The Indian State of Delhi has decided to do away with electric vehicle subsidies, incentivizing drivers to purchase EVs. New reports from various Indian media outlets have stated that the country’s electric vehicle policy has been revised with the intention of withdrawing EV subsidy programs that offer rebates when EVs are purchased. The move is somewhat…
While specific details of the decision are likely a few weeks away, the US Court of Federal Claims has denied an infamous Blue Origin lawsuit, upholding NASA’s decision to award SpaceX a contract to create a Starship-derived Moon lander. The ruling ends almost seven months of delays explicitly caused by protests and lawsuits filed by…
The Tesla Model Y is sold out in the United States for the rest of 2021, revealing strong demand for the all-electric crossover. A quick search on Tesla’s US order page reveals that the estimated delivery date for a Model Y Performance is now January 2022. The expected delivery date for a Model Y Long…
Car buyers who ultimately end up purchasing Tesla electric vehicles end up having the longest average auto term loans, a new study from LendingTree says. LendingTree surveyed over 29,000 auto loans spanning over three years to conclude that Tesla drivers are applying and receiving the longest term loans. On average, Tesla drivers have an auto loan term of…
Tesla has raised the price of the Model 3 and Model Y by $1,000 in a fresh round of price adjustments. The company also updated its free paint options for its two best-selling vehicles. With the recent round of price increases in place, the Model 3 RWD (previously the Model 3 Standard Range Plus) is…
NASA says that the Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) spacecraft has arrived at SpaceX’s Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) facilities for a launch later this month. After being carefully packaged for shipment from Maryland’s Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHUAPL) on September 29th, the small 690 kg (~1500 lb) spacecraft was transported by road and…
Tesla and Hertz are continuing to work through details that would solve how quickly the rental car company can receive the 100,000 Model 3 electric sedans it ordered from the automaker. Hertz shocked the automotive industry nearly two weeks ago when it announced it had placed a massive order for 100,000 Model 3 all-electric sedans from Tesla.…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) as a company is no stranger to doing things that were widely thought of as impossible. It made the stigmatized segment of electric vehicles exciting with cars like the original Roadster and the Model S. It also proved that battery production is the next great frontier with projects such as Gigafactory Nevada. And…
A 2019 automobile accident that claimed the life of a 50-year-old man has resulted in a trial that will call Tesla CEO Elon Musk and National Highway Traffic Safety Advisor Missy Cummings as witnesses. The trial will dial in on Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system, which Banner’s family’s lawyers have blamed for the accident. In March 2019,…
Tesla’s driver-assist system just became safer, with the company adding a chime when Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) is engaged or disengaged. With the new feature in place, drivers would likely be more aware of their vehicles’ active features at a given time. “You will now receive an audio alert when Traffic-Aware Cruise Control is enabled.…