Photo: Tesla Tesla launched the newest iteration of its Model 3 Performance Tuesday, just in time for what promises to be a tense Q1 earning call. First, the car; the automaker claims it’s the most powerful electric sedan it has ever produced, boasting an advertised 163 mph top speed and a 2.9 second 0-to-60 mph … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, April 22, 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. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Chaos At Tesla 2024 has not been kind … Read more
Tesla’s Semi truck, promised to deliver 500 miles of range, easy hauling, and low cost of operation, was unveiled in November of 2017. At the time dozens of fleets around the world placed orders for hundreds of trucks. The two largest orders, however, were for UPS and Pepsi, ordering 125 and 100 trucks respectively. Production … Read more
Photo: Tesla Things aren’t going well at Tesla. The stock is currently down more than 40 percent year-to-date, analysts expect the Texas-based automaker to announce a 40 percent drop in profits, more than 20,000 people are expected to lose their jobs, and Tesla’s flagship product, the Cybertruck, is already on its second recall, this time … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 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. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Elon Musk Actually Apologizes For Something Elon Musk said some of … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, April 19, 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. 1st Gear: Tesla’s Stock Is In Freefall It has been an absolutely dismal year for Tesla’s stock price … Read more
Tesla may have told its staff it was laying off over 10 percent of its workforce over the weekend, but apparently, not everyone got the memo. Some workers didn’t realize they were laid off until they showed up at the automaker’s facilities and found their key cards didn’t work anymore. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock … Read more
Happy Monday! It’s April 15, 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. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Tesla Is Cutting 10 Percent Of All Workers Tesla … Read more
A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for 40 minutes in the hot sun while it was installing a software update, and as of this writing her video has over 10.7 million plays after a single day of being online. Before you go jumping to conclusions about her ineptitude, Brianna Janel was … Read more
Happy Thursday! It’s April 11, 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. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: European Tesla Investors Are Fed Up With Elon Musk’s … Read more
