Tesla

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 29, 2021 Tesla recently achieved a small victory for Gigafactory Berlin after a court in Germany rejected an injunction filed by two environmental groups against the facility. The groups, the Green League and Nature Conservation Association, were against the release of Giga Berlin’s 15th provisional permit, which would allow

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 28, 2021 Tesla battery partner Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) announced on Monday that it had extended its battery supply deal with American electric car maker Tesla. As per CATL, it would now be supplying lithium-ion batteries to Tesla from January 2022 to December 2025.  In its notice, CATL noted

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 27, 2021 With roughly 1,800 satellites in orbit, SpaceX’s Starlink is well on its way towards providing internet access to users across the globe. But before the high-speed satellite internet system manages worldwide coverage, Elon Musk has announced a more recent and meme-worthy milestone for Starlink.  As noted by

By Joey Klender Posted on June 25, 2021 Tesla owners are indicating that their VINs are disappearing from their accounts, and their delivery dates are also being pushed back several months as Q2 2021 comes to a close. Several owners who were scheduled to take delivery of a Model Y in the coming days are

By Joey Klender Posted on June 25, 2021 The release of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta Version 9 has been delayed another week, CEO Elon Musk told Twitter followers early today. The FSD Suite has been primed for a new release for several months, and Musk has hinted toward an imminent rollout of the semi-autonomous driving

By Joey Klender Posted on June 24, 2021 The Tesla Model S Plaid, driven by veteran Unplugged Performance team member Randy Probst, continues its domination of the Exhibition Divison at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Unplugged Model S Plaid recently took down the fastest practice lap time during the Wednesday session, leading fellow

By Joey Klender Posted on June 23, 2021 Tesla’s “preferential treatment” in Berlin has been attacked by numerous environmental groups who disagree with the automaker’s current construction project that is going on in the town of Brandenburg. Since the site’s initial groundbreaking and land preparation efforts in early 2020, citizens and “green” groups have come

By Joey Klender Posted on June 22, 2021 Chipotle is launching a new Rewards Exchange program by introducing a new video game called the “Chipotle Race to Rewards Exchange,” and the interactive game will feature a Tesla Model 3. Chipotle will also be giving away a Model 3 as a part of the program, and

By Joey Klender Posted on June 21, 2021 Tesla’s Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence, Andrej Karpathy, detailed the automaker’s self-driving Supercomputer that will era in Dojo. Dojo is Tesla’s 4-dimensional Autopilot training program and was first discussed in 2020 by CEO Elon Musk. Karpathy gave a 40-minute presentation regarding Autonomous Vehicles at the 2021 Conference

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 20, 2021 It was only a few hours after the accident and a bold statement was already making its rounds in the mainstream media. Another Tesla has crashed, and this time, it took the lives of two individuals from Texas. Facing inquiries from journalists eager for some clarity as

By Joey Klender Posted on June 19, 2021 This is a preview from our weekly newsletter. Each week I go ‘Beyond the News’ and handcraft a special edition that includes my thoughts on the biggest stories, why it matters, and how it could impact the future. Tesla has tapped a new type of automotive glass

By Joey Klender Posted on June 18, 2021 Tesla, Volvo, Cadillac, Lexus, and Navya are five car companies under investigation by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) for crashes that occurred while Advanced Driver Assistance Systems were activated, the agency said. The NHTSA released a list of 36 total accidents that occurred in the

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 17, 2021 The Tesla Model S Plaid’s 0-60 mph time is listed on the company’s website as 1.99 seconds, a figure that critics have challenged since it was revealed online. The idea of a four-door, family sedan that’s filled to the brim with fancy tech features is something almost

By Joey Klender Posted on June 16, 2021 General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. The additional $15 billion investment will help support GM in its quest to develop electric and autonomous vehicles, as well as “accelerate its transformative

By Joey Klender Posted on June 15, 2021 Tesla is preparing to overtake China’s automotive market with two major milestones relating to the company’s Supercharging infrastructure and Service Center locations. Tesla has announced that it has successfully launched over 840 total Supercharging stations and opened more than 100 Service Centers in China. The electric automaker

