GM has unveiled a new Buick Electra electric vehicle concept and claims a range of over 400 miles with GM’s Ultium battery. The Buick Electra was a flagship luxury vehicle for the Buick brand for decades and now GM might bring it back as an electric car. In Shanghai this week, SAIC-GM, GM’s joint-venture in… Continue reading GM unveils Buick Electra electric crossover concept, claims over 400 miles of range with Ultium battery
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Tesla (TSLA) acquires German battery assembly line maker supplying BMW and Mercedes
Tesla is acquiring a German battery assembly line manufacturer supplying BMW and Mercedes-Benz, according to several reports. Over the last few years, Tesla has been on a buying spree of companies involved in manufacturing engineering and building machines for manufacturing, like Hibar Systems and Compass Automation. Now Tesla is reportedly adding another similar company as… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) acquires German battery assembly line maker supplying BMW and Mercedes
Tesla (TSLA) increases Powerwall price as demand is through the roof
Tesla (TSLA) has increased the price of the Powerwall, its home battery pack, as demand is still through the roof. There are a lot of factors currently greatly increasing demand for home energy storage. Heatwaves are creating some instabilities on electric grids in the US, even forcing some rolling blackouts in California. Many people are… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) increases Powerwall price as demand is through the roof
Tesla reduces Solar Roof price, updates website
Tesla has slightly reduced the price Solar Roof prices and updated its webpage for the product with new information. In October of last year, Tesla launched version 3 of its Solar Roof tiles, which is now also known as Solarglass, and it saw a significant price decrease through optimization and faster installation. We posted a Tesla Solar… Continue reading Tesla reduces Solar Roof price, updates website
Tesla (TSLA) secures massive order of Tesla Semi electric trucks from Walmart
Tesla (TSLA) has secured a massive order of 130 Tesla Semi electric trucks from Walmart Canada. Back in 2017, shortly after the unveiling of the Tesla Semi, Walmart Canada ordered 15 electric trucks from the automaker. They have been adding to that original order and now almost 3 years later and after the Tesla Semi… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) secures massive order of Tesla Semi electric trucks from Walmart
A Tesla driver was caught sleeping on Autopilot at high speed, police are charging him criminally
A Tesla driver was caught sleeping on Autopilot with their seat “fully reclined” at high speed, according to police who criminally charged the driver. Alberta RCMP (Canada federal police) reported on a strange incident involving a Tesla vehicle on Autopilot. “Alberta RCMP received a complaint of a car speeding on Highway 2 near Ponoka. The… Continue reading A Tesla driver was caught sleeping on Autopilot at high speed, police are charging him criminally
Elon Musk: Tesla delays release of important Autopilot rewrite, now 6-10 weeks if all goes well
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has updated the timeline for the release of the automaker’s highly-anticipated Autopilot core rewrite — delaying it by about several weeks to a month. As we previously reported, Tesla is going through “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” CEO Elon Musk says that the “neural net is absorbing more… Continue reading Elon Musk: Tesla delays release of important Autopilot rewrite, now 6-10 weeks if all goes well
Tesla (TSLA) excluded from S&P500 reshuffle despite being worth 9x all 3 new firms combined
Tesla (TSLA) has been excluded from the latest S&P500 reshuffle despite being worth 9 times more than all 3 new companies being included in the index combined. Over the last few months, Tesla has been rumored to be included in the S&P after it achieved the requirements for eligibility. The S&P 500, or simply the… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) excluded from S&P500 reshuffle despite being worth 9x all 3 new firms combined
Tesla reverts to again not sharing pictures of used cars for sale
Tesla has once again changed its used car policy. It is reverting back to not sharing pictures of its used vehicles for sale. Since Tesla doesn’t use the dealer model, it has arguably the greatest hold on the used car market for its own vehicles. It gets a steady flow of used vehicles from leases… Continue reading Tesla reverts to again not sharing pictures of used cars for sale
Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with VW CEO, gets preview of ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a special meeting with VW CEO Hebert Diess where he got a preview of the ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars. As we have been reporting over the last few days, Musk has been in Germany to visit a few projects related to Tesla. Musk visited several German officials and they… Continue reading Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with VW CEO, gets preview of ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars