A recently posted photo shows a Ford Mustang Mach-E being used by the FBI in full vehicle livery. Ford has long dominated the government fleet, from the Ford Crown Victoria to the Ford Taurus to the Ford Explorer. Now the brand is working to extend electric offerings to its government buyers. This Mach-E is the first EV…
NASA has given the go-ahead to roll its Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket to the launch pad two days ahead of schedule. That bodes well for plans to launch the rocket for the first time (a milestone NASA originally hoped to pass in December 2016) as early as late August or September 2022. NASA…
Mahindra recently unveiled five electric SUVs to be released under two new EV brands: the XUV and BE. The upcoming electric SUVs will use Mahindra’s modular INGLO platform with the help of Volkswagen’s Modular electric drive matrix (MEB) platform components. In May, Teslarati reported that Volkswagen and India’s Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) signed a partnering agreement…
Elon Musk reaffirmed that Tesla FSD Beta update 10.69 is still scheduled to roll out this Saturday, August 20. Musk highlighted–once again–that the Tesla Autopilot/AI team is doing amazing work. He teased that 10.69—otherwise known as 10.13—would be worth its name and probably worth the wait. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559322397043474446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1559322397043474446%7Ctwgr%5Eb0406ac9a2dbf10a351d6bc3d9c615df91c3e054%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Ftesla-fsd-beta-10-69-release-date%2F During the 2022 Shareholders Roundup. Elon Musk shared that…
On Monday, August 15, a judge ordered Twitter to give Elon Musk documents from a former executive involved in the calculations of bot/spam accounts. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered Twitter to collect, review, and produce documents of its former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour. The former Twitter executive…
California has an electric vehicle adoption rate of 38.9 percent, according to a recent study, which shows the Golden State has a staggeringly higher EV market share than another other U.S. region. Closest to California’s 38.9 percent is Florida, which shows a 6.7 percent market share with EVs. Various factors can indicate “EV adoption” in a state;…
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Judge McCormick denied Elon Musk’s request to interview additional Twitter employees who had access to bot information, she ruled on Monday. Musk attorneys can interview 41 people who had access to bot information, known as “custodians” in court documents. However, 22 additional custodians will not be available to the defense’s lawyers. On…
The General Motors Chevrolet Bolt production facility in Pontiac, Michigan, was shut down after a possible murder of a worker within the facility. GM was forced to close its Orion Production Facility, the factory dedicated to Chevrolet Bolt production, after law enforcement was called to the facility at 1:37 am on Thursday. GM implemented the production…
New data from Experian has revealed that Tesla is dominating the United States’ luxury vehicle sector. Tesla’s new vehicle registrations in the US grew 61% in the first half of 2022, allowing the electric vehicle maker to handily beat veteran rivals such as BMW and Lexus in overall sales, not just in the EV segment. Experian noted that…
Tesla Gigafactory Nevada, a joint operation between the EV maker and longtime battery partner Panasonic, is reportedly expected to boost its production by 10%, or about the equivalent of one production line. The facility will not be achieving this with a new line, however, as Panasonic is reportedly looking to improve battery production at Giga…