Tesla (TSLA) confirms delivery of 495,570 EVs, way below its own guidance

Tesla (TSLA) released its production and delivery results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024 today. The automaker confirmed having delivered 495,570 electric vehicles, way below expectations and its own guidance from just two months ago. As we reported earlier this week, the analyst consensus for the fourth quarter was 507,000 vehicles delivered. The… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) confirms delivery of 495,570 EVs, way below its own guidance

Tesla Cybertruck is now eligible for $7,500 tax credit, but for how long?

The current base version of the Tesla Cybertruck is now eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit in the US. It should help Tesla move some units amid the electric truck’s demand issues, but not for long as both CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump aim to kill the electric vehicle incentive. When Tesla… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck is now eligible for $7,500 tax credit, but for how long?

The US government announced a ‘historic’ nuclear energy deal

/ A major federal contract to purchase nuclear energy comes on the heels of similar deals made by Big Tech companies. The Biden administration wants to preempt price hikes as government agencies compete with energy-hungry data centers. Two cooling towers being rehabilitated for nuclear power generation under Microsoft at Crane Clean Energy Center, previously known… Continue reading The US government announced a ‘historic’ nuclear energy deal

Kia Concerned That Employee Forgot to Bolt Seats Down in Potentially Tens of Thousands of Cars

Hold onto your butts. Bolt from the Blue The sophomore year of Kia’s three-row electric SUV has come to a pretty inauspicious conclusion. This week, the Korean automaker issued a recall for nearly 23,000 EV9 electric cars for the 2024-25 model year after discovering that some of them had seats that weren’t fully bolted down… Continue reading Kia Concerned That Employee Forgot to Bolt Seats Down in Potentially Tens of Thousands of Cars

Self-Driving Waymo Cab Smashes Into Delivery Robot

The machines are fighting. Friendly Fire A video shared on social media appears to depict the prelude to an inter-robot-species conflict. The belligerents? A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics delivery robot, according to TechCrunch. The footage, taken in Los Angeles from a dashcam, shows the Serve robot puttering along a crosswalk at night before… Continue reading Self-Driving Waymo Cab Smashes Into Delivery Robot

After Cybertruck Terror Attack, Elon Musk Screeches That Cybertrucks Are Bad for Terror Attacks

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded just outside the Trump Towers hotel in Las Vegas early Wednesday morning, killing the person occupying the vehicle and injuring seven others. You’d be forgiven for initially suspecting the vehicle had burst into flames on its own, since others have previously. But investigators are now suggesting that the incident may have… Continue reading After Cybertruck Terror Attack, Elon Musk Screeches That Cybertrucks Are Bad for Terror Attacks

8Bitdo’s Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox drops to a record low of $29

The 8Bitdo Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox is on sale via Amazon for just $29. This is a record low price and represents a discount of 36 percent. That’s a pretty good deal, especially when considering that first-party Xbox controllers are around $60. This isn’t a cheap knockoff. 8Bitdo makes fantastic controllers that regularly find… Continue reading 8Bitdo’s Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox drops to a record low of $29

Tesla reports its first-ever annual drop in deliveries

Tesla has reported its first-ever decline in annual deliveries. The total number of deliveries for 2024 hovers at around 1.78 million, but the company delivered 1.81 million vehicles in 2023. Company shares fell by as much as seven percent at the news, but has since rallied a couple of points. This follows similar news from… Continue reading Tesla reports its first-ever annual drop in deliveries

The first 27-inch 4K gaming OLED monitor is here courtesy of Samsung

Ahead of the official start of CES, Samsung has announced a trio of new Odyssey gaming monitors. Of the bunch, the G81SF is the most interesting. Samsung says it’s the first 4K, 27-inch OLED gaming monitor. The panel features a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms gray-to-gray pixel response time. At 4K and 27 inches, pixel… Continue reading The first 27-inch 4K gaming OLED monitor is here courtesy of Samsung