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Tesla has traditionally eschewed advertising, but it seems they’re now giving it some thought. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Twitter that Tesla should “eventually” produce some “high quality media.” Tesla already receives a tremendous amount of earned media, mostly...

The Boring Company has shared a bit more information on the plans for the underground transportation system it is constructing at the Las Vegas Convention Center. New renderings posted on the company’s website show three station types: surface stations, subsurface stations, and subsurface...

A recent study showed some impressive resale figures for the Tesla Model 3, saying the sedan holds its value more than five times better than other EVs.  Car search engine iSeeCars.com analyzed more than 6.9 million car sales to identify models with the greatest loss in value after three...

More than 60% of all new Tesla registrations in California were Model 3. According to the Cross-Sell data (via Reuters), Tesla new car registrations in the U.S. were severely affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in the second quarter of 2020. The total registrations in California have decreased by...

We all do our best to follow CDC hygiene guidelines, feel confident that our hand washing technique has been perfected, and have a favorite 20-second song to prove it. But what else will help make your Tesla safer in a COVID-19 world? We’ve got helpful ideas for you. Disinfect Your Interior...

So, it looks like there was a refocus on the Energy team and a drop in pricing again. An updated page for the The referral fee which was $250 for the roof or panels just changed to $100 (about 5 minutes ago since I started writing this post and noticed that it would still show $250 when...

At least if things are still like they were when a former Tesla VP for quality was there. We never get tired of repeating what engineers tell us all the time: buying the first batch of any product is risky. All initial production issues will present themselves to early adopters. When it comes to...

Render posted by Elon today, looks great!

A Munich court ruled that Tesla misled consumers regarding the capabilities of Autopilot. A suit brought on by the non-profit Center for Protection Against Unfair Competition said Tesla promised customers more than it could actually deliver. The court banned Tesla Germany from including...

Tesla’s “Battery Day” will be held at the annual shareholder meeting to be held September 22 in Fremont, Calif. Tesla is expected to reveal details of its next-generation battery cell technology that will be used in a battery pack with a million-mile life, among other innovations. The...

But wait, Tesla’s vehicles aren’t even officially Level 3 yet. Tesla Autopilot is really the only advanced driver-assist system that gets a great deal of news coverage. This is likely due to the system’s name, added to the fact that anything related to Tesla is constantly in the news. However...

Tesla’s prospective factory project in Austin has gained support from the Del Valle Independent School District, which voted Thursday to approve incentives to lure the automaker to the area. The proposal would give Tesla property tax incentives of $68 million and place the Tesla factory on...

It’s pretty ironic that the SEC’s punishment ended up indirectly generating over $50 million for Musk. If you follow the EV segment, and especially Tesla, you probably know all about the “420” situation, or should we say “funding secured”? Just in case it doesn’t ring a bell, we’ll briefly...

A photo of the Tesla Model Y and the upcoming Ford Mustang Mach-E charging side-by-side offers a good size comparison of the two electric crossovers. The photo was posted to Twitter by Simon Wong, who said the Ford test car was spotted in Waterloo, ON, Canada. Ford’s Mach-E is...

TMC Member AltPwr and his Electric Blue 2010 Tesla Roadster (VIN1094) had an exciting opportunity to appear on the CNBC show “Jay Leno’s Garage.” The episode is set to air on CNBC at 7 p.m. PT July 8 (Wednesday) . A teaser for the episode was posted to Facebook. Ahead of the episode, AltPwr was...

Tesla delivered 90,650 vehicles during the second quarter, a triumph during the pandemic that bested Wall Street estimates. Analysts predicted deliveries of about 74,000 vehicles, significantly less than what Tesla managed to achieve. The strong performance in Q2 was related to demand for...

Tulsa has Elon Musk’s attention. The website tulsasaysyes.com enabled users to send a message aimed at the Tesla CEO on Twitter, encouraging him to build the automaker’s next factory in Tulsa. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt shared a tweet encouraging Oklahomans to help make “one final push.”...

