Fred Lambert

Tesla confirmed its plan to produce its own electrical transformers, a new business for the automaker, but it started on the wrong foot.

Many top Tesla engineers left over the last year to build their own transformer startup.

Tesla has given up on bringing wireless charging to the Cybertruck, according to the its lead engineer.

He claimed that they figured out it didn’t make sense on a efficiency basis, but there might be more to the story.

Tesla has unveiled two new energy storage products: Megapack 3, the latest generation of its utility-scale energy storage system, and Megablock, which integrates Megapack 3 with transformers and switchgear.

Today, Tesla is expected to unveil a next-generation Megapack in the margins of RE+, the largest clean energy event in North America.

It comes as competition intensifies and Tesla’s own battery suppliers for the Megapack are launching competing products.

Tesla (TSLA) is seeing its US market share of the electric vehicle market drop to new lows in August, according to data from Cox Automotive, a research firm.

It’s happening amid a surge in EV sales in the US, following the expiration of the federal tax credit.

Mercedes-Benz has now fully pulled the wraps off the all-electric GLC at IAA Mobility in Munich. A new next-gen electric powertrain now underpins the most popular model from the German luxury automotive brand.

Can it revive Mercedes’ EV momentum?

Rimac Technology used IAA Mobility in Munich to launch new products, including a new battery pack platform based on solid-state battery cells.

The company, better known for its electric supercars, is trying to position itself as a tier 1 automotive industry supplier with a new product lineup.

Tesla has changed the meaning of “Full Self-Driving”, also known as “FSD”, to give up on its original promise of delivering unsupervised autonomy.

Tesla’s board, which has already compensated CEO Elon Musk more than the company earned through its entire existence, is now offering a new pay package worth up to $1 trillion.

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla Master Plan Part 4, a new affordable EV from VW, wireless EV charging, and more.

Tesla claims to have delivered on Elon Musk’s promise to “open up” Robotaxi in September, albeit with some caveats.

Anyone with an iPhone can now download the Tesla Robotaxi app and join a waitlist.

Audi has unveiled the Audi Concept C, an all-electric two-seat roadster that aims to redefine the brand’s design language, and which could also preview an upcoming electric TT sports car successor.

Tesla has moved its safety monitor from the passenger’s seat to the driver’s seat in its ‘Robotaxi’ service in Austin, Texas, as it expands onto highways.

However, the timing may be more closely tied to regulations.

Tesla’s sales have surged to unprecedented levels in Turkey, where the American automaker delivered nearly as many vehicles last month as it did across the entire European market.

It occurred because Tesla managed to take advantage of a loophole that has now been patched.

Tesla (TSLA) received just over 600 orders for Model Y in India after launching the electric vehicle just over a month ago, according to a new report.

Tesla has finally released its ‘Master Plan Part 4’ and it’s nothing more than a smorgasbord of AI promises about its humanoid robot, which can’t even serve popcorn.

Tesla has reduced the price of the Model 3 RWD Long Range, a newly launched version of the popular Model 3, amid a sales slump.

Tesla has unexpectedly terminated a contractor’s contract at Gigafactory Texas, resulting in the layoff of 82 workers who were supporting the automaker’s production at the giant factory in Austin.

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss China reaching the EV tipping point, Tesla’s retreat in Europe, EV buyers receiving some tax credit relief, and more.

Electric vehicles have reached a tipping point in China. They now represent the majority of the new car market, surging to 51% market share.

Tesla’s sales freefall in Europe continues. The American automaker’s sales declined by 40% in July, while BYD’s increased by 225%.

Over the last few days, Elon Musk has been making several statements claiming that autonomous driving systems that use lidar and radar sensors are more dangerous than Tesla’s camera-only computer vision approach because the system gets confused when interpreting data from different sensors.

It’s not only false, Musk told me directly that he agreed that radar and vision could be safer than just vision, right after he had Tesla remove the radars from its vehicles.

Tesla is teasing a new product release on Friday, August 29th, coming to Europe and the Middle East. It’s likely going to be the Model Y Performance.

Tesla has reportedly begun testing self-driving features in the Boring Company’s single-lane tunnels in Las Vegas, but it is still “ways off,” according to the Las Vegas Convention Center, which owns the tunnels.

Yet, Elon Musk believes Tesla’s self-driving will cover half of the US population by the end of the year.