An environmental non-profit group is suing Tesla, alleging CEO Elon Musk’s automaker violated the federal Clear Air Act hundreds of times because its factory in Fremont, California was emitting harmful pollutants. This lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, adds to mounting pressure on Tesla to improve the air quality around its flagship Fremont … Read more
We’re not exactly the biggest fans of the Tesla Cybertruck. Aside from being a 7,000-pound monstrosity that was apparently designed without crumple zones, its frunk has a taste for fingers, its doors could slice your leg open and simply taking it through a car wash could brick your brand-new $100,000 truck. As more people get … Read more
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Parking lots full of Tesla vehicles are becoming impossible to ignore as the electric automaker seemingly can’t sell enough cars and trucks to match its rate of production. According to its own figures, the electric automaker produced 46,561 more vehicles than it delivered to customers during the first quarter of … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, May 10, 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 Big Discounts Worked, Sort Of 1st Gear: What’s The End Game For Tesla’s Mass Layoffs? For weeks, … Read more
The hits just keep on coming with the Tesla Cybertruck. Yet another owner has reported having problems mere miles after picking up their brand new, low-resolution electric pickup. Tesla Investor Day 2023 Was Pretty Great if You Ignored Elon First spotted in a tweet by @jonesjason74 and later on the Cybertruck Owners Club forums, they … Read more
Don’t buy a fire truck, get a Flyer truck instead. Screenshot: Alaska Premier Auctions and Appraisals via YouTube Pickup trucks are everywhere these days. Whether it’s million-mile Tacomas, hybrid runarounds like the Maverick or monstrosities such as the Cybertruck, you can’t walk more than a few paces in the U.S. without spotting at least one … Read more
Last week, we told you about the YouTuber who stuck his precious index finger in the frunk of a Tesla Cybertruck to not-so-great results. Well, he’s now back in an effort to feed the content machine as well as his Cybertruck. This time – however – he’s not using his fingers. The YouTuber is going … Read more
I don’t own a truck, nor do I own a set of nuts (truck or otherwise) but a passing glance at a Tesla Cybertruck with “Cybernuts” made me stop and wonder what other horrors lurk on the internet. Perhaps, even, within the hearts of the very citizens of this mom-and-pop automotive outlet. Walter Isaacson On … Read more
Screenshot: Harry’s Garage Peter Wheeler, the enigmatic CEO who built TVR from a British also-ran into a company with strikingly-designed world-beating supercars, was truly like nobody else. An actual engineer with actual talent, Wheeler worked diligently to develop some of the most interesting cars ever made road legal. This designation certainly includes his last project, … Read more
A Tesla Cybertruck Odyssey is displayed as the tour starts at Mall of Berlin on May 2, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.Photo: Tristar Media / Contributor (Getty Images) Riding aboard the Steamship Authority ferry, a Tesla Cybertruck finally made its way to Nantucket last Thursday, and once it was off the boat, its owner wasted no … Read more
