The Pininfarina Battista has smashed the quarter-mile speed record at a test track in India. Electric hypercars are quickly becoming the fastest vehicles on the planet, and the fastest of all of them is the Pininfarina Battista. The Italian electric hypercar smashed the production vehicle 0-60 acceleration record late last year, and now, the car has set…
A Tesla Model 3 Refresh that could potentially be a part of the company’s “Project Highland” was spotted yesterday sporting never-before-seen wheels. Tesla has been working on the Model 3’s newest iteration, codenamed “Project Highland,” since last Summer. Sightings of the vehicle have continued to pop up throughout the community, with the most recent coming yesterday…
Tesla’s entry-level vehicle, the Model 3 RWD, is now priced below the average cost of a new car in the United States. With Tesla’s price reduction efforts this year, vehicles like the base Model 3 have become cheaper than some new combustion-powered cars. The Tesla Model 3’s starting price today stands at $42,990, exclusive of the $7,500…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced the vehicles that qualified for its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards for 2023. The Tesla Model Y is one of them, despite the agency updating its standards this year to make them more stringent. Thanks to the IIHS’ new criteria, only 48 models…
Tesla’s next-generation vehicle platform is exciting for many reasons. For one, Elon Musk has stated that the vehicle would likely exceed the output of the company’s existing vehicle lineup combined. Musk also noted that Tesla’s next-gen platform is designed for efficiency and cost, which will make it roughly half the cost of the Model 3 and…
The Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted “off-roading” at the company’s new engineering headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The all-electric pickup truck could be seen operating with its raised suspension during its short “off-road” drive. Tesla’s new engineering headquarters was formally launched by CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. During his opening…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin Newsom met at Tesla’s new engineering facility in California, and the Tesla CEO announced that the facility would be the company’s new global HQ for engineering. The rumors of a new Tesla facility in Silicon Valley, California, have turned out to be true. Tesla has acquired a…
Mercedes has announced it will launch its in-vehicle operating system, MB.OS. As vehicle software has become increasingly important in the automotive industry, automakers have been forced to invest more in software development and upkeep. This includes Mercedes, who invested millions into a new software development wing just last year. Now the results of that investment are becoming…
Tesla and other companies selling vehicles directly to consumers are under threat in Florida, where two bills may disrupt how the automakers sell their vehicles. Tesla has become intimately familiar with the laws surrounding dealerships and auto sales throughout the United States, often putting the American upstart at odds with local government and dealerships alike. Now, Tesla…
The City of Venice, Florida, recently purchased three Tesla Model 3 units and will test the fleet of all-electric sedans to see if they are effective tools in reducing the cost of operating multiple vehicles for government purposes. The Model 3s will be utilized in three Venice government branches: one in the Utilities division, one…