August 2022

It appears that the Tesla Semi’s release is actually closer than expected. As per recent comments from CEO Elon Musk, the Tesla Semi 500-mile variant will start shipping this year, followed by the Cybertruck next year.  Musk shared the update on Twitter as part of a series of posts about his Master Plan, Part Deux,

A set of Form 4 SEC filings have revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had sold about 7.9 million TSLA shares worth approximately $6.9 billion after the company’s 2022 Cyber Roundup (annual shareholder meeting). Musk has since explained the reason behind his TSLA stock sale. According to the CEO, he is done selling TSLA for

A few Tesla reservation holders from New Zealand have told Teslarati that they expect to accept their Model Y deliveries later this week.  Teslarati readers informed us that Model Y and Model 3 units have arrived in New Zealand. Brendan Mckee spotted Model Y and Model 3 cars arriving at the port in Wellington. Another reader, David, saw car

Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded and led by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will begin its production of copper foil his year. Among the recycling company’s first customers is something very familiar to its founder — Gigafactory Nevada, which Tesla operates with Panasonic. In a post on Twitter, Redwood noted that its recycled copper

A recent report from China has suggested that BYD’s blade batteries will be used in Tesla’s electric vehicles within the next month. What is quite interesting is that BYD batteries will reportedly be used in Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin in Germany, not Gigafactory Shanghai in China.  With this in mind, BYD’s batteries will reportedly be used

Less than a year since a stock Tesla Model S Plaid set an official world speed record for a production electric vehicle at the Nurburgring with a lap time of 7:35.579 minutes, veteran sports car maker Porsche topped the America-made beast’s numbers using a Porsche Taycan Turbo S with Performance Kit. The Taycan Turbo S

FedEx is testing the Ford E-Transit as a delivery vehicle for its SameDay City delivery service, the company announced. The program will assess the E-Transit’s effectiveness as a delivery van while also being an introductory part of FedEx’s plan to have zero tailpipe emission vehicles across its fleet by 2040. Initially, FedEx is testing ten

A homemade e-bike managed to hang tough against a 400-horsepower Ford Mustang GT in a drag race, highlighting the strengths of electric propulsion, even in the most makeshift powertrains available. Recent polling has consistently shown that the younger generation is the group most interested in electric vehicles and electric mobility. Simultaneously, this group is least