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By Maria Merano Posted on February 29, 2024 Tesla has addressed the cable concerns for NACS Supercharger sites.  Tesla recently announced that NACS Supercharger sites are officially open to Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E drivers. Rivian, General Motors, Volvo, and Polestar owners will gain access to Tesla’s NACS Supercharger next month.  Tesla owners have been wondering

By Joey Klender Posted on February 28, 2024 Tesla’s designer responsible for the Model 3, Model Y, Semi concept, and Roadster has left the company for Skyryse, an aviation startup. Peter Blades was Tesla’s Creative Design Lead for the Model Y from November 2018 to last month, the Roadster from March 2017 to last month,

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 27, 2024 Micro Mobility Solutions has unveiled a smaller version of the Microlino, called the Microlino Lite, which is a second version of its adorably tiny electric city car. The Switzerland-based electric vehicle (EV) startup unveiled the new, more affordable Microlino Lite at the Geneva International Automotive Show this

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 26, 2024 The United Automotive Workers (UAW) have come to a tentative local agreement at a Ford factory in Kentucky, after the union threatened to put the site’s almost 9,000 workers on strike last week if a deal wasn’t reached. Earlier this month, the UAW threatened to launch a

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 25, 2024 A Tesla Cybertruck ended up with a bent rear bumper and a Dodge Ram-shaped imprint on its tailgate after it was involved in a rear-end collision. The Cybertruck owner has alleged that the incident was due in no small part to the Ram driver using his phone

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 24, 2024 Electric vehicles (EVs) don’t make nearly as much noise as vehicles with gas engines, though one automaker is looking to simulate the sound of a gas vehicle in one of its upcoming EVs. Dodge’s parent company, Stellantis, is set to add gas engine-like noise and vibrations to

By Joey Klender Posted on February 23, 2024 Mercedes-Benz has been a mainstay in the automotive field, and has a name that truly brings along thoughts of luxury and class. People will have to wait a tad longer before electrification goes hand-in-hand with the German automaker, as the company said this week it would push

By Joey Klender Posted on February 22, 2024 Elon Musk gave Rivian a bit of advice on how to survive past their reported forecasted bankruptcy in roughly six quarters, and it includes shades of what Tesla was forced to do to keep its doors open. Earlier today, we reported that Musk had a bit of

By Joey Klender Posted on February 21, 2024 Oregon’s super popular EV rebate program that ran out of money due to so many people applying for it is making a comeback after being suspended. Last year, we reported on the program, which was favorable for a number of reasons, including the fact that it brought

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 20, 2024 Tesla has officially been rolling out the highly anticipated Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 12 to select customers, with many now sharing their initial experiences with the neural net-based software. Right after Tesla employees started receiving FSD beta v12.2.1 over the weekend, the automaker officially started deploying

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 19, 2024 Multiple reports say that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is set to propose lighter annual requirements on emissions and electric vehicle (EV) sales, expected to be made public next month. The Biden administration is expected to propose easing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements on emissions and EV

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 18, 2024 Elon Musk has touted real-world simulation and video generation at Tesla, following the release of OpenAI’s Sora generative video model. OpenAI announced the text-to-video generative model Sora on Thursday on its website, showing off a bunch of generative AI videos that the system had created. Following the

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 17, 2024 The United Automotive Workers (UAW) union has threatened to launch a strike at a key Ford truck plant in Kentucky after local negotiations have not come to an agreement nearly five months following the contract deadline. In a press release on Friday, the UAW threatened to put

By Joey Klender Posted on February 16, 2024 The Tesla Cybertruck landed in Tokyo today, making its most recent stop in the tour across Asia. The Cybertruck arrived in Japan for the first time, and it drew plenty of crowds at the display event where Tesla fans from all across the country gathered to get

By Joey Klender Posted on February 15, 2024 Prices of Tesla electric vehicles have been slashed by more than one-fifth year-over-year, while the entire EV industry has slashed prices by over 10 percent. Although the U.S. new vehicle market slowed down in terms of sales in January, prices are lower, and incentives are higher, meaning

By Joey Klender Posted on February 14, 2024 France had to ditch an electric vehicle leasing incentive program that helped low-income households obtain zero-emission vehicles because it was too popular. “It’s a real success story and symbolic of French environmental policy. It is good for the wallet and good for the planet,” President Emmanuel Macron

By Maria Merano Posted on February 13, 2024 Tesla Model 3 Highland Long Range delivery times have been pushed back to April-May 2024. The refresh Model 3 rear-wheel drive’s (RWD) delivery times are between February to May. The Model 3 RWD starts at $38,990, while the Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive Long Range begins at $47,490.

