Volkswagen is working on an affordable electric vehicle that will come in at under $23,000. First reported by Reuters, VW is aggressively seeking to undercut every EV in the pipeline, including Tesla’s Model 3, as it continues to set a roadmap that leaves behind the damage done by its Dieselgate scandal. Among the steps the German manufacture is plans to take includes converting three...
Tesla made some big announcements this week. First, the company revealed it had posted a profit for the first time ever during the third quarter of 2018. During the announcement, CEO Elon Musk took the opportunity to drop some very interesting nuggets of information about the car the company is planning on making next, the mysterious Model Y. After the release of the Model S and X,...
The Porsche Taycan is the car maker’s first attempt at creating an all-electric vehicle to match the likes of Tesla and other flourishing EV makers. However, Porsche has been adamant that the benchmark in the EV market is not Tesla and its impressive fleet of cars. It seems the German automaker is talking out of both sides of its mouth because it was recently caught testing Taycan...
Last November, Tesla announced the second generation of its Roadster. The new super EV looks gorgeous and has the driving capabilities to match. But as things usually go with Tesla, our first glimpse of the impressive feat was thought to be in the long and distant future, until one unexpected person happened to capture video of the new Roadster blazing down a test track. Twitter user...
Tesla’s cars are some of the safest cars you can drive. They continually earn the highest safety ratings and positive owner testimonies. The Model 3 is no different, but it still has some major safety concerns, to which Elon Musk is personally addressing. A Tesla fan posted an account on Reddit of what should have been a fatal crash, but the Model 3’s design saved his life. The...
Tesla is launching a new web-based service with Supercharger pitstops included. The planning feature was already available to Tesla customers through the navigation system inside its cars, but now the feature will be available to everybody through a new web version. Using Google Maps, the service maps out Supercharger pit stops along a trip to make sure you reach your destination...
Tesla went through a tough go of it in 2017 hitting multiple snags with the Model 3 deliveries, disappointing mightily, but in the end, it delivered a new record number of vehicles in the year. On Wednesday, Tesla announced that it delivered 101,312 vehicles in 2017. That is a 33-percent increase over 2016, marking a new record for the Palo Alto car company. In the fourth quarter alone...
There’s been a lot of confusion about Tesla’s pickup truck. It seemed to be in line to be made, but after the announcement of the Roadster 2.0 and the impending arrival of the upcoming Model Y, its fate was left up in the air. Luckily, Elon Musk took to the Twitter to clear up the situation as he tends to do. In a response to a question on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the...
Tesla is a great company, making arguably some of the best electric cars around. But if there we had one grip, it’s the fact that the automaker doesn’t offer a lot of options with its cars. That responsibility is falling on others, and they are running with the idea full steam ahead. A Dutch design studio just so happened to conjure up a station wagon Model S concept that’s actually...
Tesla announced its highly anticipated electric semi truck last month to a lot of fan fare. It goes without saying that it is an impressive truck, but unfortunately it won’t enter production until 2019. That isn’t stopping companies from placing orders, with the most recent being a big beer maker. Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser and Bud Light, put in an order for 40 Tesla semi...