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Elon Musk has sent out a second email to Tesla employees, clarifying a communication he sent to company executives where he stated they would no longer be allowed to work from home and would be required to be on-site. ...

Volkswagen’s Diess expects tight race with Tesla to EV dominance

Volkswagen’s Chief Executive Herbert Diess is confident in his company’s ability to challenge Tesla for the proverbial crown in the race to dominate the electric vehicle sector. Diess, who has a friendly relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, said he ...

Elon Musk tells Tesla employees remote work is no longer acceptable

Elon Musk sent an email to Tesla employees on Tuesday revealing the company would no longer allow employees to work remotely or they would be forced to leave the company. “Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be ...

SpaceX’s Starbase environmental review is inches from the finish line

US Federal Aviation Administration says that its environmental review of SpaceX’s plan to conduct orbital Starship launches out of South Texas has been delayed for the fifth time in five months. However, despite the chronic delays and the FAA’s ...

Ford F-150 Lightning owner shares real-world towing data and range effects

A Ford F-150 Lightning owner and veteran EV driver has provided some useful real-world data on the all-electric pickup truck and its towing capabilities. As it turned out, F-150 Lightning owners may need to plan out their routes very ...

Tesla to keep Giga Shanghai workers in closed-loop setup even as Covid lockdowns end

Tesla China is planning to keep its workers at Gigafactory Shanghai isolated, even as authorities ease movement restrictions for residents in low-risk parts of the city. Tesla Giga Shanghai’s workers would be staying in a closed-loop system until June ...

IDRA posts assembly video of its 9,000-ton Giga Press, which is rumored for the Tesla Cybertruck

IDRA has posted a video showcasing the assembly process of its 9,000-ton Giga Press, arguably one of the largest casting machines in the market. The 9,000-ton Giga Press is expected to be used in the production of the Tesla ...

SpaceX repairing upgraded Starship prototype after first test

SpaceX workers have been spotted repairing the company’s newest Starship prototype in the days after the rocket’s first partial test. Starship S24 was transported to SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas orbital launch site (OLS) on May 26th after about two and a ...

Nissan halts orders of the all-electric 2023 Ariya in the United States

Orders for the Nissan Ariya have been closed in the United States. The Japanese automaker decided to halt orders for the all-electric crossover just as it is preparing to bring the vehicle to market. The Ariya is designed to ...

Stellantis partners with Toyota on large commercial van with electric variants

On Monday, May 30, Stellantis and Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announced the launch of a large-sized light commercial van (LCV) for Europe. Stellantis will build the large LCV, and it will be sold in Europe using the Toyota badge. ...

Elon Musk lauds China for leading the world in renewable energy and EVs

Elon Musk has given credit to China for its hard work in renewable energy and electric vehicles. The Tesla CEO’s points were shared on both Twitter and Weibo. “Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in ...

Tesla’s Elon Musk shares his support for past candidates, explains why he’s voting Republican in November

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared some interesting tidbits about his past political leanings, as well as the reason why he’s voting Republican this coming November. Musk posted his thoughts about the matter on Twitter this Monday. Musk’s comments came ...

Elon Musk finally names Tesla’s main rival—and it’s way bigger than the auto industry

It’s easy to fall into the Tesla vs. legacy auto narrative. Since the days of the original Roadster, it appeared that Tesla was this company that was determined to make a change by forcing the automotive industry to go ...

Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai has reached 70% of its pre-lockdown weekly output levels: sources

Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai has effectively reached 70% of its pre-lockdown weekly output levels. The milestone came as Tesla added a second shift of workers to augment Giga Shanghai’s vehicle production capabilities. Tesla’s Shanghai-based plant serves as the company’s primary ...

Goldman Sachs predicts price drop for key battery metals like cobalt, nickel, and lithium

Prices for key battery materials may have been rising as of late, but Goldman Sachs believes that some price drops are in order. The prediction was outlined by Goldman analysts Nicholas Snowdon and Aditi Rai in a note on ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveals next-generation Starlink satellite details

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed the first technical details about the company’s next-generation Starlink ‘Gen2’ satellite design, confirming that it will far outmatch the current generation of satellites by almost every measure. Speaking in an onsite interview and Starbase ...

Tesla showrooms in Shanghai to reopen after restrictions lift on June 1

Tesla showrooms and other Shanghai businesses are expected to reopen and resume work after the city’s new rules take effect on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Local Shanghai officials stated that the city would eliminate the whitelist that companies need ...

Rivian battery pack fire reported at Normal Plant

On Saturday, May 28, at around 10:38 am, the Normal Fire Department responded to fire at Rivian’s manufacturing plant. A thermal runaway occurred within a battery pack undergoing tests. The battery pack that caused the incident was in the repair ...

Tesla’s navigation taps into detailed weather data for extra-precise energy usage estimates

Tesla recently rolled out an update to its vehicles’ navigation system that makes energy consumption calculations incredibly accurate. The update was released as part of software version 2022.16.0.2. Prior to the update, Tesla’s navigation system predicted a vehicle’s energy ...

SpaceX joins Tesla in accepting Dogecoin for merchandise

Elon Musk said his aerospace company SpaceX will soon accept Dogecoin as a payment option for merchandise, joining Tesla, which has accepted the cryptocurrency since January. Musk, a frequently vocal supporter of some cryptocurrencies, made the announcement on Twitter, ...

