Tesla is aiming to improve vehicle safety with a new Crash Test Lab facility in Texas. Tesla is building a new Crash Test Lab in Austin that will help with passive vehicle safety, which has always been a strong suit for the automaker. As spotted by Electrek, the factory will be located in Austin and could replace…
Lucid Motors representatives have been spotted at a Tesla Supercharger location in California, following a startling trend in the industry. As more and more automakers have entered the EV market, the difficulty of attracting new customers has become increasingly apparent. Perhaps nowhere has this been seen more than in the world’s two largest markets, China…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite will be vastly different from its current buildout when the automaker eventually releases the now-groundbreaking v12 build, CEO Elon Musk said. Tesla plans to utilize end-to-end AI with the v12 release, Musk said. Upon the imminent release of v11.4 to employees this week, Musk said the new version will feature “so…
Details of Tesla’s Megapack installation at Gigafactory Texas have been revealed in documents related to the plant. Among these is a filing receipt about the installation, which included sections on the number of Megapack batteries that will be used, as well as the system’s capacity. Longtime Tesla Giga Texas watcher Joe Tegtmeyer shared a copy of the…
Fisker announced today that it delivered the first Ocean all-electric SUV unit to a customer in Denmark. The first Fisker customer to take delivery of the Ocean SUV had the unique opportunity to have the vehicle handed over to them by CEO and Chairman Henrik Fisker, who said he was “super excited to be in…
Lordstown Motors has had a rough couple of years. The Ohio-based automaker is now expecting production of its introductory pickup truck, the Endurance, to end “in the near future” as it is seeking additional capital from future investors and partners. Just days ago, it announced that its partnership with Foxconn could fall through after the…
The Tesla Roadster Trio found in shipping containers at a dock in China earlier this week has already started accumulating massive bids from buyers who are hoping to get their hands on at least one of the vehicles. Earlier this week, Gruber Motor Company said it had learned about the three original Roadsters, which have been sitting…
Tesla’s “Drive on Sunshine” feature aims to allow owners to charge their all-electric vehicles with excess energy generated by residential solar arrays and stored in their Powerwalls. Now that the feature is close to a wide rollout, we’re getting our first looks at the feature in the Tesla App. In mid-March, we reported that coding…
Tesla raised the prices of its two flagship electric cars in China on Friday, hiking the Model S and Model X by 19,000 Chinese yuan, or roughly $2,749. The pricing adjustments have been a regular occurrence for Tesla in 2023, as it has fluctuated the cost of each of its vehicles in various markets countless…
It appears that Tesla Europe is poised to initiate some serious promotional efforts for Giga Berlin’s new Model Y paint color. As per a recent announcement on social media, Model Y units from Giga Berlin that are painted in Midnight Cherry Red are coming to select locations in Europe. The announcement comes as sightings of…