By Joey Klender Posted on June 14, 2021 Redwood Materials, a battery and e-waste recycling venture from former Tesla executive J.B. Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. Redwood’s new facility is just miles from Tesla Giga Nevada, where the automaker

By Joey Klender Posted on June 12, 2021 Tesla fan and automotive enthusiast Jay Leno went from talking about the 1/4-mile record performance of the Model S Plaid to driving it on a dragstrip, a new interview from CNBC reveals. Leno had the opportunity to drive the world’s fastest production vehicle for a spin with the

By Joey Klender Posted on June 12, 2021 Tesla is ironically facing pushback from environmental groups in Germany who claim that the automaker’s Giga Berlin production facility, which has not started manufacturing cars yet, will produce poisonous gases that will escape from the plant. The claims are strange and ironic, especially considering Tesla is one

By Maria Merano Posted on June 11, 2021 “I think generally all input is error,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk when he explained the Model S Plaid’s Auto Shift feature. Tesla removed the stalks when reinventing the Tesla Model S Plaid’s design. “If you have to do something that the car could have done already, that

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 10, 2021 When Elon Musk unveiled the Cybertruck, he was quick to emphasize that the steel all-electric pickup can be a serious work truck. With competitors like the Ford F-150 Lightning being designed specifically for drivers who use their pickups for work, the Cybertruck must prove itself a serious

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 9, 2021 Even before it was released, Elon Musk predicted that the Model Y would be Tesla’s best-selling car, so much so that it would likely outsell the Model S, Model 3, and Model X combined. Tesla’s sales in China his May suggests that this may indeed be the

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 8, 2021 Tesla’s May numbers from China are in, and they hint at a sustained demand for the company’s mass-market vehicles. Last month, Tesla China sold a total of 33,463 vehicles comprised of 21,936 units for the local market and 11,527 that were exported to foreign territories. The data

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 7, 2021 It has been two years since the Tesla Model 3 came into the UK’s shores, but the all-electric sedan remains a force to be reckoned with. Based on recent calculations, the Tesla Model 3 has effectively become the UK’s most popular battery-electric car, proving once and for

By Joey Klender Posted on June 5, 2021 This is a preview from our weekly newsletter. Each week I go ‘Beyond the News’ and handcraft a special edition that includes my thoughts on the biggest stories, why it matters, and how it could impact the future. Tesla’s strong financial spreadsheet that has culminated in seven

By Joey Klender Posted on June 4, 2021 New production data from Ford reveals that the legacy automaker is manufacturing more units of the all-electric Mach E than the traditional, gas-powered Mustang. In an attempt to enter the all-electric car market, Ford announced that it would electrify its legendary Mustang in November 2019. Less than

By Joey Klender Posted on June 3, 2021 Tesla is reportedly planning to utilize LG Chem’s 90% Nickel NCMA (Nickel-Cobalt-Manganese-Aluminum) Cathode for Model Y vehicles built at the company’s Shanghai production plant in China. The cathode is expected to begin installation in the all-electric crossover in July. In Shanghai, Tesla has utilized several different batteries

By Joey Klender Posted on June 2, 2021 Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter feed was being questioned by SEC regulators last year, as the agency stated that his social media account had violated a court-ordered policy from a 2018 settlement that would require his Tweets to be pre-approved by company lawyers. After Musk tweeted that

By Maria Merano Posted on June 1, 2021 Tesla has updated the Giga Berlin application it submitted to the Brandenburg State Environment Agency. According to the revised application, Tesla Giga Berlin’s water consumption will be far less than anticipated.  According to Tagesspiegel, Tesla’s revised application notes that Giga Berlin’s maximum annual water consumption is estimated

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 31, 2021 Hyundai is determined to be recognized as a legitimate and formidable competitor in the electric vehicle sector. And based on the South Korean automaker’s recent statements, it appears that Hyundai is setting its sights on some of the market’s most prominent players, including Tesla and Ford, both

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 30, 2021 Company director Neil Collins and his wife Alison were driving home from their home in Bunwell to visit Holkham, England, in their Tesla Model 3 when something horrifying happened. While rounding a corner, the couple came upon a truck carrying pallets of concrete bricks, and the massive