The Hartford Business Journal recently held a poll asking whether or not Tesla and other car companies should be allowed to sell directly to consumers in Connecticut. This is important because recently the town of East Hartford ruled in favor of local auto dealerships, which don’t want Tesla, Rivian, or other automakers that sell directly to customers…
Tesla has officially started inviting the 15,000 guests to its “Cyber Rodeo” event at Gigafactory Texas on April 7, as CEO Elon Musk published a photo of a virtual invitation to the event last night. Tesla announced it would hold an event to commemorate the opening of its newest production facility and second in the…
Tesla has pushed delivery wait times for several trim levels of the Model Y and Model X back to 2023 as demand for the automaker’s vehicles continues to exceed the company’s production capabilities. In 2021 and 2022, Tesla saw demand for its cars reach extraordinary levels as it continues to work on expanding its production…
ChargeSafe founder Kate Tyrrell recently shared with me why she created ChargeSafe, along with her own horror story of going from broken EV charger to broken EV charger late at night in dangerous situations. I recently wrote an article sharing how EV charging operators need to take women’s safety seriously and have gotten some good feedback from that…
Tesla has removed a strange Full Self-Driving loophole that some customers used to reduce delivery wait times for the company’s all-electric vehicles. Tesla has been experiencing an increase in delivery times to customers as demand continues to outpace the company’s production capabilities. Due to the wait times, some customers have opted for another electric car,…
Tesla’s idea for a crazy windshield wiper that would clear debris from a driver’s line of sight using a laser beam has been officially published by the United States Patent Office. Tesla filed the application for the patent in May 2019, and it finally was granted in late 2021. Now, the U.S. Patent Office has…
Electrify America is imagining the EV charging experience of the future, and it looks more like an upscale lounge for pampered passengers at the airport than the typical “gas and go” emporiums where we fill our tanks, grab a prepackaged snack, and get back behind the wheel in 3 minutes flat. Electrify America calls its…
Tesla’s mass-market Model 3 and Model Y vehicles have been axed from the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) following the automaker’s latest price hikes due to “inflation pressure.” A representative for the CVRP program told CarsDirect the Model 3 and Model Y were recently excluded from the program after price increases applied by Tesla pushed the…
Volkswagen is delaying the launch of the all-electric ID.5 by a month as a part needed from a Ukrainian supplier has not arrived because of supply disruptions. The shortage of the part, which is a wire harness, kept Volkswagen from producing enough exhibition and demonstration vehicles for its sales partners, according to a letter seen…
Tesla has issued a new recall of 947 Model 3, Model S, and Model X vehicles because certain cars equipped with Autopilot Computer 2.5 may have a delay in the rearview image display that is greater than two seconds of the start of a backing event, NHTSA documents state. The affected vehicle population is less…