Image: Tesla You never have to wait long for another story about the odd engineering choices of the Tesla Cybertruck. A new teardown videois going to show that even the angular truck’s massive battery pack seems half finished. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 In a video posted to X previewing an upcoming teardown, … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, April 9, 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. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Tesla Settle Autopilot Suit On Eve Of Trial Tesla reached a … Read more
Elon Musk is no stranger to court proceedings, but you wouldn’t know that reading this deposition that was released Monday. Musk was deposed in a lawsuit over the Tesla CEO falsely tweeting that a college kid from a different state was secretly a federal agent sent to disguise himself as a neo-Nazi and start a … Read more
Photo: Bloomberg / Contributor (Getty Images) Once Ford announced it had reached a deal with Tesla to allow its electric vehicle owners to use Superchargers, it was only a matter of time before every other automaker did the same thing. Fast forward to today, and Tesla’s charging takeover is officially complete. With so many more … Read more
Tesla investors are getting tired of Elon Musk’s antics (just like would-be buyers), and they are not a fan of another record payday for the CEO if he continues to be a “part-time” CEO. Shareholders are soon expected to vote on a new compensation deal for Musk at this year’s annual meeting after a Delaware … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 4, 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: Canoo’s Money Takes Off Canoo is in a real financial mess … Read more
Are you surprised other automakers haven’t come calling? Photo: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Over the past year, Tesla showed off its Full Self-Driving advanced driver assistance tech in an underwhelming demo video shared by big boss Elon Musk. The tech has also been associated with all manner of high-profile crashes and driving misdemeanors in recent … Read more
Photo: Patrick Pleul/picture alliance (Getty Images) Tesla is taking a buzzsaw to the price of its best-selling Model Y electric crossover in an attempt to clear out its biggest-ever inventory stockpile. The Austin, Texas-based automaker is dropping prices after it produced 46,561 more vehicles than it delivered in the first quarter of 2024. That means … Read more
Photo: Maja Hitij (Getty Images) A mass-market, low-cost electric family car has long been touted as the holy grail of EVs with the potential to be as transformative to society as the Ford Model T was in the early 20th century. Elon Musk promised to deliver this dream, but those plans have seemingly been put … Read more
Photo: Tesla Cyberpunk, as a genre, is defined by “high tech and low life.” It draws heavily from noir novels, with grizzled protagonists narrating their way through one last case in rainy, dreary settings. Everything’s high tech, everything’s broken, and everything sucks, but there’s a job to be done and no time to waste. 2025 … Read more
