During a highway shootout in Nashville, Tennessee, a Tesla Model 3 electric sedan was sprayed with bullets and struck several times. The shooting does not seem to be an incident of prejudice against electric vehicles, but rather an episode of road rage by the shooter. During the nighttime hours when a GMC Yukon appeared to…
Tesla bull ARK Invest believes that autonomous ride-hailing platforms like Elon Musk’s “Robotaxi” fleet will generate more than $1 trillion in annual operating earnings by 2030. The financial firm also forecasted that auto manufacturers with autonomous EV platforms could generate $250 billion in earnings by 2030, while fleet owners could generate $70 billion annually by…
Tesla will team up with Samsung to develop a 5nm semiconductor for the in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) or media control unit (MCU) of its autonomous cars. The EV maker’s partnership with Samsung indicates the steps Tesla means to take with its Full Self-Driving suite in the near future. Based on a local news report in Korea, Samsung’s…
Tesla Roadsters are already starting to gain in value, according to some recent auctions, and some owners are trying to push the price of the early electric sports car higher. Tesla Roadster The Tesla Roadster was the now famous California-based automaker’s first car: a small two-seat sports car based on the Lotus Elise. It was…
Tesla has made a name for itself as a company that improves its vehicles in a rapid and consistent manner, so much so that automotive expert Sandy Munro has stated that the company innovates at the “speed of thought.” This is especially evident in vehicles like the Model 3 and the Model Y, both of…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) ended on a high note last year, with the electric car manufacturer revealing it had achieved its ambitious, self-imposed goal of manufacturing and selling half a million vehicles by 2020. With these outcomes in mind, as well as the momentum of TSLA stock that it has built up over the past quarters, there…
President Biden recently announced that he wants to replace all federal government vehicles with “clean electric vehicles.” https://twitter.com/ABCNewsLive/status/1353809013348171778?s=20 While the overall goal is probably not 100% possible during Biden’s 4 or 8 years, it is definitely possible to electrify most federal government vehicles if done over time and in conjunction with massive improvements to charging…
Tesla is widely expected to announce sixth consecutive quarterly profit Wednesday — and probably its first quarter of $1 billion. The company entered the S&P 500 Index in a remarkable year when Tesla’s stock split and skyrocketed, selling almost half a million vehicles. The world’s leading electric carmaker went through a tough patch two years…
In a real-world “torture test” carried out around some of the difficult roads in Berkeley, California, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta was recently pushed to its limits. Some impressive behaviors from FSD beta were shown in the test, especially when it came to driving with caution. Tesla owner and YouTube host AI DRIVR, whose Model S…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems very optimistic about the new Biden administration’s environmental priorities, noting in a lengthy phone interview with Fortune last week that he is “fired up” about the country’s renewed focus on climate issues. During his interview, Musk talked about why he is excited about the Biden administration, his split with the Trump administration,…