A Tesla owner in Phoenix, Arizona, has been having a hard time getting his car repaired. The accident wasn’t his fault yet Tesla-certified repair shops are not accepting Geico due to the insurance company refusing to pay the costs to repair a Tesla. Although the Tesla owner wasn’t at fault for the accident, he is…
General Motors’ past efforts to battle tougher fuel economy rules seem to be coming back to haunt the veteran automaker’s electric vehicle initiatives. Despite the pro-EV narrative presented by the company and executives such as CEO Mary Barra, skeptics of the automaker’s EV focus remain. GM recently joined forces with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)…
Uber has announced a partnership with Stellantis brand Free2Move to offer electric vehicles to drivers on a rental system. Uber has recently been attempting to electrify the available vehicles on their app, setting a goal of offering no gas-powered rides on their app by 2030. One way the brand has been doing this is by making…
Tesla’s Giga Texas solar roof installation is visible from space. Satellites photos taken of the factory show quite a bit of progress. Building Tesla, a website that compiles satellite, drone, and video footage of various Tesla factories, recently shared before and after satellite photos. The photos were provided by the European Space Agency’s Sentinal 2…
A recent court filing from Twitter has shown that Tesla CEO Elon Musk was texting Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison just hours before he announced that he was pausing his attempt to acquire the social media company. As per Twitter’s court filing, Musk and Ellison had exchanged multiple text messages starting May 12 through 12:20…
Hertz has partnered with BP to place EV chargers at existing Hertz locations nationally. Hertz announced today that it had entered a Memorandum of Understanding with BP to place the company’s Pulse EV charging stations at Hertz locations. This is part of Hertz’s larger plan to aggressively electrify and offer customers the best electric vehicle…
Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) are showing some momentum on Tuesday amid reports of the company’s strong end-of-quarter push and optimistic forecasts for China in Q4 2022. Tesla has maintained that it intends to end 2022 with a delivery growth of about 50% compared to the previous year. Such a target is ambitious, especially since Tesla delivered…
A recent report has suggested that Tesla China intends to raise its vehicle output from Giga Shanghai by about 33% in the fourth quarter. This was despite the electric vehicle production facility reportedly being kept at 93% capacity through the end of the year. Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai has undergone a series of upgrades to both…
Ten months after launching into interplanetary space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) spacecraft has successfully impacted an asteroid moon. Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) carrying the 630-kilogram (~1400 lb) spacecraft on November 24th, 2021. The rocket performed flawlessly, continuing…
If Elon Musk’s statements ring true, the 500-mile variant of the Tesla Semi should start shipping later this year. As the EV maker approaches this target date, it appears that Tesla has been busying itself with stress-testing the Class 8 all-electric truck. A recent sighting of the Tesla Semi as it was being transported in…