My opinion of Tesla in recent years has been one hell of a roller-coaster ride. At first, I admired the company’s fast, innovative electric cars; then I grew to hate CEO Elon Musk’s constant Twitter shenanigans and nuclear takes on journalists and the media. Then I drove a Model S, a Model X and a Model…
You can save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars with continuous improvements to a Tesla, which is a stark contrast to other automaker that do something else continuously: ask you to pay again! One of the major reasons why Tesla is winning against its competition hands down is completely overlooked, underrated, and rarely mentioned….
Tesla and Target signed an agreement on December 10, 2019 to further their cooperation. Tesla has been given permission to file and seek license applications for the potential installation of Tesla Superchargers, as well as other car charging facilities and equipment at several Target stores. Target is an American company running a network of discount…
The legendary racecar driver Randy Pobst and his Tesla Model 3 Ascension-R from EV tuning house Unplugged Performance dominated their class during the first day of qualifiers at Pikes Peak. The team moved to the top of their game for Sunday’s race, and there was nothing that could overthrow the momentum of the modified Model…
After another year of successfully staying in the shadows, Elon Musk’s Neuralink has revealed what’s been going on behind the scenes in terms of technological progress. In a live streamed event on Friday afternoon, the brain-machine interface company gave a demonstration, took questions, and left audiences with even more to mull over than ever. “The…
The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel will be operational in “only a few months,” according to Elon Musk, who updated the project’s progress on August 28th. Musk, CEO of the Boring Company, set out many years ago to create a new transportation outlet in high-traffic areas while living in Los Angeles. Although LA has a…
Dandelion Chocolate founder Todd Masonis never expected his chocolate chips to go viral. Masonis said the distinctive chocolate chips — large faceted squares with varying thickness designed by Tesla senior engineer Remy Labesque — are the type of thing San Francisco-based Dandelion Chocolate does. The 10-year-old company makes artisanal craft chocolate with specialized cacao beans directly purchased from…
Tesla’s Battery Day is less than a month away, and there’s no lack of buzz about what might be revealed. CEO Elon Musk has shot down several attempts to discover subliminal messages within Tesla’s announcements and other relevant topics of discussion, practically reinforcing the fact that we, as a community, have no idea what will…
Volkswagen revealed in February 2019 that it will use Tesla Powerpack batteries in more than 100 of its Electrify America charging stations in the US. Since then, VW has acted on that strategy. In regions with a higher concentration of EV owners, the batteries are positioned to provide energy during intense charging periods. Powerpacks are…
San Francisco, California — In a 5-0 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously approved Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Charge Ready 2 program, a $437 million electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure program that will support deploying up to 38,000 new charging stations across Southern California over the next four years. This program is the largest single…