Tesla

By Joey Klender Posted on February 25, 2022 Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) plans to expand its production capacity, along with other factors like surging oil prices that could sway consumers to electric vehicles, have contributed to Daiwa Securities analysts upgrading their outlook on the automaker’s stock. Daiwa analyst Jairam Nathan said Tesla is “best positioned” to

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 25, 2022 It appears that Tesla is gathering more land for some more projects around the Gigafactory Texas area. As per recent filings to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, plans seem to be underway to construct an $11 million, 220,000-square-foot warehouse just across the Colorado River, close

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 24, 2022 It appears that Tesla might have already decided on the location of its next big factory. Based on recent reports, it appears that Tesla may be looking to build another vehicle production facility in Shanghai — and it could be starting sooner than expected.   Citing individuals familiar

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 23, 2022 An environmental assessment report posted on the Shanghai government’s website on Tuesday has revealed that Tesla is looking to expand its parts production capacity at Gigafactory Shanghai. This initiative, which should help the facility inch closer to achieving an annual output of about 1 million vehicles in

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 22, 2022 Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is raring to go, with the facility producing preproduction Model Ys over the past weeks. With the massive factory still awaiting its final approval, some of Giga Berlin’s critics have reiterated concerns about the electric vehicle factory’s water consumption.  Elon Musk has been asked

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 21, 2022 Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently threw a quick counter towards US Senator Elizabeth Warren, who reiterated her argument that billionaires do not pay taxes. Fresh off his $11 billion tax bill in 2021 and his $5 billion donation to charity, Musk seemed to be in the mood

By Joey Klender Posted on February 19, 2022 Tesla’s new Supercharger in Santa Monica, California located on Santa Monica Boulevard opened yesterday, becoming the first Supercharger station in Tesla’s network to accept Dogecoin as a payment. The Supercharger Station is incomplete, for now. Tesla still has another address to develop for this project, and Musk

By Joey Klender Posted on February 19, 2022 They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that holds true when discussing Tesla’s relationship with the State. Not only does Tesla already have a massive, yet unfinished, Gigafactory sitting southeast of downtown Austin that fits the narrative famous phrase, but the automaker also confirmed last night

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 18, 2022 Tesla China has initiated a recall for the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y over the vehicles’ possible heat pump issue, which could result in a degradation of windshield defrost performance. A total of 26,047 China-made Model 3 and Model Y are affected by the recall.  As

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 17, 2022 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary investigation on approximately 416,000 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y from the 2021 and 2022 model years over the vehicles’ tendency to unexpectedly apply their brakes while their driver-assist systems are engaged. This issue, dubbed among

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 16, 2022 Amidst what appears to be an ongoing stalemate between Tesla and India, reports have recently emerged suggesting that the country is willing to consider the EV maker’s request for import tax cuts. That is, at least, if Tesla would be open to purchasing $500 million worth of

By Eric Ralph Posted on February 15, 2022 For the first time in more than half a year, SpaceX has stacked a new Starship prototype to its full height, hopefully marking the end of a period of relatively slow progress. That period began when Starship S20 was stacked to its full height in early August

By Eric Ralph Posted on February 14, 2022 Almost five months after SpaceX began the process of filling and testing the first custom-built propellant storage system for Starship, the largest rocket ever built, the company has finally begun to fill the fuel half of the ‘tank farm’. SpaceX began delivering truckloads of liquid nitrogen (LN2)

By Joey Klender Posted on February 11, 2022 Ford has hired former Tesla Engineer Alan Clarke, who left the company over twelve years to oversee Ford’s “Advanced EV Development” projects. According to Clarke’s LinkedIn, he accepted the position this week and officially joined Ford in California. At Tesla, he spent over twelve years in the

By Joey Klender Posted on February 12, 2022 Water pumping approvals. Bats in trees. An empty tank. These are just a few things that have stopped Tesla’s progress in Germany as it attempts to launch its first electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Europe. It has been a long and trying road for the electric automaker,

