No stranger to making bizarre headlines, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, looks set to purchase social media giant Twitter for around US$44 billion. Earlier this year, Musk revealed his plans to become Twitter’s largest single shareholder after purchasing a 9.2 per cent stake in the social media company. He was then […]
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Musk confirms 2023 for Cybertruck deliveries as Tesla scales up production
After a series of delays and more recently, some deafening silence from Tesla as to when we can expect to see the first customer deliveries of the Cybertruck, the company’s CEO has made the bold promise of 2023 at an event hosted in Texas last week. After confirming a 2023 […]
Tesla sets record global deliveries in Q1, 2022
Tesla has surprisingly been able to buck the trend of supply-chain constrains and production slowdowns in the first quarter of 2022, posting a record-setting number of global deliveries. Tesla says that in the first quarter of 2022, it delivered 310,000 new vehicles, marking a 70 per cent increase over the […]
Tesla announces widescale recall, affects 75% of Australian vehicles
Electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla, has announced a massive recall impacting nearly 75 per cent of the total Tesla vehicles delivered to Australia. The news comes after the company issued similar recall notices for the USA and Chinese markets, due to two separate concerns. Between these two key markets, Tesla has […]
Elon Musk says Hertz received no discount on record 100,000-unit order
Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has announced that despite Hertz placing the single-largest order of electric vehicles we’ve ever seen, the rental car company received no discount on the order of 100,000 Model 3s. Tesla and Hertz both made waves yesterday after news of Hertz placing an order for 100,000 Model […]
Panasonic develops prototype battery for Tesla, lower production costs
Panasonic has announced it is working on a new, large prototype battery with five-times the capacity of a typical cell that has also been designed to lower production costs specifically for Tesla, who it has shared a close working relationship with. The prototype was unveiled by Kazuo Tadanobu during a […]
Investigators urge Tesla to rectify Autopilot concerns before adding features – report
Following investigations, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has urged Tesla to make a number of changes to its Autopilot system before the company expands the platform and offers new features. According to an Automotive News report, the call came from Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety […]
US safety regulators request data from carmakers to assist in Tesla probe
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has called on a number of major automakers to provide data on their self-driving and driver assistance programs to aid its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system. As reported last month, the NHTSA opened a formal probe into Tesla’s Autopilot system for a […]