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 […]
Tesla on Friday explained that its recent price cuts, which drove down the stickers on its electric vehicles (EVs) by up to a whopping $21,000 USD in the U.S., were made possible by the “normalization of cost inflation” — reports Reuters. According to the company, the price drops are making its top-selling EVs more accessible […]
Tesla has won the U.S. luxury sales crown for 2022, beating BMW, according to estimates from the Automotive News Research & Data Center. Elon Musk’s Tesla beat German automaker BMW for the crown, with an estimated 491,000 sales in the U.S., based on estimates. BMW was in second place with 332,388, followed by Mercedes-Benz with […]
Tesla today outlined its economic footprint in California as part of a new blog post. Since its inception 20 years ago, Tesla has grown to become the Golden State’s largest manufacturing employer, with 47,000 direct employees as of 2022. California is home to Tesla’s Fremont factory — which last year became the highest-yield automotive plant […]
Update Jan. 4: It appears this filing was not made by Tesla, but instead by a fan of the company named Jerome Eady, reports Bloomberg: When reached Wednesday via telephone, Eady said he intended to help the company by filing the application proactively after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said its Cybertruck may be usable […]
Tesla sold a record 92,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe during the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a 77% gain from the previous quarter and a 70% increase year-over-year from the same quarter in 2021 (via @piloly). The numbers from Europe for December are now in and @Tesla has, as expected, achieved a significant new […]
Tesla vehicles are some of the safest cars on the road. Now, a major accident has shown just how safe these vehicles can be, after a Model Y plunged some 250 feet down a cliff at Devil’s Side in San Mateo, California. The incident happened on Monday, January 2, 2023, and footage shows a heavily […]
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has announced a 2.85 billion won (about $2.2 million USD) fine on Tesla for alleged false advertising — reports Reuters. According to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), Tesla failed to disclose the shortened driving range of its electric vehicles (EVs) in lower temperatures in its promotional materials. The regulator has […]
Tesla sold more cars than any other automotive brand in Norway in 2022, according to a report from Reuters. This marks the second consecutive year of Tesla’s dominance as the country’s top-selling car brand. Tesla secured a 12.2% share of the Norwegian market in 2022, selling more vehicles — electric or otherwise — than any […]
Rental vehicle company Hertz has seen its annual profits jump by 12% since adding electric vehicles (EVs) from Tesla, Polestar, and more to its fleet — reports The Cool Down. Hertz kicked off its transition to EVs by signing a $4.2 billion USD deal with Tesla for 100,000 units of the company’s Model 3 sedan in […]
Ford issued the most recalls of any automotive manufacturer in 2022, both by the number of recalls and the total volume of cars potentially affected (via Autoblog). The legacy automaker announced a total of 67 recalls over the course of the year. In total, a whopping 8,636,265 vehicles manufactured by Ford were potentially affected — […]
Tesla Wall Connectors can now be purchased online from Best Buy, instead of just from Tesla’s online shop. The Tesla Wall Connector (3rd gen) and J1772 Wall Connector are both listed online on Best Buy’s website (via @BLKMDL3), priced at $400 and $550 USD respectively, which is the same as Tesla’s pricing on its online […]
Electric vehicle (EV) startup Aptera recently confirmed plans to adopt Tesla’s charging connector and port design, which Tesla recently open-sourced and renamed the North American Charging Standard (NACS), for its upcoming solar car (via Electrek). Aptera is a California-based company that’s working on a battery- and solar-powered electric car with a claimed range of 1,000 miles. […]
Tesla has launched a new V3 Supercharger at the Hotel Marcel in New Haven, Connecticut. There are 12 V3 charging stalls and the location is in the parking lot of the newly renovated Hotel Marcel. Tesla North reader Paul Braren let us know the New Haven Supercharger is online as of today. Also at the […]
Tesla’s head of operations at Gigafactory Texas seems to have taken a role working with SpaceX’s Starship, according to a few people familiar with the matter. Omead Afshar has been named Vice President of Starship production at SpaceX, according to unnamed sources, reports Bloomberg. It’s unclear if Afshar is working at both companies, though he […]
