Electric Cars

By Simon Alvarez Posted on October 27, 2021 In a recent appearance at CNBC’s Squawk Box, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) bull and legendary long-term investor Ron Baron explained several key aspects of Tesla’s business and why the company’s stock is worth holding for a very long time. He also shared what he believes are the biggest short-term risks

GM announced a new program to deploy over 40,000 new EV chargers in the US and Canada. It’s an interesting venture into charging for GM, but the automaker is sticking to level 2. The automaker is calling the effort a community charging program: “Today, General Motors announced a new community charging program to install up

Here is a TeslaCam video registered by a Tesla Model 3 that shows an unfortunate incident that happened when the car was charging. The owner of another car, which happens to be a Chevrolet Volt, wanted to avoid driving over the Tesla’s charging cable but failed to throw the cable properly over his car as

By Joey Klender Posted on October 25, 2021 Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares surged over 7% during the morning trading hours on the heels of an announcement that the electric automaker had secured an order for 100,000 Model 3 vehicles in a deal worth $4.3 billion. In a report this morning, it was confirmed that rent-a-car

Tesla has increased Model S and Model X prices by another $5,000 as demand is pushing deliveries of new orders deep into next year. As we reported earlier this week, Tesla is back to delivering its full lineup of vehicles after finally starting back production of the Model X after the refresh. The automaker is

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By Joey Klender Posted on October 23, 2021 On Friday, all four Tesla Models received late-night price increases, ranging from $2,000 for the Model Y Long Range and Model 3 Standard Range+ to $5,000 for the Model S and Model X Long Range configurations. Tesla’s mass-market Model Y in the Long Range variant, which has

SEV automaker Sono Motors announced it has publicly filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO). If the IPO is approved, Sono Motors intends to list on the Nasdaq Global Market under ticker symbol “SEV.” Sono Motors is a German automaker founded in 2016 with

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By Maria Merano Posted on October 21, 2021 The Boring Company (TBC) recently invited people in Texas and Vegas to join its team. Elon Musk chimed in, reminding everyone that one of TBC’s goals is to tunnel faster than Gary the Snail. A quick look through The Boring Company’s career page reveals that it is

Tesla has hit another roadblock in starting production at Gigafactory Berlin, as a technicality is delaying the approval process by about a month. At Gigafest last week, Elon Musk said that Tesla was aiming to start production at Gigafactory Berlin in November. People attending the factory tour during the county fair noted that Tesla appeared

By the way of the Q3 2021 financial report, Tesla has released an update about the progress on its 4680-type cylindrical batteries. The company says that “the 4680 in-house cell project” at the Kato pilot facility in California “continues to progress.” For reference, three months ago the company said that there was substantial progress. An important

By Maria Merano Posted on October 20, 2021 Another quarter has come and gone for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) this year. Now, Tesla is preparing for another earnings call. Below are some questions investors want answered at the Q3 2021 earnings call. Top Retail Questions What is the Tesla’s goal for vehicle production capacity for the 4

Sushil Reddy is no stranger to long-distance electric bicycles rides, having broken the Guinness World Record back in 2016 with a 7,424 km (4,613 mile) ride across India. Since then he’s set his sights on solar power, performing several more long-distance solar-powered electric bike rides. Now he’s halfway through a 10,460 km (6,500 mile) ride

Over the last few years, we heard that Volkswagen Group will be able to catch and overtake Tesla in terms of all-electric car sales, thanks to its bold push by multiple brands (including Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Skoda, SEAT). Having multiple brands, plants, several new platforms, including the MEB and many new electric car models should

By Simon Alvarez Posted on October 18, 2021 Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) are roaring to life as the company approaches its highly-anticipated third-quarter earnings call. The EV maker gained as much as 1.06% to $852.00 on Monday’s US premarket trading, making the company poised for a 50% increase from the stock’s low of $563 per share

It looks like today’s the first day of deliveries for the refreshed Model X at a very small event where a handful of vehicles were delivered to new customers. Let’s take a peek inside! TMC Forum user sunnyvaletree uploaded the above image of the delivery and added a short video below of the event and

In September, the number of new passenger car registrations in France decreased by over 20% year-over-year to 133,835. But plug-in car sales are immune to that .ecline In total, some 29,995 new plug-ins were registered last month (up 61% year-over-year). Out of that, 28,786 were passenger plug-ins and their market share reached a new all-time

By Joey Klender Posted on October 16, 2021 Tesla’s most basic variant of the affordable Model 3 sedan is sold out nearly a year in advance. The Model 3 Standard Range+ is as basic as you can get with Tesla’s vehicles. It is the most affordable car available from Tesla, starting at $41,990. When ordering

Tesla has updated its Cybertruck web page to remove Cybertruck specs and prices for each configuration of the electric pickup truck. It comes after the highly anticipated electric vehicle has been delayed to next year. When unveiling the Cybertruck back in 2019, Tesla announced that the electric pickup truck would be offered in three different

Tesla expands its Supercharging capacity in Kettleman City, not far from the Tesla Factory in Fremont, which already had one of the largest and most popular 40-stall station. At the time of installation in 2017, it was one of the largest and the first with a solar canopy, Powerpack energy storage systems and a lounge.

By Simon Alvarez Posted on October 14, 2021 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla to explain why it rolled out a safety enhancement for its Autopilot driver-assist system without issuing a safety-related recall. The Autopilot improvement was rolled out to Tesla’s fleet of vehicles through a free over-the-air update.  The NHTSA

Tesla cofounder and longtime CTO JB Straubel sent a warning to automakers that are making announcements about timelines to go all-electric: “Make sure you do the math when it comes to your supply chain.” In a new episode of “This Week in Startups,” Straubel discussed his early days at Tesla and how he is proud

By Joey Klender Posted on October 12, 2021 Lucid Group has announced the details of its Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), DreamDrive, which it calls “the most technically sophisticated advanced driver-assistance system.” Lucid’s DreamDrive, which comes standard in the company’s top two trims of its Air sedan, employs up to 32 onboard sensors, a driver-monitoring

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Tesla has just released its Q3 2021 production and delivery report, so the numbers are now in. See how Tesla fared this quarter right here. At 241,300 global deliveries of the Model Y, Model 3, Model S and Model X combined, Tesla beat expectations. The target numbers ranged from about 222,000 to 233,500, so Tesla

By Joey Klender Posted on October 1, 2021 General Motors plans to set itself up as the leader of electric vehicle software and intends to tell investors at a meeting next week that this, along with expanding its electric vehicle lineup to 20 models by 2028, is its focus over the next several years in

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The MrTruck YouTube channel made a very interesting discovery related to the upcoming, all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning. The electric pickup truck was on display at the 2021 State Fair of Texas, which gave attendees an opportunity to check it out in detail. As MrTruck was perusing the Lightning’s interior, the dashboard display revealed a convertible

By Maria Merano Posted on September 29, 2021 Tesla China is reportedly suing the “brake failure” protester who climbed on top of a Model 3 display unit during the Shanghai Auto Show back in April. Tesla China is suing the protester, Zhang Yazhou, for defamation, according to local sources. The company also demands an apology