Tesla

About eight months ago, we penned a note titled "Forget Musk's Tunnels, Early Tesla Investor Seeds First-Ever eVTOL Car." And come to find out, the flying car SpaceX-backed mobility firm Alef Aeronautics has received a Special Airworthiness Certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, marking the first time any vehicle of its kind has…

To date, there are about 17,000 Tesla charging stations and more than 130,000 public charging stations across the US Tesla owners are often effusive about its app and the effectiveness and speed of NACS, while those using CCS complain of broken stations and apps that are confusing and unintuitive. With…

Tesla had a big beat on Q2, 2023 deliveries with 466,140 cars delivered and 479,700 car produced. I think Tesla will trend around 90% of actual production capacity (production being demonstrated sustained over weeks). In Q1 2023, Tesla delivered 423k cars and produced 440k cars. This was about 89% of…

A XPeng Inc. G6 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV). The company is hoping the release of the new car will boost sales which plunged in the first quarter. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Xpeng were higher Monday in the U.S. after the Chinese electric vehicle maker…

The Seagull offers 200+ miles of range for $14,000 (image: BYD)While Chinese EV makers notched record quarterly sales, Tesla still managed to handily beat the world's number two BYD by 114,000 vehicles. BYD, however, recorded a faster pace of growth than Tesla, despite Elon Musk's price war that left many…

In the second quarter 2023, Tesla produced nearly 480,000 vehicles and delivered over 466,000 vehicles. This was a 20,000 car beat on deliveries (including about 5,000 more S/X than expected), which was about $1.2 to 1.5 billion more in revenue. This would be $400M to 600M more on profit. This…

Paul Daly and Kyle Mountsier of Automotive State of the Union talk about their docuseries “More Than Cars.” Momentum keeps growing for Tesla's charging technology. And Audi gets a new CEO...Read More

This morning I received the latest Tesla software update, build 2023.20.7 on my 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance. Software updates have been frequent over the years since I got the car, often delivering new features, improvements in capability and performance, along with a healthy dose of bug fixes. Today’s update…

Electric car company Polestar said that it had signed an agreement to use Tesla's chargers starting in 2025. Photo courtesy of Polestar June 29 (UPI) -- Electric car maker Polestar said Thursday that it would partner with Tesla and adopt its technology for the charging of electric vehicles. Starting in…

Tesla will shutdown the Giga Texas Model Y production lines in July, 2023 for give days to improve the Model Y production lines and increase production. Tesla Texas production is currently 5000 cars per week. Tesla will shift some of its workers from the Model Y to support the start…