Tesla China’s Design Center will reportedly land in the capital of the country, Beijing, according to government documents and The Wall Street Journal. In 2020, Tesla said it would build a Design Center in China that would be responsible for creating “International EVs.” Tesla began hiring for the site later that year, encouraging anyone with a passion…
CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla’s Model X Refresh ramp-up was a disaster that the automaker “still hasn’t fully recovered” from. The all-electric SUV from Tesla was its third vehicle release behind the Roadster and Model S, but it is still proving to give the company manufacturing difficulties; as Musk said, the “Model X is…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) might have achieved record-setting vehicle deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2021, but a longtime TSLA bull recently noted that the company’s numbers this Q1 2022 would likely be even better. Following his latest round of factory checks, Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry weighed in on the company’s current state. According to…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently posted a new Safety Recall Notice for 578,607 Teslas over a potential issue with the vehicles’ Boombox feature. As per the document, some of Boombox’s capabilities may result in vehicles not being compliant with pedestrian warning standards. The recent “recall” currently affects 2020-2022 Tesla Model S, 2020-2022…
For the second time ever, SpaceX has fully stacked a two-stage Starship rocket, once again creating the largest launch vehicle prototype ever assembled. This time around, though, SpaceX used building-sized arms installed on Starbase’s ~145-meter-tall (~480 ft) ‘launch tower’ to lift to grapple Starship, lift massive upper stage more than 80 meters (260 ft) off…
Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen recently made an appearance at the Spikes Car Radio podcast, where he discussed, among other things, the Cybertruck’s eventful unveiling and some of the company’s upcoming projects. These include a rather rare update on the next-generation Roadster, whose release has already been moved back several times. The Tesla executive was quite…
It appears that General Motors is looking to increase its electric truck and SUV production this 2022. But while the veteran’s plans call for a sixfold increase from the company’s previous production targets, GM’s overall electric truck and SUV output for 2022 would likely remain conservative. This was, at least, according to new details cited…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Tesla’s role in the electric vehicle industry in a recent interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, including Tesla, which did so much to make EVs possible in America,” said Buttigieg during the interview. Buttigieg irked some Tesla supporters in August 2021…
AdQuick Vice President of Growth Chris Gadek shared with me why he put Elon Musk’s response to President Biden on a Times Square billboard earlier this month. Going backward to provide context, President Biden shared a video last month of himself with General Motors CEO Mary Barra. The two were talking about how GM is leading by producing EVs…
Tesla said in a blog post published on Wednesday that it is expecting a lawsuit from the State of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) regarding claims of “systematic racial discrimination and harassment.” The post, titled, “The DFEH’s Misguided Lawsuit,” mentions a span of dates from 2015 to 2019 when an employee claimed…