Tesla has populated its showrooms with Cybertruck units ahead of the launch and it was successful in attracting crowds.
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Fred Lambert is the Editor-in-Chief and one of the founding members of Electrek. He mainly covers electric vehicles and renewable energy.
He is also the co-founder of Combat Edge, a MMA stats website.
Lambert made a name in the EV space through a steady stream of exclusive scoops about Tesla, including being the first journalist to try Tesla’s Autopilot feature back in 2015. Lambert also repeatedly broke stories about new Tesla products like Enhanced Summon, Model S design refresh, Tesla Autopilot 2.5, and more.
In 2020, he was also the first to report that Tesla’s new planned Gigafactory in the US would be located in Austin, Texas months before the official announcement.
His reporting has been used by many mainstream news organizations, like the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many more.
Lambert has appeared on television (CNBC) and has been featured in national papers for his expertise in electric vehicles.
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Tesla has started releasing to employees its FSD v12 update, which is apparently critical to Tesla’s achieving its self-driving goal.
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Elon Musk is reportedly taking a zealot stance against a union strike in Sweden that is expanding and potentially now crippling operations for Tesla in the country.
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Tesla has won a court order against an owner in China who tormented the company with protests at stores and events over an alleged “brake failure” that was proven nonexistent.
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Tesla has made its original Roadster design and engineering “fully open source” and released R&D documents accessible to everyone.
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Elon Musk says he plans to discuss Tesla investing in xAI, his new AI startup, with the automaker’s board of directors.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla (TSLA) starts discounting new vehicles by $3,000 in end-of-quarter push
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Tesla has launched its new Supercharger congestion fee at select stations in an attempt to shorten charging session times.
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Tesla is reportedly closing in on a $2 billion deal to build a factory deal in India after years of ups and downs in negotiations.
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Tesla was spotted driving Cybertruck into the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico after Elon Musk claimed it would float.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla investors hopelessly turn to TSLA board to rein in Elon Musk
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Tesla has started bringing Cybertrucks to US showrooms ahead of the official production launch at the end of the month.
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Expand Expanding CloseTesla Cybertruck shows about 267 miles of range on prototype
Tesla Cybertruck’s range is put into question after a prototype is shown to have about 267 miles.
What will be the EPA range?
Expand Expanding CloseTesla finally starts advertising with video, decides to highlight safety
Tesla has finally started to advertise with video. The automaker has produced its first video commercial – an ad highlighting its vehicle’s safety performance on Youtube.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla releases update with new way to activate Autopilot/FSD and separate backseat audio
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Expand Expanding CloseTesla doesn’t want you to see this video revealing Cybertruck interior ahead of launch
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Expand Expanding CloseTesla (TSLA) warns it is in between ‘growth waves’ right now
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Expand Expanding CloseTesla seeks help in proving giga casted vehicles are not more expensive to repair
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