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A leaked recording of a new Tesla training program reveals that the company is concerned about a growing employee morale issue. more…

Tesla’s sales continue to crash in Europe despite the availability of the new Model Y and record discounts. However, the automaker clings to a good month in Norway, which is not particularly impressive in comparison and could prove to be a fluke. more…

Tesla has announced that it produced its one millionth Powerwall. An impressive milestone that is, unfortunately, overshadowed by some questionable math. more…

Tesla is being forced to remove 64 Superchargers at stations along the New Jersey Turnpike as the local authorities have decided to go with another provider. Elon Musk claimed corruption without any evidence. more…

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly denied a report that Tesla had canceled its work on the $25,000 “Model 2” despite the project ending weeks prior, Tesla executives were “alarmed” by Musk’s public lie, according to a new report by Reuters. more…

The French are saying “non, merci” to Tesla, as sales crashed to just 700 units in May – a level not seen in more than three years. The Model Y changeover was clearly not the problem. more…

Tesla still has no plan to make things right for millions of car owners with its ‘HW3’ system, more than four months after it finally admitted that the hardware won’t support self-driving. At this point, the automaker is just hoping they buy new cars. more…

A Tesla prototype was spotted at the Fremont factory in California, sparking speculation that it’s the new “cheaper Tesla”, but it looks like a regular Model Y. more…

Elon Musk is starting to realize, or at least admit, that Trump and the GOP are going to hurt Tesla greatly by removing battery and solar incentives without removing incentives for fossil fuels. more…

Tesla has started testing its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas without safety drivers over the last few days, according to Elon Musk. The automaker reportedly aims to launch its robotaxi service on June 12. more…

Tesla’s sales have fallen 87% in Quebec in the first quarter 2025 compared to the same period last year. The critical Canadian market has been wiped out, and Tesla is no longer importing new vehicles. more…

Tesla’s insurance products are currently unsustainable, according to a new report that shows the company is losing money insuring its own cars. more…

Two Tesla board members close to Elon Musk, Ira Ehrenpreis and Kimbal Musk, just sold almost $200 million worth of Tesla (TSLA) stocks. more…

Tesla is trying to use a piece of property in Australia, near Adelaide, in order to build a battery factory and Tesla showroom. But it’s facing steep opposition from locals, most of whom cite dissatisfaction with Tesla CEO Elon Musk as their reason to oppose the project. more…

For years, Tesla has been the go-to EV recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first electric cars, but Elon Musk’s political antics are causing people to shop elsewhere. On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we’ll discuss some options … and how you might be able to pay for them! more…

Tesla has been spotted working on what appears to be a mild design update for the Model S and Model X, two vehicle programs that have been in decline. more…

Tesla’s (TSLA) situation in Europe continues to deteriorate, despite electric car sales surging and the new Model Y now being available. more…

For years, Tesla has been the go-to EV recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first electric cars. In light of questionable recalls and its CEO’s recent involvement in controversial politics, however, people are starting to distance themselves from the trailblazing company. All that begs the question: what should we recommend to EV noobs now? more…

A Tesla vehicle on the latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised update suddenly veered off road and flipped the car upside down – creating a scary crash that the driver said he couldn’t prevent. more…

The 2025 version of the Axios Harris poll of brand reputation is out, and it shows a sharp decline in the reputation of Tesla and other Elon Musk-related brands, putting them among the lowest-ranked brands in America, largely due to the toxicity of Musk himself. more…

Here we compare the specs of the new Tesla Model Y (Chinese version) to the newly unveiled Xiaomi YU7, a vehicle dubbed the ‘Tesla killer’. more…

The Republicans in Congress have voted for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, which are going to greatly slow down electric vehicles and renewable energy in the US. Here’s how the new bill is going to affect Tesla. more…

Tesla’s head of self-driving has admitted that the automaker’s autonomous program is lagging “a couple years” behind Waymo, but he believes the cost advantage will enable it to scale faster. more…

Elon Musk just made public and material lies aimed at Tesla shareholders. Here’s the proof with the relevant transcript. Now, let’s see if the SEC still has teeth or if the US has fully entered its scam era under the Trump administration. more…

In the market for a new Tesla? As you may or may not know, the prices of 2025 Tesla models change constantly. Not by much, but more often than most other makes and models. Below are the latest prices for all available 2025 Tesla EVs. If you’re thinking, “Shut up, Scooter, skip to the pricing tables,” I get it. Just click here. more…

