deepak […]

Tesla (TSLA) had a stellar year in 2020, and the company’s Q4 2020 earnings report is scheduled for later today, immediately following the market’s close. While Tesla is expected to report its sixth straight quarter of immense growth, according to Axios, the company’s announcement could also have a major impact on the electric vehicle (EV) market […]

On Sunday, YouTube channel Daily Motor shared a new video showing off its 2021 Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive Tesla Model Y, newly-purchased by the hosts. In addition to purchasing Tesla’s SUV, the channel also made it a point to purchase the cheapest available Model Y option, including all of the vehicle’s base options and the […]

On early Tuesday morning, Tesla released its 2020.48.35.7 software update for Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta testers. Tesla CEO Elon Musk previously said there would be a new naming convention for FSD beta, and this latest version is now seen as 8.1, to better match the company’s internal numbering scheme. It’s not a downgrade, just a […]

In an exclusive phone interview with Fortune (via Business Insider), Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the publication he’s “super fired up” over President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change. “I’m super fired up that the new administration is focused on climate,” said Musk in the interview. President Biden announced plans yesterday to switch its entire federal […]

Some residents in the Ontario township of McKellar, are petitioning against a proposed electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The township is located just over a three hours drive north of Toronto. The petition was started January 19 by Chris Skinner, who states, “There is little benefit to the vast majority of McKellar residents, both seasonal […]

Image via Reuters On Wednesday, Tesla’s Q4 2020 earnings could result in a $7 billion options payout for CEO Elon Musk. According to Reuters, many are highly anticipating what Tesla will forecast for deliveries in its fiscal 2021. “We’re expecting close to 900,000 deliveries. I think that as the economy opens up again, there is […]

Numerous electric police cruisers have begun popping up around the world, but what’s stopping our police departments from cutting emissions entirely? The New South Wales Police Force has confirmed a 12-month EV testing period for a Hyundai Kona cruiser, according to New Zealand publication stuff, which is also posing the question of why the practice […]

California electric vehicle (EV) startup Lucid Motors is currently in talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund about building an EV factory in the kingdom, according to a Financial Times interview with Yasir Al-Runayyan, the fund’s governor (via Bloomberg). The factory could be built near the Red Sea city of Jeddah, according to earlier reports […]

The future is electric, as evidenced by the growing movement around the globe to cut transportation emissions to zero. Vancouver, B.C.-based seaplane company Harbour Air is an interesting part of that movement, as it plans to resume testing its all-electric airplane in 2021, according to CBC News. The Canadian company, which already flew the electric […]

As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to populate the roads more and more, we’re also beginning to witness a global entry into new territory – the auto market’s switch, at large, to zero-emissions vehicles. According to EV Sales, Europe’s top-selling EV in December 2020 was the Volkswagen ID.3, which delivered a total of 28,108 units. This […]

The rise of the electric vehicle (EV) has brought with it a new era in battery development, and while the market has already grown immensely, it’s only just getting started. The European Union (EU) recently granted 2.9 billion euros ($3.5 billion USD) in state aid to be used in battery production for EV companies, as […]

According to Nashville police, they’re seeking out the driver of an SUV that shot a Tesla last week on I-24. The scary situation was captured on the Tesla’s dashcam, where you can see a gold and tan GMC Envoy pull up, the passenger window lower then shots fired at the electric vehicle. It’s unclear what […]

We’ve been reporting on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) since it entered a public beta stage last fall. But now, a new competitor has entered the autonomous driving ring, in what is the world’s largest auto market. China-based Xpeng Motors began rolling out over the air updates on Tuesday, including a limited beta version of the […]