The Tesla Cybertruck is possibly the most look-at-me vehicle on sale today with its bizarre shape and stainless steel bodywork, but what if you wanted something that stuck out from the crowd even more (in a bad way)? Well, folks now is your chance to do just that, because I’ve just stumbled upon the most … Read more
A Tesla trapped a toddler inside due to a dead 12-volt battery this week, requiring Arizona firefighters to come save the child’s life. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 The incident happened in Scottsdale, Arizona, where temperatures crested over 100 degrees all week. Renee Sanchez and her 20-month-old granddaughter were on their way … Read more
One Tesla Cybertruck owner decided his $100,000+ stainless steel pickup truck wasn’t ostentatious and showy enough, so he decided to do the unthinkable and throw it in a sort of “Carolina Squat” mode. That’s right, folks – we’ve got a match made in tool heaven: a Carolina Squatted Cybertruck. It’s the stuff of nightmares, and … Read more
Photo: Tesla Recently, it seems there’s been a lot of doom and gloom around EV sales. Despite ever-dropping prices the market just hasn’t grown the way automakers would like, leading many to shift their priorities to hybrids instead. New data, however, shows that the EV market as a whole isn’t actually suffering. All the problems … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is back at it, flapping his gums about a new Tesla Roadster he first mentioned (and began collecting deposits for) seven years ago. Well it’s back, and apparently coming out next year. Yeah, sure, OK. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) One thousand people gave Tesla $250,000 to order a Roadster, only … Read more
It’s been a long time since American cars were built in the U.S. by American automakers, and foreign cars were all true imports. These days, your BMW SUV is probably built in South Carolina, and your Ram 1500 could have been built in Mexico. If you want the most American-made car that you can possibly … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, June 18, 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. Reggie Watts Is A Big Porsche Fan | Jalopnik Chats 1st Gear: Fisker Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. … Read more
It turns out the Tesla Cybertruck’s quoted bed size is a bit of a lie if you actually want to carry anything substantial. Sure, it is technically six feet, one inch long, but an item that big will only fit the bed if it’s less than 6” tall. That’s not ideal if you want to … Read more
Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Tesla has halted production and deliveries of its troubled Cybertruck because of a problem with the electric motor that powers its stupid, big single windshield wiper. Cybertruck Owners Club forum users have posted on the site that deliveries have been pushed back by about a week due to a … Read more
A Tesla in full self-driving mode slammed into a California Highway Patrol cruiser that was already responding to a fatal crash last week. The electric car was running Tesla’s advanced driver assist feature Full Self-Driving when it smashed into the cop car, forcing officers on the scene to jump out of the way of the … Read more
