According to the source, the Dutch regulator RDW on July 1 of this year issued a permit for the use of traction batteries in the Tesla Model Y electric car. Moreover, the first batch of such batteries has already been delivered to the Gigafactory Berlin for car assembly. Tesla Model...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced today that the company will begin deliveries of its Semi electric truck with a range of about 800 km this year, with a Cybertruck with the same range coming in 2023. At the time of the announcement of the Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker...
According to The Wall Street Journal, citing US regulators, Tesla CEO and largest shareholder Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares. This comes amid uncertainty over the fate of his $44 billion Twitter deal. He sold the shares in case the court ordered him to buy...
The Tesla Model Y electric crossover is the best-selling electric vehicle in the world, but it could soon be the best-selling passenger car in all categories. As early as 2023, it could overtake the Toyota Corolla and become the first electric vehicle in history to top the list of the...
Tesla founder Elon Musk announced on his Twitter page that the next version of the Tesla FSD 10.69 autopilot system will be released on August 20. After this message, he left another short post with the following content: “This release is going to be big.” Tesla owners with an autopilot...
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has filed a complaint with the Office of Administrative Hearings against Tesla for incorrect advertising of an electric vehicle autonomous driving system. Lawyers representing the department believe that the word and phrase “autopilot” and “fully autonomous driving” used by the company in advertising materials...
Tesla has announced that it has reached a major milestone – producing its 3 millionth electric vehicle since the company’s inception in 2004 and the start of production in 2008. During Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla had delivered its 3 millionth vehicle in “the last...
During a shareholder meeting, Teska’s CEO reiterated promises he had made in the past. In particular, he said that Tesla is approaching the creation of fully unmanned vehicles that can move without a driver behind the wheel. But he also gave shareholders some bad news, reiterating that Tesla intends to...
In the US market, Tesla began to programmatically block up to 128 km of travel on older Model S. This was done after paid maintenance. According to the source, this is done in order to obtain a ransom from users in the amount of $ 4,500. After payment, the company...
Tesla has changed its policy regarding “connected” services for its vehicles. The Standard Connectivity package under the new rules becomes paid eight years after the original sale of the car. Previously, the package was provided completely free of charge for the entire life of the car. Note that the Standard...
Tesla wants as many electric vehicle owners as possible to use Supercharger charging stations. And now the company has an additional incentive to implement this idea. The bottom line is that the US has recently committed billions of dollars in funding for EV charging infrastructure, but charging stations must be...
The American company Tesla lost about $170 million in six months of 2022 due to the sagging Bitcoin exchange rate. Such data are provided in the company’s quarterly report published today for the US Securities and Exchange Commission. On July 20, Tesla converted about 75% of its bitcoin into US...
Elon Musk made another loud statement on Twitter: he announced the acceleration of branded services – he said that they would work as fast as a team of mechanics during a pit stop of a Formula 1 car. Of course, this is just a figurative comparison, in fact, Musk wants...
Ford Motor has said it will use low-cost lithium iron (LFP) batteries from Chinese battery maker CATL in its electric vehicles. Ford’s decision to use CATL lithium iron phosphate batteries for the Mustang Mach-E starting next year and the F-150 Lightning starting in 2024 is a big win for the...
Tesla plans to raise the price of its proprietary self-driving software, CEO Elon Musk has announced. Today, Tesla vehicles come standard with a driver-assistance system called Autopilot. For an additional $12,000, owners can buy the FSD (full self-driving) feature, which greatly expands the unmanned capabilities of the car and is...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the company hopes to begin deliveries of the Cybertruck electric pickup truck in the middle of next year. Musk has previously said the car should arrive next year. Commenting on the Cybertruck’s constant postponements, Elon Musk stated the following: “Tesla has no demand problem,...
