Fred Lambert

Tesla has delivered its Tesla Semi, an electric semi truck, to a new customer for a pilot program that has reportedly pushed the electric vehicle “well beyond expectations.”

Tesla has filed a proxy with shareholders to ask them to vote for the company to move its state of incorporation to Texas and re-pass Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO massive compensation plan that was rescinded by a Delaware judge earlier this year.

Tesla reveals an upcoming big new in-car software update with new and updated user interface, ‘Auto Shift Beta’, native Audible, updated Spotify app, and more.

Riding the AI wave, Elon Musk is betting Tesla’s business on its self-driving effort, including Robotaxi, at the cost of other programs critical to its core business.

At the same time, the CEO is threatening not to build AI products at Tesla.

Tesla Model Y vehicles upfitted into police patrol cars by Unplugged Performance are electrifying Anaheim Police’s patrol fleet.

While Tesla is conducting broader layoffs, Electrek is learning that heads are rolling at Tesla over specific critical projects at Gigafactory Texas.

Electrek can confirm that Tesla indeed put its upcoming ‘$25,000 electric car, sometimes referred to as ‘Model 2’, on the back burner despite what Elon Musk said.

The project was codenamed NV9 (91-92).

Tesla’s head of policy and business development, Rohan Patel, has left the automaker and he is the second executive to do so today.

Tesla’s top engineering executive, Drew Baglino, has left the automaker in a massive blow to the company’s leadership.

Tesla announced to Gigafactory Texas employees that it will shorten Cybertruck production shift amid rumors that it is preparing a round of layoffs.

Tesla has decided to slash its Full Self-Driving monthly subscription price in half to now $99 a month.

This comes after Elon Musk said Tesla would keep increasing Full Self-Driving prices as the system gets better.

On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the announced Tesla Robotaxi unveiling, Cybertruck battery pack teardown, new and updated Mustang Mach-E, and more.

Electric vehicles are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the United States.

The faster we adopt EVs, the more benefits we get from them.

CATL has unveiled Tener, a new large scale energy storage system to compete with Tesla Megapack.

The system has almost twice the energy capacity of the Megapack, and CATL claims zero degradation after 5 years.

Tesla has unveiled new Sport Seats for the Model S Plaid to absorb the electric supercar’s insane power better.

Tesla has released more details about Powerwall 3, its new generation home energy storage system, and there’s some more good news.

Tesla has launched a new trim of the Model Y in some European countries: a new Long Range rear-wheel-drive Model Y.

Tesla has revealed some of its humanoid robot technology through filings for several new patents related to its Optimus robot program.

Elon Musk is rumored to be going to India this month, which is sparking speculation of an announcement about building a Tesla factory in the country.

A teardown of the Tesla Cybertruck showed that the battery pack is somehow half empty, which the chief engineer confirmed, and we are quite confused about it.

Tesla Cybertruck is soon going to get a 20% increase in its fast-charging speed through an over-the-air software update.

Ford has unveiled its new 2024 Mustang Mach-E lineup, which offers more range, quicker acceleration, and faster charging.

Tesla’s team of “hardcore lawyers” have decided to settle a lawsuit involving an Autopilot death instead of going to a trial that looked like it was about to get interesting.

Tesla has revealed that it can now deploy pre-fabricated Superchargers in a game-changing 4 days.

Anyone who knows anything about deploying EV fast-charging stations knows just how impressive that is.