Tesla staffers are getting ready for potential job cuts after managers at the Austin, Texas-based automaker were asked to let higher-ups know if each of their employees’ positions are critical. I’m sure this will all go just fine for Tesla and its workers. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived U.S. managers had to make the yes-or-no … Read more
Happy Friday! It’s February 2, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Could Tesla Move To Texas? After a Delaware court ruled that Elon … Read more
Tesla has issued a recall for almost every car it sold in the U.S. because of illegible warning lights. The massive recall affects more than 2 million cars and follows a similarly huge recall that hit almost every car Tesla has sold in China. Great start to 2024. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived The latest … Read more
Image: Tesla The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a rash of power steering failures affecting 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y EVs. Thousands of owners are reporting a loss of steering assistance, resulting in dozens of vehicles being towed as a result, and there has been at least one crash associated with … Read more
Since it was introduced to the market in 2015, Tesla’s so-called Autopilot system has been quite easy to misuse or abuse. The world has seen hundreds of instances of Tesla drivers using this system as a way to allow the car to dangerously “drive itself,” which Tesla has actively encouraged. With the feds in the … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, January 25, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Musk Knows Trade Barriers Are The Only Things Stopping Chinese EVs … Read more
Image: Tesla Tesla boss Elon Musk has been promising an entry-level $25,000 electric vehicle for six years. He first mentioned the possibility of the car in 2018, saying it would happen within three years, then doubled down on the idea at Tesla’s Battery Day in late 2020. According to reports from Reuters, Tesla has inquired … Read more
If you’ve never driven a Tesla before, it’s something of an immediately alien experience. The tip-in acceleration isn’t like any gasoline-powered car on the market, because it doesn’t need to ramp up. If you stomp on the throttle in an EV, it goes right when you tell it to go. Quicker acceleration is a major … Read more
Photo: Tesla Last year, with CEO Elon Musk prioritizing sales over profits, Tesla slashed prices in the U.S. Of course, it didn’t happen all at once. It felt like every few weeks the price of a new Tesla was changing yet again. And while the pricing changes may have upset some buyers whose Teslas’ values … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, January 16, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Telsa Lost $94 Billion In Two Weeks By all accounts, Tesla … Read more
