Tesla Model 3 Plaid remains off Tesla's roadmap after VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy confirmed on the Ride the Lightning podcast that the tri-motor concept is real and would use carbon-sleeved motors — but the Roadster gets Tesla's…
Tesla’s dedicated factory for building up to ten million Optimus units is officially under construction at Gigafactory Texas. Drone footage released on May 27 by Giga Texas observer Joe Tegtmeyer captures the significant milestone of the…
Tesla Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, Lars Moravy, recently revealed the company has thought about introducing a Plaid powertrain on the Model 3, but there could be some challenges involved. On the Ride the Lightning podcast, Moravy…
How often have you heard people who don’t believe in electric cars wish a new EV owner good luck because they think it’s likely that the new owner will have to deal with very expensive battery replacement cost in just 5-6 years. Perhaps we…
Elon Musk is reportedly floating the idea of merging Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX, just weeks before SpaceX’s massive IPO on the Nasdaq. If it happens, this would literally be the fourth time Musk has orchestrated a billion-dollar transaction…
Less than a month after we reported that Tesla’s unsupervised “Robotaxi” fleet was finally showing some signs of growth, new data from the Robotaxi Tracker tells a different story. The fleet is actually shrinking.
A new Tesla patent that has been granted to the company this week has revealed a potential strategy for solving a major issue that could impact both the Full Self-Driving suite and Optimus. The patent, which is No. 12,636,684, describes a…