February 2022

New Tesla Roadster gets a rare update from Chief Designer: “Plaid is a great learning platform”

Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen recently made an appearance at the Spikes Car Radio podcast, where he discussed, among other things, the Cybertruck’s eventful unveiling and some of the company’s upcoming projects. These include a rather rare update on the next-generation Roadster, whose release has already been moved back several times.  The Tesla executive […]

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Tesla to release OTA update to disable Boombox features that may violate pedestrian warning standards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently posted a new Safety Recall Notice for 578,607 Teslas over a potential issue with the vehicles’ Boombox feature. As per the document, which was posted on Thursday, some of Boombox’s capabilities may result in vehicles not being compliant with pedestrian warning standards.  The recent “recall” currently affects

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Faraday Future FF 81 EV slated for “high volume production” in 2024—at GM’s former South Korea plant

Faraday Future’s second EV will be manufactured by South Korean auto-parts supplier Myoung Shin, Faraday announced Wednesday in a press release. Production is scheduled to start in 2024, with a “high volume production” target later that same year. This new model, the Faraday Future FF 81, will be a “luxury mass-market electric vehicle” aimed at

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GM’s electric truck and SUV production target increases sixfold to 46k in 2022: report

It appears that General Motors is looking to increase its electric truck and SUV production this 2022. But while the veteran’s plans call for a sixfold increase from the company’s previous production targets, GM’s overall electric truck and SUV output for 2022 would likely remain conservative.  This was, at least, according to new details cited

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SpaceX assembles world’s largest rocket with giant robot arms

For the second time ever, SpaceX has fully stacked a two-stage Starship rocket, once again creating the largest launch vehicle prototype ever assembled. This time around, though, SpaceX used building-sized arms installed on Starbase’s ~145-meter-tall (~480 ft) ‘launch tower’ to lift to grapple Starship, lift massive upper stage more than 80 meters (260 ft) off

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Tesla’s role in America’s EV industry recognized by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Tesla’s role in the electric vehicle industry in a recent interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box.  “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, including Tesla, which did so much to make EVs possible in America,” said Buttigieg during the interview.  Buttigieg irked some Tesla supporters in August 2021

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