Berlin Mercedes-Benz Manager Joins Tesla Instead
Tesla’s overseeing manager from the Giga Berlin construction site recently left, though sources are not sure why. Now, however, Tesla will gain an employee from a competing automaker, a manufacturing executive with many years of experience that is sure to benefit the company’s goals. Tesla’s Giga Berlin will now gain the support of Rene Reif, […]
Turo Expects 50% of New Car Listings in Canada to be Zero-Emission by 2025
Canadian interest in zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) has soared in the past few years, and trips taken in Turo’s car-shared ZEVs have too. According to an email from Turo to Tesla North, the number of trips taken in ZEVs on Turo’s car-sharing service has increased by an average of 131% per year between 2016 and 2020. […]
Tesla Model 3 Still Leads EV Sales in Switzerland as of October 2020
Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise around the world, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic having perhaps slowed that down some. Still, the plugin EV market share in Switzerland was up 156% in October 2020, with 2,963 total EV registrations, and with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) making up 57% of all plugin sales, as […]
Tesla Navigation 2020.48 Update Rolling Out in the U.S.
Tesla’s navigation isn’t always perfect, and especially for some of its rural customers. However, many of these customers are hoping a new navigation update will fix major problems for Tesla’s navigation system. A new navigation update, 2020.48, started to roll out to Tesla owners in the United States as far back as last week. According […]
Tesla Shanghai Produced 22,929 Model 3s in October
We knew Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory planned to increase to three shifts after the country’s national holiday, but the results are truly stunning. In October 2020, Tesla’s Giga Shanghai produced an amazing 22,929 Model 3 units, as reported by Tesmanian (save 10% off floor mats and more with coupon code TESLANORTH10). This equates to a weekly […]
Tesla Will Have to Share Diagnostic Tools as ‘Right-to-Repair’ Law Passes
Last Tuesday, a measure in Massachusetts passed in a landslide win, forcing automakers to ensure the same diagnostic tools are available to third-party repair shops, as reported by VICE. The “right-to-repair” measure also includes Tesla, which has been particularly quiet about its servicing measures and tools, making it difficult for other mechanics to work on […]
NASA Certifies SpaceX Spacecraft for Astronaut Flights, Ahead of Crew-1 Mission
On Tuesday, NASA and SpaceX officially signed the Human Rating Certification plan just ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, marking the first certified commercial spacecraft rated to board humans. The Crew Dragon together with the Falcon 9 rocket is the first crew spacecraft to be NASA-certified for regular flight with humans aboard since NASA’s […]
Tesla Model 3s Headed to Europe Allegedly Have New Panasonic Battery Cells
Tesla is currently exporting numerous Model 3 units to Europe and these newly refreshed cars may have new Panasonic battery cells, if an alleged screenshot in Germany proves true. According to speculation on the German TFF-Forums, one user shared an image of what claims to be the shipping papers for a new Model 3 headed […]
Meet New York City’s First Tesla Taxi, a Yellow Model 3
Just when we thought the future of the taxi industry might have been getting foggier with brands like Lyft and Uber, the universe gave us this. A new all-electric yellow taxi is now in operation in New York City, and the Tesla Model 3 has already completed over 100 trips in its first full weekend […]
Tesla Model Y Mountain Biking with Kuat NV 2.0 Rack [VIDEO]
A video posted Monday by YouTube channel DC//PROJEKT shows the video’s host using a Tesla Model Y with an attached rack carrying mountain bikes. The rack featured in the video is a Kuat NV 2.0, and the host also discusses why he went with that particular product. Because he didn’t order his Tesla Model Y […]
SpaceX Starlink Beta Invites to Hit Canada this Week: Report
After Canada’s telecom industry regular approved SpaceX to operate its Starlink low earth orbit satellite internet in Canada last week, many started to check their email inboxes to see if beta invites would hit the great white north. Now, according to SpaceQ, the publication reports SpaceX will start sending out beta invites for Starlink to […]
2021 Tesla Model 3 Owner Shows Off New Features in Canada [VIDEO]
Tesla fans around the world are showing off their new 2021 editions of the Model 3, as they begin to be delivered in the US and Canada. In a new video uploaded to YouTube, Vancouver-based 2021 Tesla Model 3 owner Mahdi Askarzadeh goes through the interior and exterior features of the new model, breaking down […]
Tesla Hiring Sales and Service Advisors in British Columbia
Tesla is now a multi-national company with interests all over the world, and one which has spearheaded the electric vehicle (EV) movement at large, as the marketplace for zero-emission vehicles begins to take shape. In exciting news for Canadian fans of the company, Tesla is now hiring for Sales and Service Advisors in Surrey, British […]
Canada Looks to Create ZEV-Dedicated Supply Chain
Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) are a hot topic throughout the world right now, and various countries, companies, and other organizations are finding ways to help the public gain access to these electric vehicles (EVs). In a new initiative, the Canadian ZEV Industry Coalition, born of Transition Accelerator and Electric Mobility Canada and with support from Dunsky […]
Ford Mustang Mach-E Early EPA Range Estimates Revealed
After recent price drops for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E, Ford fans and onlookers are wondering to see how the automaker’s first electric vehicle (EV) will perform with regards to range. New estimate documents were posted online in the Mach-E Forum Monday (via CNET), showing estimates for Ford’s Mustang Mach-E rear-wheel-drive (RWD) extended range option at […]