Tesla has long dominated the electric car market, but the brand’s market share has fallen slightly in 2023. Citing data from Cox Automotive, Reuters reported around 300,000 battery-powered cars were sold in the United States during the third quarter, but Tesla accounted for only half of them — the lowest share it has had on …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk may be a hateful, far-right troll, but the cars that Tesla builds are actually pretty solid. When we drove the Tesla Model Y, we found it to be a great daily driver, and you just can’t beat the Supercharger network. One downside, though, was that due to Tesla’s focus on minimalism, …
Tesla offers performance-oriented versions of all its vehicles, and its two most expensive models get ultra-hot Plaid variants. Though they make the EVs much quicker, Tesla doesn’t generally make significant changes to styling elements with the upgrade to the hotter models. Rumors have pointed to that changing, as we recently learned about new sport seats …
CEO of Electric Vehicle giant Tesla Inc TSLA and rocket manufacturing company SpaceX Elon Musk on Monday recommended changes to the supersonic Concorde airliner to increase its efficiency. What Happened: “Just updating the engines would cut fuel use in half,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Also, max altitude should be raised to ~80k ft. …
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, are set to discuss the dangers of artificial intelligence or AI in a live-streamed discussion following the U.K. summit. What Happened: On Monday, Sunak revealed his plans to discuss AI risks with Musk on X (formerly Twitter). This dialogue comes …
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk concur with a growing chorus of YouTube users who find the proliferation of advertisements on the platform increasingly problematic. What Happened: The video-sharing giant owned by Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGL has long been getting targeted for increasing the number of ads shown to users accessing its free tier. During …
Tesla is still in talks with Indonesia regarding a potential investment, the country’s President Joko Widodo said. Tesla has been expanding its footprint on a global scale for several years, with the most recent pieces of evidence being its Gigafactories in China, Germany, and Mexico. The automaker has also launched its vehicles in several new …
Ford Motor Co. is postponing about $12 billion in planned spending on new electric vehicle manufacturing capacity in North America. The move comes as the automaker noted on Thursday that customers are generally no longer willing to pay a premium for electric cars. Ford’s electric vehicle sales are growing, and so are the sales of …
It’s fair to say that Tesla started the minimalist, touchscreen-centrism fad that has inundated the auto industry. But the touchscreen tide is washing out again, and some Tesla owners are riding the ebb. In one case, a Chinese Tesla Model Y owner has installed a button panel to their car, and some of their fellow Tesla owners find the mod deeply offensive. …
Many financial experts preach the importance of living below your means — and some of these experts take it to the extreme. For example, even though Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, he still has some habits that are quite frugal. Here’s a look at how Elon Musk, Warren Buffett and more money …