Tesla posted an Instagram story today with the word “Türkiye” and the mention of “4/4” suggesting April 4, followed by a side-eyes emoji and a picture of a Tesla Model 3. The post suggests Tesla plans to launch in Turkey next month. Back in December 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke with Turkey’s president about […]
A new “Tesla Center” product idea has been submitted to the Lego Ideas platform, offering a creative response to the growing presence of electric vehicles on our roads, specifically Tesla vehicles. Designed to fit seamlessly within existing modular Lego sets, the create Tesla Center set allows children and adults alike the opportunity to build, explore, […]
Tesla’s mobile app apparently let an immigration consultant from Canada get into and drive someone else’s vehicle, according to a report from Global News. Vancouver, B.C., resident Rajesh Randev claims the Tesla app on his phone gave him access to and let him drive a Tesla that wasn’t his. Tesla owners can use the mobile app […]
Tesla recently filed a patent application for an “ultra-hard cold-worked steel alloy” that will likely make its way into the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s Cybertruck, according to a report from electrek. Responding to a report on the patent application from fellow publication Tesmanian, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it was a “new metal.” New metal […]
Earlier on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin Newsom jointly announced the automaker’s new global engineering headquarters, located in Palo Alto. Tonight, Musk kicked off a grand opening party at the new global engineering headquarters, the original site owned by computer company Hewlett Packard. “Welcome to the grand opening of Tesla engineering […]
Tesla debuted its own CCS Combo 1 Adapter back in September 2022, priced at $250 USD. Fast forward five months later, the price of this adapter has been slashed by 30% off in the US, down to $175 USD. In Canada, prices dropped from $325 to $240 CAD (26% drop). “Expand your fast charging options […]
Tesla is considering making a bid to acquire Vancouver, Canada-based Sigma Lithium, a company that specializes in mining the critical electric vehicle (EV) battery metal in its name — reports Bloomberg. According to the publication’s sources, Tesla has been in talks with potential advisers about a bid for Sigma Lithium. Shares in Sigma Lithium jumped […]
We’ve been hearing non-stop chatter about Tesla picking Mexico as the location of its next plant, and now we have confirmation yet again the company will soon make an announcement, according to Reuters. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday, “Very soon we will have confirmation that this company, which is so important, which is […]
After an earlier report on Thursday that claimed Tesla had fired employees behind a union organizing effort, the electric automaker has responded in a company blog post. Tesla detailed the “facts behind the event”, which essentially says the employees let go had poor performance reviews, that were determined well before the union campaign was announced. […]
Tesla is set to open a new flagship store and service center in Franklin, Tennessee, sometime in mid-2023, according to a press release (via the Nashville Business Journal). The company will occupy a 57,447-square-foot building located on 7 acres at 300 Shingle Way, Franklin, in Williamson Country, TN. Per property deeds, the site is owned by […]
Tesla has left Volkswagen in a tough spot on the veteran automaker’s home turf after recently dropping the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) by up to 16.8% in Germany. The discounts, which Tesla said were a result of “normalizing” inflation, have led to increased demand for and interest in […]
Tesla was the top-selling battery electric vehicle (BEV) brand in Germany for 2022, unseating local automotive giant Volkswagen for the first time, according to data from the country’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) that was shared by nextmove, a German electric car rental company (via @Captn_Hype). @tesla taking pole position in Germany in BEV sales […]
Hertz and Uber announced plans to deploy as many as 25,000 electric vehicle (EV) rentals in Europe as a new expansion to its partnership, according to a press release shared on Tuesday. The EVs are set to hit much of Europe in 2025, beginning with London and shortly followed by Paris and Amsterdam. The rentals […]
Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, recently sat for an interview with IGN Executive Editor Ryan McCaffrey on the latest episode of Ride the Lightning, his unofficial Tesla podcast. The two spent close to an hour talking about several different topics, including Tesla’s upcoming Cybertruck, the next-generation Roadster, and the changes the all-electric automaker recently […]
Tesla has returned to the Pwn2Own hacking contest and is offering a $600,000 USD cash reward to anyone who can write an exploit capable of bypassing multiple systems in its electric vehicles (EVs) and achieving an arbitrary code execution — reports SecurityWeek. In addition to the cash prize, any hacker who succeeds will also get […]
