Staunch Tesla critic Missy Cummings will no longer be serving as an expert witness in a lawsuit against the electric vehicle maker. The lawsuit involves a case of a Model 3 driver who passed away when the all-electric sedan crashed into a semi-trailer truck in Florida back in 2019. Court filings have revealed that Cummings…
Apple’s electric vehicle initiative has met yet another set of speed bumps, as the tech giant lost three important engineers who were working on the long-rumored project. The engineers who departed from Apple were hired by startups working on air taxis. The engineers include Eric Rogers, who was Apple’s chief engineer for radar systems. Rogers…
Genex Power has executed a revenue deal agreement with Tesla. According to the deal, Genex Power will use the Autobidder platform for the Bouldercombe Battery Project (BBP) in Queensland, Australia. The BBP is a 50MW/100MWh battery project near Rockhampton that utilizes Tesla Megapacks. In October, Genex executed a Supply Agreement with Tesla for 40 Megapacks for the…
President Joe Biden is a self-proclaimed big car guy, but that has not stopped the 46th President of the United States from avoiding the word “Tesla” like the plague. Today, President Biden finally acknowledged Tesla, not with words, but with a single photo of a Model X, which was exposed for a fraction of a…
A bunch of new features and changes coming to the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y have leaked through a test program in Europe. For years, Tesla has boasted about how it doesn’t do new model year cars like most other automakers. It implements changes and improvements when they are ready to go into production….
Tesla is discussing video games and how they can be used for entertainment with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the agency confirmed this morning. The NHTSA told Teslarati in a statement this morning that it is “discussing the feature with the manufacturer,” attempting to gather any information or evidence that Tesla’s in-car video games are a…
In a lot of ways, the Tesla Model S Plaid is the ultimate sleeper. It looks very understated, and a lot of its innovations are eclipsed hard by its performance, which is pretty monstrous in its own right. Recently, however, one of the Model S Plaid’s lesser-known innovations was highlighted by motoring publication Car and Driver,…
Tesla China’s November results remained quite consistent with the company’s pace last month, with the company’s wholesale figures reaching a total of 52,859 vehicles, an increase of 144% year-over-year. From this number, 21,127 units were exported to foreign territories, as per data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). While Tesla China’s November wholesale figures were…
Elon Musk appeared for a short but productive interview at the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) CEO Council Summit on Tuesday, December 7. Musk provided updates on each of his companies’ most interesting projects, including Tesla’s Cybertruck, SpaceX’s Starship, and Neuralink’s brain implant. The CEO of many forward-thinking companies seemed very optimistic about Neuralink in particular and its…
Neoen’s Victoria Big Battery (VBB), powered by Tesla’s Megapacks, has gone live and is ready for the summer in Australia. “The Victorian Government is proud to flick the switch on Australia’s biggest battery which will help protect our network in summer, support our renewable revolution, and slash energy prices,” State Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said….