The first quarter of 2021 proved something most of the electric vehicle community probably expected: the Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling EV through the first three months of the year. After Tesla delivered 184,800 cars in Q1, a record-setting performance in terms of the company’s individual performance, it was realized by many that the …
Tesla has limited time to get market share in China before the government takes action, experts say. State media is indicating that time could run out sooner than Tesla had bargained. Experts say it’s clear Beijing is trying to give Tesla a bad name so domestic rivals can catch up. When Tu Le found out …
Elon Musk says ‘significant mistakes’ were made in how Tesla calculates solar roof costs. Customers are irate Gene Frakes, an electrician and skydiving instructor who lives outside of Rockford, IL, became a Tesla Energy customer after watching a video of snow effortlessly sliding off one of the company’s new solar roofs. It was just the …
Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest people on the planet, sent a tweet Thursday night about the real problem with self-driving cars. And as you can probably guess by now, it’s one of those things that sounds profound until you stop to think about it for three seconds. That’s more or less Musk’s brand at …
Once upon a time, electric cars were mostly incredibly worthy – all about zero emissions and saving the planet. But they never had to be. Now we have electric cars that are challenging the pinnacle of road vehicle performance achievement – hypercars. One of the most exciting electric hypercars to arrive is the Pininfarina Battista, …
Tesla might release Version 9 of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software in two weeks. Elon Musk promises that FSD V9.0 will “blow your mind.” FSD beta’s V9 version will help Tesla’s vehicles maneuver city streets better. It seems like the next FSD beta update will roll out Tesla’s pure vision take on autonomous cars, …
Elon Musk is hopeful that Tesla Insurance could expand to other states in the US later this year. Musk noted that regulatory approval for Tesla Insurance often takes time. “Hopefully, later this year for several more states. Insurance is different for almost every state in America & regulatory approvals take time,” Musk tweeted, answering a …
They want to prevent accusations that they made mistakes while driving if anything goes bad. China is a very closed market. Despite that, bad news for Tesla in that country is not restricted to its borders. After multiple crashes in which it said customers were to blame, some Tesla owners decided to install cameras to …
General Motors will from 2023 make electric vehicles in northern Mexico as part of an investment of over $1 billion that includes a new paint plant at its facility in the border state of Coahuila, the U.S. carmaker said on Thursday. The high-tech paint plant will start operations from June at the Ramos Arizpe site, …