Rivian makes executive changes to overcome ‘extremely challenging’ production ramp

Rivian is making changes to its leadership team, parting ways with its Vice President of Manufacturing engineering as it continues to try and overcome an “extremely challenging” production ramp due to current industry conditions. Rivian will part ways with ...

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet gets approval in the Philippines

Elon Musk’s Starlink has been approved in the Philippines. The satellite internet service is expected to provide high-speed, reliable internet to areas of the Southeast Asian country that remain underserved. It would also provide an attractive alternative to the ...

Lucid Motors reassigns executive in charge of vehicle build quality

Lucid Motors is in the middle of ramping the production of its Air sedan, but things are getting challenging. Amidst these difficulties, sources close to the matter have stated that Lucid has reportedly reassigned two top executives amidst the ...

Tesla, other EV makers, and envt’l groups are lobbying for heavy-duty EV charging

Tesla, together with other EV makers and environmental groups, is asking the Biden administration to invest in the buildout of charging infrastructure for electric buses, trucks, and other medium and heavy-duty vehicles. In a letter addressed to Energy Secretary ...

Tesla’s Elon Musk predicts how long recession may last, says some “bankruptcies need to happen”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has gained more notoriety recently, thanks in part to his political comments and his efforts to acquire social media platform Twitter. And in a recent comment on Twitter, Musk issued a prediction about the upcoming ...

SpaceX rolls out first new Starship prototype in nine months

For the first time in more than nine months, SpaceX has rolled a new Starship prototype to its Starbase, Texas launch facilities in the hopes of kicking off qualification testing in the near future. The new activity exemplifies just how ...

Tesla team visited nickel plants in Indonesia, negotiations still ongoing

Indonesia’s Minister for maritime and investment affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan, tempered claims that Tesla agreed to build a factory in the country. However, he assured the public that negotiations between Tesla and Indonesia were still ongoing. “Making an investment decision ...

SEC cracks down on ESG fund to protect investors from greenwashing tactics

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on ESG funds (Environmental, Social, and Governance) that exaggerate their environmental, social, and governance strategy to attract investors. SEC proposed requiring ESG funds to provide proof of their claims. The ...

SpaceX’s NASA Psyche Falcon Heavy launch slips to September

SpaceX’s first dedicated Falcon Heavy launch for NASA has been hit by a seven-week delay after spacecraft engineers discovered a software anomaly during preflight processing. Named after the exotic metallic asteroid it’s designed to explore, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed ...

Jack Dorsey resigns from Twitter board amid Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition saga

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has formally resigned from his seat on the social media company’s Board of Directors. His departure from the Twitter Board had been planned since last year. When Dorsey stepped down as Twitter’s CEO last November, ...

NHTSA “reached out” to Tesla about Model Y fire incident in Canada

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reached out to Tesla and asked for information on the Model Y fire incident that recently occurred in Vancouver, Canada. The NHTSA told Reuters that it is “aware of the incident and has reached ...

Tesla is calling on Powerwall users in TX to demonstrate how they can help support the grid

Tesla is urging Powerwall owners in Texas to help demonstrate how a fleet of home battery systems can be used to help stabilize the state’s grid. Texas’ grid has gained notoriety due to challenges it faces from the weather, ...

Tesla Giga Berlin’s planned 100-hectare expansion is starting: report

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s planned expansion was formally launched on Wednesday. As per local reports, the initiative would involve the expansion of the Giga Berlin complex by around 100 hectares (247 acres) to the east. As per Arne Christiani, the Mayor ...

Twitter deal price might drop as Tesla’s Elon Musk “knows he’s overpaying:” Jefferies

Jefferies analyst Brent Thill recently noted that Elon Musk’s deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion would likely not be completed at its initially-agreed price. This, the analyst suggested, is partly because Musk knows that he is overpaying for ...

Elon Musk eliminates margin loan from Twitter deal funding, Tesla stock responds

As CEO Elon Musk showed in a filing with the SEC yesterday that he had pledged an additional $6.25 billion toward his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, simultaneously the Tesla frontman’s margin loans against his holdings in the electric ...

Tesla Giga Shanghai sends out fourth shipment of vehicles to Europe [Video]

Tesla Giga Shanghai sent out another shipment of vehicles recently. Tesla China seems eager to reach pre-lockdown operations soon. A video from Jay in Shanghai shows Giga Shanghai loading Horizon Leader with Tesla vehicles bound for Europe. Tesla’s fourth ...

Ford F-150 Lightning customer deliveries are beginning

Ford has officially started making deliveries of the F-150 Lightning, with the first unit of the all-electric pickup being delivered to a Michigan resident earlier today. According to oneguynick, a member of the F-150 Lightning Forum, a Ford Public Relations member ...

Elon Musk is being sued by Twitter shareholders for stock price manipulation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being sued by Twitter shareholders for stock price manipulation, a complaint said as his $44 billion bid to take over the social media platform moves forward. Twitter is also named as a defendant in ...

Americans are ‘very likely’ to buy an EV as their next car now more than ever

J.D. Power’s annual U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study was released today, and it shows that more Americans said they are “very likely” to buy an electric car for their next vehicle now more than ever. The study showed ...

2023 Cadillac LYRIQ sells out within 4 hours

General Motor’s (GM) all-electric 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ has sold out. However, customers who still want to order a LYRIQ can still preorder one. “2023 LYRIQ orders are full. Pre-order yours today,” reads Cadillac’s website for the electric luxury midsize SUV/crossover. ...

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