Faraday Future CEO Jia Yueting is reportedly finally stepping down from his role at the electric vehicle startup as part of a restructuring into a partnership. Ever since it came out of stealth mode, FF has been involved in controversy. First, it was lawsuits from vendors. Later, it was executives departing and its CEO and… Continue reading Faraday Future CEO is finally stepping down, reportedly in restructuring into partnership
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Tesla patents way to join solar roof tiles together for faster installation
Tesla is planning to ramp up installation of its new solar roof, but it needs to figure out a way to reduce installation time. Now a new patent shows a possible solution by producing and installing solar roof tiles in jointed groups. At Tesla’s 2019 shareholder’s meeting earlier this year, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla was… Continue reading Tesla patents way to join solar roof tiles together for faster installation
Toyota will deploy 850 electric vehicles at the Olympics, including some weird ones
Toyota is providing the official fleet for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and 90% of them will be electric. That’s 850 electric vehicles to be deployed next year — most of them new, including some weird ones. Last month, we already reported on the short-range shuttle that Toyota is building specifically… Continue reading Toyota will deploy 850 electric vehicles at the Olympics, including some weird ones
Tesla’s head of Autopilot software leaves in restructuring
Tesla’s head of Autopilot software, Stuart Bowers, has left the automaker to work for the venture capital firm Greylock after a restructuring of the Autopilot team. Over the last few months, there have been several reports about a restructuring of Tesla’s Autopilot team. In May, we reported that Tesla was restructuring its Autopilot software team… Continue reading Tesla’s head of Autopilot software leaves in restructuring
Tesla postpones Full Self-Driving price increase until V10 and Smart Summon
Tesla was planning to increase the price of its “Full Self-Driving” package last week that was supposed to coincide with an update to its Autopilot features, like the new Smart Summon, but it now won’t happen until September/October. Earlier this year, Tesla killed the Enhanced Autopilot package and unbundled some features to create a base… Continue reading Tesla postpones Full Self-Driving price increase until V10 and Smart Summon
Tesla Gigafactory 3 obtains official govt certificate in record time ahead of production
Tesla has obtained an official government certificate of approval for Gigafactory 3 in record time ahead of the start of production, which is supposed to be imminent. Gigafactory 3 is Tesla’s first manufacturing facility in China and it’s also the first electric vehicle factory wholly-owned by a foreign automaker in the country. As the trade… Continue reading Tesla Gigafactory 3 obtains official govt certificate in record time ahead of production
Tesla releases new software update with adaptive suspension damping improvements and more
Tesla started releasing a new software update this week with improvements to Model S and Model X’s new adaptive suspension damping and more. In April, Tesla launched the new Raven Model S and Model X vehicles with a series of upgrades, including a new adaptive suspension. The automaker described the new suspension: We’ve also upgraded our… Continue reading Tesla releases new software update with adaptive suspension damping improvements and more
Tesla launches solar rental service, can get a solar panel system for $50 per month
Tesla is launching today a solar rental service – a brand new way to get a solar panel system on your roof for as little as $50 per month without any long-term contract. SolarCity pioneered new models to sell solar power systems with no upfront cost by leasing them to homeowners and selling them the… Continue reading Tesla launches solar rental service, can get a solar panel system for $50 per month
Elon Musk to address Tesla shutting down its service loaner program
Tesla started shutting down its service loaner program earlier this year and apparently, Elon Musk didn’t know about it and he says that he is going to address the issue. When a Tesla owner would need to leave their car at a service center, the automaker would provide another Model S or Model X as… Continue reading Elon Musk to address Tesla shutting down its service loaner program
Tesla Semi electric truck exceeds range expectation almost fully-loaded, says test driver
A Tesla Semi electric truck prototype was spotted doing some range tests with an almost full load of 75,000 lbs and the test driver said that it was meeting or even “exceeding” range expectations. When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which is a class 8… Continue reading Tesla Semi electric truck exceeds range expectation almost fully-loaded, says test driver