Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has lost his spot at the top of Forbes’ annual “World’s Billionaires List.” Musk’s net worth, estimated to be $180 billion today, saw a $39 billion decline last year. Replacing Elon Musk at the top of the annual Forbes World’s Billionaires List was Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French…
Tesla has announced the launch of the Spring 2023 Supercharger Voting season. The Tesla Supercharger Voting initiative allows the electric vehicle maker to “crowdsource” its next Supercharger locations through a community voting program. Those with Tesla Accounts, regardless of whether they currently own a Tesla vehicle or not, are allowed to vote on Supercharger locations. …
Newsweek has published its annual “World’s Greatest Disruptors” list for the automotive industry, notably excluding both Tesla and Elon Musk. No matter how you view Tesla CEO Elon Musk, his impact on the automotive industry and the world is clear, and at no time has it been more so than this year. Every significant automaker globally…
Tesla Yoke Steering wheels are being replaced by round ones thanks to the automaker’s new retrofit kit that rolled out last month, and it is a pretty easy process to get the traditional wheel back. After Tesla made the Yoke steering standard on new Model S and Model X vehicles a few years back, drivers…
Sila, a battery materials company, has released the specifications for their newest battery anode, which will be used in the upcoming Mercedes EQG. As automakers have continued to refine their development of electric vehicles, the quality of the materials they use, particularly within the vehicle’s battery, has increasingly grown in importance. Now, Sila, a battery…
Tesla’s new V4 Supercharger has started its initial rollout in Europe, and details are still continuing to spill out ahead of the first installations in the United States. The V4 Supercharger is Tesla’s latest iteration of its industry-leading EV charging network, and with the recent introduction of non-Tesla vehicle charging in the U.S. to qualify…
Tesla is going to be changing up the way it advertises its Sentry Mode feature in Germany following a lawsuit from the Federal Consumer Association (VZBV) after a July 2022 lawsuit came to a close today. Tesla was sued by the VZBV in July after it claimed the automaker did not correctly advertise its Sentry…
Tesla is taking an interesting approach with its Legal Department by building a “full-scale internal litigation and trial team,” according to General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the automaker, Brandon Ehrhart. Tesla’s Legal team has come to shape over the past few years after CEO Elon Musk said in mid-2022 that the company would build…
Tesla has launched its Design Studio in Turkey, indicating the start of sales in the country. To support the vehicles that will eventually drive around on Turkish roads, Tesla has also launched several Supercharger locations as well. Tesla has tried to enter the Turkish market for years, and since early last year, the automaker has made…
Tesla dominated the EV charging market in the first quarter of the year, placing more than five times the number of chargers compared to its nearest competitor. As EVs have become increasingly prolific over the past half-decade, the need for public charging infrastructure has grown parallel. And while the U.S. federal government has stepped in…