“Breaking even is looking super tight.” According to Reuters, the second quarter of 2020 may not be totally lost for Tesla, as the company is close to breaking even in Q2, despite the fact that its main plant in Fremont, California was closed between March 23 and May 13 (more than six weeks)...

Tesla’s Shanghai-built Model 3 has quickly become the top-selling EV in China, to the tune of 11,095 cars in May, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). To date, customers have only been able to order the lower-end version of the car, but Tesla said in April it planned to...

A Tesla Semi loaded with a fresh load of Model 3 sedans is a happy site. Twitter user @Emanuelreyes managed to capture that scene this week at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif. The new cars are rolling out of the factory for delivery ahead of the close of the second quarter...

Amazon has purchased self-driving technology startup Zoox for more than $1 billion, the latest show of the online retailer’s interest in vehicles that can operate on their own. Amazon has previously placed bets on Rivian, which is developing self-driving tech to pair with its electric pickup...

J.D. Power 2020 Initial Quality Study did not favor the quality of Tesla vehicles. As part of its 2020 Initial Quality Study, Tesla owners reported more problems in their first 90 days of ownership than the other 31 U.S. auto brands included in the study. The average for 2020 model-year...

It’s the first time Tesla has participated in the index by providing the information required to qualify. Every year, Cars.com publishes its ‘American-Made Index.’ It looks at a total of about 350 new cars available in the U.S. and ranks those that are the most American made, based on its...

Owners of Tesla vehicles not equipped with basic Autopilot can add the feature for the discounted price of $2,000 until July 1. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted about the software sale on Sunday. New Tesla vehicles are outfitted with basic Autopilot as a standard...

A $68 million incentive deal may be offered to lure Tesla to build its next factory in Texas. The Austin American Statesmen reported that the Del Valle school district southeast of Austin is considering the incentive package for the electric automaker in an effort to bring thousands of jobs...

v2020.24 has added a new functionality to sentry mode. When there's a sentry mode event, a red dot is added to the usual 10 min long video scrubber, and upon playback will jump right before that event occur instead of having to scrub through the whole video to see the event! Also, now you can...

The deal concerns lithium-ion batteries manufactured at the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada (the cylindrical 2170-type). On June 16, 2020, Tesla announced a new three-year pricing deal (from June 10, 2020) with its long-term (but not exclusive) battery partner – Panasonic. The 2020 Pricing Agreement...

Tesla has officially launched its contest for an EV to be designed and built in China.  Chief Executive Elon Musk said in January at an event at Giga Shanghai that he thinks China has some of the best art in the world, which would be represented in a Tesla vehicle designed in China. Tesla...

Tesla announced Monday that it has increased the range of the Model S Long Range Plus vehicles to an official EPA-rated range of 402 miles. That’s an improvement of nearly 20% compared to a 2019 Model S 100D with the same battery pack design. Tesla pointed to several advancements that made...

Tesla officially become the world’s most valuable automaker Wednesday, an incredible accomplishment for a company that has spent 17 years leading the transition to electric vehicles. Tesla’s stock hit $1,000 per share Wednesday morning for the first time after reports that the Tesla Semi is...

LFP batteries may be used in the Standard Range Plus version. Tesla was recently approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to produce in China the Model 3, equipped with lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. It’s assumed (but not confirmed) that the no-cobalt LFP...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk told employees in a note that it’s time to go “all out” and move the Tesla Semi to “volume production.” “It’s time to go all out and bring the Tesla Semi to volume production,” Musk said in the note reported by Reuters. “It’s been in limited production so far...

Tesla is having production problems with the Model Y, struggling to ramp to a pre-pandemic clip. A letter to employees from Chief Executive Elon Musk said he’ll be walking the assembly line on a weekly basis to help troubleshoot problems. “We are doing reasonably well with S, X and 3...

Tesla’s Model 3 is set to receive a battery pack that will last more than a million miles, according to a report from Bloomberg. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), which makes batteries for Tesla, told Bloomberg that the company is ready to produce a battery that lasts 16 years...