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 12, 2024 Tesla is building a massive 164-stall Supercharger station in California, set to become the new world’s largest Supercharger upon completion. X user and longtime Supercharger scout MarcoRPi1 spotted a construction application for the site on Monday, showing site plans featuring 164 stalls in Kern County. The project

By Maria Merano Posted on February 11, 2024 The Boring Company (TBC) will switch its state of incorporation to Nevada by March 2023. The tunnel boring company is the second Elon Musk-led company to announce a switch in its state of incorporation this past week. Like most Elon Musk-led companies, including Tesla, the Boring Company

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 10, 2024 Ford has begun deliveries of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck in Europe, with the first of the units going to a couple located in Norway. As reposted with photos by Ford CEO Jim Farley on X on Saturday, the first F-150 Lightning in Europe has been

By Joey Klender Posted on February 9, 2024 Tesla’s 2023 regulatory credits generated an additional $1.79 billion in revenue, according to its 10-K filed last week. The money Tesla makes due to other carmakers needing assistance to reach emissions standards continues to accumulate, and since 2009, it has made almost $9 billion in revenue because

By Maria Merano Posted on February 8, 2024 Rivian recently rolled out two new range options for its R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV. The two new options still qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) tax incentives.  Rivian launched the Standard and Standard+ battery packs for select R1 configurations. Rivian estimates that the Standard

By Joey Klender Posted on February 7, 2024 Tesla is rolling out the first-ever software update for the Cybertruck with version 2024.2.3. Here’s what got better. Although the Cybertruck started deliveries in late November and has been making its way to non-employees for quite a few weeks now, Tesla is releasing the vehicle’s first software

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 6, 2024 A California judge has forced General Motors’ (GM) self-driving unit Cruise to increase its settlement offer to the maximum amount, after one of the company’s robotaxis pinned and seriously injured a pedestrian in October. On October 2, a driverless Cruise vehicle dragged and pinned a pedestrian in

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 5, 2024 Hyundai is reportedly looking to launch an affordable electric version of its Casper mini SUV in Europe later this year, which is expected to rival other small electric vehicles (EVs) in the market. Although the Hyundai Casper mini SUV is currently only available in the South Korean

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 4, 2024 After reports have gone back and forth over the weekend about whether the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta could be transferred to new vehicle purchases for a limited period of time, Tesla has officially re-launched the incentive. The automaker has also added the Model 3 to its limited-time

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 3, 2024 Saudi Arabia is set to launch a Lucid Air police cruiser, as highlighted in a recent preview of a defense conference starting this weekend. The Saudi Arabia Ministry of the Interior posted a short video of the vehicle on X on Sunday, showing the Lucid Air police

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 2, 2024 Recent comments from Tesla Giga Berlin employees have hinted that the facility has achieved a production rate of 6,000 Model Y crossovers in one week. Tesla recently posted a video of Giga Berlin’s employees describing the work culture in the plant. As per the Giga Berlin workers

By Joey Klender Posted on February 1, 2024 Tesla is adding Adaptive Headlight support to the Model Y and legacy Model 3, according to documents released in Europe. We covered the inclusion of Adaptive Headlights on the new Model 3. Basically, it makes the headlights more effective for drivers while also increasing visibility for both

By Maria Merano Posted on January 31, 2024 Tesla Giga Shanghai’s Model Y units are upgrading to Hardware 4.0. Tesla China announced the upgrade to HW 4.0 on its official Weibo account.  “The new generation of autonomous driving hardware 4.0 can see further, see clearer, and calculate faster,” Tesla China said on its Weibo post.