Enlarge / Tesla’s Shanghai car factory in 2020. (credit: Ding Ting / Xinhua / Getty Images) The Chinese government is restricting the use of Tesla vehicles at military bases, some state-owned enterprises, and other sensitive facilities, The Wall Street Journal reports. Tesla vehicles have eight cameras outside the vehicle and an internal camera facing the […]
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Elon Musk formally declares himself Technoking of Tesla
Enlarge / Then-future Technoking Elon Musk enjoying some cannabis on Joe Rogan’s podcast. (credit: Joe Rogan) Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now Tesla’s Technoking, the company said in an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Tesla Chief Financial Officer Zach Kirkhorn is now “Master of Coin.” The two men will retain their previous […]
The first electric pickup truck you can actually drive off the lot
Will Tesla’s Cybertruck go on sale before Rivian’s R1T? Or is there a surprise contender ahead? Read More
Federal investigators blast Tesla, call for stricter safety standads
Enlarge / A Tesla Model X on a highway. (credit: y_carfan / iStock / Getty) The National Transportation Safety Board has filed comments blasting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for its permissive regulation of driver-assistance systems. The letter was dated February 1 but was only spotted by CNBC’s Lora Kolodny on Friday. The letter repeatedly calls […]
Stimulus checks are in the mail, and the bulls are in retreat
Stimulus checks are on their way, and, on cue, the bears are out in full force on Friday. Read More
Tesla: “Full self-driving beta” isn’t designed for full self-driving
Enlarge / YouTuber Brandon M captured this drone footage of his Tesla steering toward a parked car using the FSD beta software. “Oh Jeeeesus,” he said as he grabbed the steering wheel. (credit: Brandon M) The transparency site Plainsite recently published a pair of letters Tesla wrote to the California Department of Motor Vehicles in […]
Report: Tesla is secretly building a giant 100 MW battery in Texas
A sign reads “Gambit Construction Entrance” at a construction site outside Angleton, Texas, on March 4, 2021. [credit: Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images ] Tesla is best known as an electric car company, but the firm also has a thriving business in battery storage—including utility-scale battery installations to support the electric grid. Bloomberg reports that […]
The markets have an Achilles heel: twitchy bond yields
U.S. futures are sinking again on Thursday, following Asia and Europe lower. Read More
Here comes the GameStop rally, round 2
The rise of the retail investor blasts apart conventional wisdom when it comes to stock market valuation, as Tesla, GameStop, and other meme-friendlies show. Read More
After Tuesday’s brutal sell-off, Tesla and Bitcoin bulls charge back in
Following Tuesday’s wild comeback, U.S. futures are trading modestly higher pre-market. Read More