A Tesla Model S with a Yoke Steering wheel was spotted, giving the public a first look at the futuristic stalkless steering column of Tesla. On Saturday, a Deep Blue Metallic Model S was spotted in downtown Redwood City, Silicon Valley, with a refreshed interior that included wraparound wood door trim, a redesigned instrument cluster…
For tax purposes, Tesla is attempting to have its Giga Texas manufacturing facility classified as a foreign trade zone. Tesla would save $270,000 a year in all jurisdictions, if accepted by Travis County, Texas commissioners and the Federal Trade Zones Board. Tesla’s proposal was debated at a meeting with the Travis County Commission on February…
nTesla’s Autopilot may be one of the most sophisticated driver-assist systems available, but it is first and foremost a safety feature. This is something that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has previously stated, and it was recently demonstrated by a Model 3 driver who encountered an aggressive BMW SUV on the highway.nnnnAutopilot was engaged in his…
On Thursday, Nikola Motor held its Q4 2020 Earnings Release, where it publicly acknowledged that Trevor Milton, the founder and former CEO, lied on nine different occasions. The firm acknowledged as much, in a 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. In September 2020, Hindenburg Research published a study called “an elaborate…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has no respect for the SEC, but he hopes they look into his recent string of Dogecoin memes and tweets after rumors of a probe by the Commission was rumored to be coming soon. “I hope they do! It would be awesome,” Musk said to a Twitter follower last night. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1365045749407494146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1365045749407494146%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Ftesla-elon-musk-sec-dogecoin-rumors%2F…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked Nickel suppliers to mine more of the metal for the company’s electric vehicle batteries, but his call went unanswered. Now, the company is shifting its Standard Range cars to LFP, or lithium iron phosphate batteries, citing supply concerns as the real bottleneck between the company and a more efficient Nickel…
Teslas and other electric cars may very well enter a golden age of sorts in the United States, if a newly-proposed bill makes it through. Dubbed as the Electric CARS Act, the bill aims to update the EV tax credit by extending it for ten years and removing the number of eligible vehicles per manufacturer.…
During the Q4 FY 2020 earnings call, Elon Musk remarked that the Tesla Model X refresh would be released a little later than the Model S refresh, which would be delivered sometime in February. If recent sightings around Tesla’s electric vehicle plant in California are any indication, however, it appears that the flagship SUV may…
A leaked Elon Musk email recently revealed that parts supply issues gave Tesla the opportunity to bring the Fremont Factory’s production down. There were rumors that Tesla shut down production lines in Fremont before the email’s leak, which may have worried people who were closely watching the company. The recently leaked Elon Musk email provided…
From February 22nd to March 7th, Tesla stopped its Model 3 production line at its California production facility, more commonly known as the Fremont factory, according to a recent report. Someone familiar with the matter suggested that for about two weeks, Model 3 lines would be shut down, with the stop starting this past Monday…