Elon Musk may be neck-deep in controversy amidst his turbulent acquisition of social media platform Twitter, but the Tesla CEO is at least very certain about one important thing. In a recent response to French President Emmanuel Macron, Musk pledged to protect children against harmful content on Twitter. The President of France recently went on…
The Tesla Model Y is definitely becoming more and more ubiquitous on California’s roads. This was highlighted in a new report from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA), which showed that Tesla’s all-electric crossover stood at the top of the state’s best-selling vehicles list in the third quarter. As per the CNCDA’s report, Tesla sold…
The Information reports that SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell “will assume oversight” of the company’s Starship program and Starbase facilities, seemingly stepping in for Elon Musk as the CEO shifts his focus to Twitter. In his own words, Twitter appears to be in a precarious position after the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder purchased the social media platform…
During an all-hands meeting on Thursday, Tesla CEO and “Chief Twit” Elon Musk reportedly explained the reasons behind his decision to sell $3.9 billion worth TSLA stock recently. According to Musk, his sale of TSLA shares was a way to “save” the social media company. Since acquiring Twitter, Musk has initiated a series of notable…
Electric vehicle battery supplier LG Energy Solution (LGES), which supplies batteries to electric vehicle makers such as Tesla Inc. and Lucid Motors, signed an offtake agreement for the purchase of battery-grade lithium carbonate from US-based Compass Minerals. The battery materials will be coming from Compass’ lithium brine development project at its Ogden, Utah, site on…
Starlink opened a donation page for customers who wish to donate a terminal and services to areas in need. In October, Elon Musk announced that a donation page would be launched. There are four categories that donated kits and services will be applied to: Education: Starlink will help students and teachers and give access to online services and resources for…
The world’s largest autonomous vehicle test, conducted by Vanderbilt University and several other universities in cooperation with Nissan, Toyota, General Motors, and the Tennessee DOT, will commence next week. Autonomous driving is one of, if not the most significant advancement currently coming to the automotive industry. However, along with this technology, there are understandable worries…
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest loaded up on Tesla shares (NASDAQ: TSLA) in its Innovation, Next Generation Internet, and Autonomous Technology & Robots ETFs on Wednesday. The company’s three funds saw a buying opportunity in the automaker’s recent slump on Wall Street. ARK’s Innovation ETF bought 27,594 shares on Wednesday, while the Next-Gen Internet and Autonomous Tech…
Tesla is reportedly reenabling Supercharging capabilities on vehicles with salvaged titles. Buying salvaged Teslas and repairing them for a few thousand dollars used to be standard practice for some. However, Tesla started combating this by disabling a salvaged Tesla’s ability to utilize the Supercharger network due to potential battery flaws, but this is not where…
Tesla skeptics typically have several talking points. These include the argument that vehicles like the next-generation Roadster, Tesla Semi, or Cybertruck would never enter production. These arguments, or at least those for the Cybertruck, would likely become completely null and void soon. Tesla’s third-quarter update letter indicated that the Cybertruck’s development had entered the tooling…