SA just called to say that beginning of June cars will have standard wireless phone charging and USB-C ports. He helped my son switch his order/build date from May 30 to a build date of June 5 and those two changes are now part of the build. Car due in a couple weeks and I will post any other...

Tesla may build a 12-passenger electric van to be used in high-speed tunnels dug by the Boring Company, according to a report from the Mercury News. The information emerged from a San Bernardino County Transportation Authority meeting that included a proposal from Boring Company to construct...

Tesla’s Shanghai-built Model Y is now available for configuration. Tesla launched the configurator this week, offering the Long Range AWD and the Performance versions of the Model Y. While no delivery date is provided, production is expected to begin in 2021. Tesla Chief Executive Elon...

It could just be a research and development facility that could also produce battery packs. Have a grain of salt close to hand, because we’ve just caught wind that Tesla might be opening a new facility in Europe, after the one it’s currently building close to Berlin, in Germany. This one could...

Despite what we hear about Tesla’s customer service in some areas, Australians trust the company more than most automakers. According to Roy Morgan’s Annual Risk Report for 2020, shared by CarAdvice, Tesla makes it into the top three most trusted automotive brands in Australia, based on a...

Jay Leno’s up-close look at the Cybertruck was released Wednesday, but the segment didn’t offer many new details about Tesla’s electric pickup slated for production next year. “Do you want your truck to bulletproof or not?” Musk asked Leno, touting one of the truck’s features. “I guess...

Tesla just reduced M3 prices by $2k SR+: $37,990 LR AWD: $46,990 M3P: $54,990 They've also reduced S/X prices by $5k As a current owner looking to possible trade-in for Model Y it sucks but kind of expected this to happen and there are bigger economic trends at work right now anyways

Another teaser of Jay Leno’s Garage featuring a test drive of the Cybertruck has been released ahead of the episode’s debut on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. ET. With Chief Executive Elon Musk in the passenger seat, Leno pilots the raw-metal, futuristic pickup through the streets of Los Angeles...

Tesla’s 2020.20 software update adds the highly-anticipated Fallout Shelter to the Tesla Arcade. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who is well-versed in the post popular gaming titles, said last year during an interview at the E3 gaming convention that Fallout Shelter would eventually be added...

Chief Executive Elon Musk says consumers need to pay up for the “full self-driving” option on their cars, saying it could have a value of $100,000. Tesla will increase the price of the option by $1,000 starting July 1, Musk tweeted Monday. FSD launched as a $5,000 add-on until the automaker...

Rumors suggest Austin is the top candidate for the electric pickup truck factory. It seems Tesla may be focused on Austin, Texas as the future site for the production of the Tesla Cybertruck and Model Y. This will likely be Tesla’s biggest factory to date too. Several American publications...

Texas and Oklahoma are two finalists for Tesla’s next U.S. factory, CNBC reported, citing a source intimately familiar with the site search. The report said Tesla representatives visited two locations in Tulsa that may be a good fit for the fifth Gigafactory. Austin has been the favorite for...

The usage of Superchargers hit rock bottom during the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak in China, Europe and North America. The coronavirus outbreak and lockdown significantly affected the automotive market and traveling in general, as well as refueling/charging businesses. In the case of...

Tesla’s first Michigan Service Center stands to get a gallery store next door. The Tesla situation in Michigan has been complicated for years. Not long ago, the Silicon Valley automaker was still banned from selling its cars in the state. However, a recent legal deal changed that. It allows...

After Tesla employees were finished smacking the Cybertruck with a sledgehammer and shattering its windows, Chief Executive Elon Musk told everyone goodnight. “One more thing!” fans yelled, hoping to experience something on par with a secret supercar rolling out of an electric 18-wheeler...

Kimbal Musk, Tesla board member and brother of CEO Elon Musk, has donated a Model Y electric SUV that will be raffled to support Big Green and its COVID-19 response efforts. Kimbal co-founded Big Green, formerly The Kitchen Community, in order to create a replicable, scalable school garden...