Range is more than distance: How legacy auto hides the facts

Legacy auto doesn’t want you to know how far behind their electric vehicle technology is and what a big impact that makes on the end-user experience. But I have bad news for big auto and lazy journalists: Today we’re going to take a deep dive into electric vehicle range, and explain why it’s about so […]

Elon Confirms FSD “Sneak Preview” in Holiday Software Update

I know what Karpathy is getting us for Christmas: Tesla holiday software update has FSD sneak preview, Stardew Valley, Lost Backgammon & a few other things — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2019 UPDATE: Elon explained further that FSD will start in Early Access before going out to wider release: Needs a few more days […]

Tesla to Offer Acceleration Boost Upgrade for all Teslas

Fred spotted something on the Autopilot upgrade page: Tesla accidentally leaked a new ‘Acceleration Boost’ upgrade planned for the Model 3 vehicles equipped with a dual-motor powertrain. Electrek There’s nothing listed yet, but on the page where you can upgrade Autopilot or Full Self Driving on the Tesla account certain users can see some new […]

Tesla Bear Dan Levy Admits Huge Battery Advantage

Carmen Reinicke has an interesting story today over at Markets Insider. I’ll start with the headline: One of Tesla’s fiercest bears admits the company has an enormous leg up on competitors when it comes to battery production (TSLA) Markets Insider An enormous leg up on competitors you say? When did you realize this? Sometime between […]

Used EVs, Solar, and Wind: More Details on Green Tax Credits

After reporting that congress was likely to extend the tax credit for new electric vehicles, we’ve reviewed the text of one draft bill that may be in consideration. Now, it’s important to note a few things: We don’t know that this draft bill that was introduced in the house is what’s going to make it […]

EV Tax Credit Likely to Be Extended: Cap Raised from 200k to 600k for $7,000 Tax Credit

Interesting story over at MarketWatch: Tesla TSLA, -0.36%  , General Motors GM, -1.25%  and other players in the electric-vehicles sector have a role in the scramble around a possible tax package with so-called “tax extenders,” as they could score an expansion for a key EV credit. MarketWatch Ohhhh helllloooooo! Thanks to bipartisan, broad-based support, we believe the EV tax-credit extension is […]

Viv Releases New Tesla Corsa Video

Tesla fan and designer Viv has a new video out about Tesla Corsa: Wanna race? Tesla Corsa is *the* opportunity to explore the limits of your @Tesla in a controlled environment — ensuring maximum fun, safety & absence of speeding tickets. Next session December 22 @ Buttonwillow Raceway 🏎 Massive shoutout to @Sofiaan 💥 @elonmusk […]

Pre-order Maye Musk’s New Book

Maye Musk, international supermodel and mother of Tosca, Kimball, and Elon Musk has a new book, and you can pre-order it now. You might know a little bit about Maye, or follow her on Twitter, but how much do you know about her life story? In “A Woman Makes a Plan”, Maye goes in depth […]