The White House won’t impose new tariffs on imported cars, at least not right now, car companies band together to save the electric vehicle tax credit, tequila makers are mad at Elon Musk and so much more for The Morning Shift on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.
The Tesla Model 3, like most electric vehicles, uses regenerative braking to help trickle charge the car’s battery and extend the range. In theory, one could use the regenerative powers of the car’s motors to charge the battery by having the whole thing towed, and now a Model 3 owner has put that to the test.
Truly, there’s nothing worse than a fanboy. Yesterday, we covered the Tesla Model 3 Performance racer who got disqualified at a Global Time Attack Super Lap event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park because his car wasn’t running on an approved fuel type—i.e. gasoline. He was even pulled mid-podium, according to the video of…
Big tariffs on imports could be coming on “national security” grounds, the German automakers are bracing for them, one of Tesla’s top lawyers quits and much more for The Morning Shift of Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.
A week ago, several verified accounts on Twitter were hacked as part of a scam to steal bitcoin from unwitting mopes by utilizing Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s name, and reportedly made off with at least $180,000. On Monday, the hackers were back at it, taking control of several hacked accounts—including a book publisher and …
Update 11/13/18 1:15 p.m: Global Time Attack reached out and set the record straight with how things actually turned out that day. Mountain Pass Performance was disqualified from moment one for having a guest driver when someone jokingly suggested they should be DQ’d for being electric. GTA agreed to pull the driver…
Somebody spotted an electric Tesla Semi in the wild and all I can think is that conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with these giant silent future-looking trucks.
Starting today, if you’ve got a Tesla Model 3 Performance, it’s about to be a hell of a lot more fun on your next track day. Tesla is finally putting out the long-awaited “Release Version” of Track Mode for its smallest and most fun car, and it sounds incredibly clever and looks like an absolute riot.
Tesla promotes Robyn Denholm as chairwoman of its board, sedans are screwing over Hyundai and Nissan, China’s growth is stalling and Germany is bullying automakers into refitting diesels. All of that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, Nov. 7, 2018.
Tesla’s late night rollout of a new feature for its semi-autonomous driving system called “Navigate on Autopilot” puzzled me, if not just because of the time it was introduced to the world, but the feature itself: What’s the value in a car that tells you what lane you should be in, when it won’t drive there entirely…
Tesla is planning a significant update to their “Summon” feature on its cars that will let you drive your Tesla around like a colossal R/C car, but even in its current, more limited form, Summon is pretty useful. Watch how this guy in Wisconsin uses it to get out of receiving parking tickets in the most…
General Motors offers buyouts even after a strong Q3, Japanese automakers’ factories aim to be more flexible, Tesla’s investors want to go further and much more on this, The Morning Shift for Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.
While I’ve never seen it in person, there are a lot of examples online of the glass roof on the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model X sometimes have a very strong orange tint. Some owners love it, some hate it, apparently it’s totally normal, but here’s what causes it.
Automakers squabbling over emissions regulations, Brexit anxiety, Chinese car sales and more await you in this The Morning Shift for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.
FCA might not abandon Ram production in Mexico after all, China considers an EV sales tax cut, and NHTSA’s thinking about headlights—all of this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, Oct. 29, 2018.
A small group of Tesla shareholders in late September accused the automaker of deceiving them about the progress of the Model 3 sedan production, claiming the company and CEO Elon Musk knew its timeline was impossible to attain. Now, the automaker is facing a federal investigation over that very issue, according to…
Electric-vehicle production, fights over fuel-economy standards, earnings reports, unprovoked car fires and Aston Martin’s Brexit headaches—all of this and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018.
Tesla pulled out all the stops over the summer to hit an ambitious target set by Elon Musk: report a profit in the third quarter of this year. The automaker indeed posted a $312 million profit on Wednesday, a tremendous feat to consider, given it’s making only all-electric cars. So what now?
We know the upcoming Porsche Taycan electric sedan is seeking to beat the Tesla Model S at its own game, and it’s now been spotted benchmark testing against a Model S P85D in the mountains of Italy on the iconic Stelvio Pass.
Tesla managed to hold to CEO Elon Musk’s word that it would report a profit in the third quarter of 2018, telling shareholders on Wednesday that it posted a $312 million net profit this past quarter. Deliveries were a key issue this quarter, however, the company said.
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