Tesla

Tesla is accelerating plans for a lineup of new electric vehicles, including “more affordable models,” the automaker said in a memo to investors Tuesday. New models previously slated to start production in the second half of 2025 will…

A compact, family-sized car, the BYD Seal is unapologetically aimed squarely at taking on the Tesla Model 3. That said, it’s bigger than the American in every dimension, most notably in both length (4,800 mm vs 4,694 mm for the Model 3)…

Tesla’s Cybertruck has been widely derided. Its panel gaps are wide and amateurish, it’s prone to rust, and it looks like an ergonomic cheese grater. Its most serious flaw to date, though, has resulted in a recall of nearly 4,000…

This week has been one of Tesla’s worst. The company has cut 10 percent of its workforce, from sales advisers to engineers—the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history. Two top executives—vice president of public policy and…

by Will Kessler   Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla sent an internal memo notifying staff that the company would be laying off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, Reuters reported Monday. The company had 140,473 employees as…

Mark your calendars: Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested this afternoon that his electric automaker is going all-in on autonomous vehicle tech—and that Tesla’s robotaxi will be unveiled on August 8.The announcement, posted by Musk on X Friday…

Every six months, the automotive research company JD Power surveys some 5,000 US electric vehicle owners about their experiences driving their battery-powered cars. The latest edition of this survey, out this week, found that EV’s…

Tesla says it uses proprietary stainless steel (possibly from Outokumpu of Finland, Europe's largest producer, which runs a plant in Calvert, Alabama). However, even proprietary stainless steels can stain, especially if any cheaper steel…

A big pain point for electric vehicle owners could soon sting less, thanks to an announcement from the Jeep-, Ram-, and Chrysler-maker Stellantis—one of Detroit’s Big Three automakers.This week, the company said that it would add the…

There were a good few other poor results for car brands independently tested at the winter El Prix 2024. Let's look at the losses in terms of percentage. This way, we can see more clearly how a car has fallen short of its WLTP range, and…