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 11, 2022 Just a few days ago, Tesla noted in a blog post that the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is intending to file a lawsuit against the company over alleged systemic racial discrimination and harassment in the its CA facilities. The DFEH’s lawsuit has now

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 10, 2022 Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen recently made an appearance at the Spikes Car Radio podcast, where he discussed, among other things, the Cybertruck’s eventful unveiling and some of the company’s upcoming projects. These include a rather rare update on the next-generation Roadster, whose release has already

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 9, 2022 For the first time since 2016, students in Flint, Michigan, will drink clean water from water fountains installed in their schools. This was made possible through the efforts of The Musk Foundation, a private foundation founded by Elon and Kimbal Musk in 2002, which donated $480,350 to

By Eric Ralph Posted on February 8, 2022 Startup ‘Launcher Space’ has chosen SpaceX to launch at least three more ‘Orbiter’ space tugs, meaning that the company will have a payload on every dedicated SpaceX rideshare launch planned from Q4 2022 to the end of 2023. Following SpaceX’s third successful dedicated rideshare launch in January

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 7, 2022 In its recently filed Form 10-K to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the EV maker revealed that the fair market value of its bitcoin holdings amounted to $1.99 billion as of the end of 2021. Tesla initially invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin during the first quarter

By Joey Klender Posted on February 5, 2022 Tesla has rolled out Full Self-Driving Beta software version 10.10, which has eliminated the vehicle’s ability to perform “rolling stops.” The feature was required to be removed following a reprimand from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who required Tesla to remove the feature from the

By Joey Klender Posted on February 4, 2022 Former Tesla short-seller and general short-selling firm Citron Research, which is run by Andrew Left, is one of thirty firms under a Department of Justice Probe that accuses the involved parties of “potential trading abuses.” First reported by Bloomberg Law, Citron is just one of many firms that

By Eric Ralph Posted on February 4, 2022 While running behind schedule in classic fashion, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he’ll present the first big Starship program update in two and a half years on Thursday, February 10th. Additionally, as an apparent centerpiece for the event and update, Musk says that SpaceX will perform the

By Eric Ralph Posted on February 3, 2022 SpaceX has rapidly recovered the first converted Falcon Heavy ‘side core’ after its first Falcon 9 launch and landing, kicking off preparations for its fourth launch less than two days after its third. After four consecutive days of delays, one of which was caused by an inexplicably

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 2, 2022 Over 42,000 Tesla supporters are now urging President Joe Biden to acknowledge Tesla’s undeniable leadership in the American electric vehicle sector. The initiative was started as a Change.org petition a few days ago, and it has garnered 42,522 signatures as of writing.  According to the Tesla supporters, the US

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 1, 2022 The great electric vehicle transition may only be starting, but Tesla co-founder JB Straubel is determined to lay the groundwork for a serious push into battery recycling. And if the former Tesla CTO’s recent statements are any indication, it appears that his labor of love, Redwood Materials,

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 31, 2022 A wayward cruise ship has singlehandedly delayed two SpaceX launches and forced schedule changes that could see three Falcon 9 rockets lift off just a handful of days apart. Originally scheduled to launch six days apart on January 27th, January 28th, and February 2nd, a string of

By Joey Klender Posted on January 28, 2022 The GMC Hummer EV is finally making its way to dealerships on the East Coast, sporting its massive size as it sits alongside a GMC Yukon, one of the automaker’s largest sport utility vehicles. After being in development for several years, the GMC Hummer EV is finally

By Joey Klender Posted on January 28, 2022 Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) stock is down 45 percent since its initial public offering in November when shares started publicly trading at around $106.75. Currently, Rivian shares hover around the $55 mark. Its drastic fall in the first few months of being publicly traded is not keeping Morgan

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 28, 2022 Shortly before SpaceX was scheduled to launch an Italian Earth observation satellite, a member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) revealed that the company aims to conduct as many as 52 launches this year. Supporting several estimates published by Teslarati over the last month, SpaceX officially