Elon Musk says he wants to stay CEO of Tesla for at least the next five years and have more controlling shares in the company. This will most likely seal Tesla’s fate with Musk’s, as shareholders will likely approve of this despite his toxicity and lies. more…

Tesla announced it paid Powerwall owners $9.9 million through its virtual power plant programs in 2024. Distributed energy is working. more…

Tesla has wiped off the 26,000 miles on the odometer of a Cybertruck in service, scratched the vehicle, and then returned it to the owner like nothing happened. more…

Tesla has started accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, something that wasn’t the case more than a year after deliveries of the electric pickup truck started. We are starting to see why Tesla didn’t accept its own vehicle as a trade-in: the depreciation is insane. more…

Tesla is now pulling on all the demand levers in the US with new discounts and incentives as sales are crashing due to brand damage. more…

Tesla’s Austin robotaxi fleet will be powered by ‘plenty of teleoperation’ as it “can’t screw up”, according to a new report from Morgan Stanley after meeting with Tesla. more…

Tesla has hired a new board member with no automotive background, but that’s not a problem as the main responsibility of Tesla’s board members these days is to sell stocks and let Elon Musk destroy the brand. more…

Tscherning, a large Danish construction company, announced that it returned its entire corporate fleet of Tesla vehicles because of Elon Musk. more…

Tesla has lost its director in charge of mechanical engineering for its energy products:  Supercharger, Powerwall, and Megapack. more…

Tesla has reportedly yet to start testing its robotaxi service in Austin without a safety driver behind the wheel – just weeks before the planned launch. more…

On today’s thrilling episode of Quick Charge, we’ve a huge spike in global EV sales and a huge dip in Tesla deliveries. Plus a whole bunch of news from Toyota, including an updated bZ that’s just a bit better than before … but is a bit better going to make a big difference? more…

Tesla’s (TSLA) board is reportedly exploring a new CEO pay deal for Elon Musk, who might not get back his $55 billion 2018 compensation package. more…

Robyn Denholm, Tesla’s chairwoman, made five times more money than the next best-paid board chair, a role Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said was useless. more…

Republicans announced a new tax plan today and it’s just about as bad for America as expected, taking money for healthcare, clean air and energy efficiency from American families and sending it to the ultra-wealthy instead. You might think that this helps one of those ultra-wealthy, Elon Musk, who gave hundreds of millions of dollars to ani-EV candidates to help make this happen. But...

On today’s episode of Quick Charge, it’s back to your regularly scheduled news programming with reports that Tesla employees are getting fired for asking Elon to step down as the new Model Y flops hard in the global marketplace. We’ve also got a new electrified Volvo XC70 and Micah has a close call with the law! more…

Tesla has shared a video of the progress of its Optimus humanoid robot, but it still looks like it is catching up to the competition. more…

Based on insurance registration, Tesla’s deliveries in China dropped to a scary low level last week despite having ramped up production of the new Model Y. more…

New EVs got a little more expensive in April, and consumers saw fewer deals than before, according to new estimates from Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book. more…

NHTSA is asking Tesla to do what it has always been able to avoid: release data from its ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD)’ program. The agency wants to know how closely its planned robotaxi service in Austin will be to its FSD program, which is currently under investigation for safety defects. more…

GM announced that it has hired Sterling Anderson, who is known for being the early head of Tesla Autopilot and co-founder of self-driving startup Aurora. more…

Tesla (TSLA) sales and exports slowed down in China in April despite the automaker ramping up production of the new Model Y, which Tesla blamed for its poor Q1 performance. more…

Some Tesla employees officially asked for Elon Musk to resign as they confirmed the automaker is facing a massive demand problem, which they attribute to the CEO. One employee got fired for it. more…

Tesla (TSLA) shareholders were getting excited on social media about a “Tesla prototype” that turned out to be a competitor’s prototype vehicle. more…

Mazda has announced that it will use the North American Charging Standard (NACS), also known as Tesla’s charge connector, on its upcoming electric vehicles in Japan. more…

The Tesla Roadster appears to be quietly disappearing after years of delay. is it ever going to be made? I may have jinxed it with Betteridge’s Law of Headlines, which suggests any headline ending in a question mark can be answered with “no.” more…