For many years one of the favourite talking points of Tesla critics has been that the competition is coming and the electric vehicle (EV) that will be Tesla’s downfall is just around the corner. Some […]
Tesla’s battery supplier, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), announced a new $5 billion battery cell facility in Hubei, China. CATL is already expanding their battery capacity across the globe. The company is looking to expand specifically […]
Earlier this year Tesla introduced their lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to the North American market. Facing extremely long wait times, the batteries were imported from China and added to some Standard Range Plus (SR+) […]
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Monday it has formally rejected a request to investigate Tesla vehicle fires. The petition was originally filed all the way back in October 2019 over […]
Here’s a quick recap of the biggest and most interesting stories posted on Drive Tesla for the week of September 27 to October 3, 2021. Q3 2021 Production & Deliveries Another quarter, another record. Tesla […]
Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Israel are booming. In the first three quarters of 2021 a total of 7,800 EVs were sold in the country. That is an increase of 528% from the same time […]
Millenial Lithium, based in Vancouver British Columbia, announced on Tuesday that Tesla battery supplier CATL has agreed to purchase the mining company for CAD $376.8 million (USD $297M). The agreement comes after one of China’s […]
You have probably heard of Elon Musk and Larry Ellison. The former is the CEO of Tesla and the latter is the co-founder of Oracle. What the two have in common is that they are […]
Tesla has officially broken ground on a new Megapack factory in California. The new facility will be located near another one of the company’s massive warehouse and distribution center in an industrial area of Lathrop […]
In the Q2 2021 update Tesla announced that Giga Shanghai is now the company’s primary vehicle export hub. While it only recently received the official designation, the factory in China has been exporting cars since […]
