Ford wants dealers to match Tesla’s lower selling prices

Ford Motor Company has a tough challenge for its dealers selling electric vehicles. The automaker wants its dealers to match Tesla’s lower selling prices, according to a report from Reuters.  Ford CEO Jim Farley is planning to share a strategy that he hopes will convince dealers to cut up to $2,000 from the cost of […]

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Tesla begins delivering Model Ys in Japan

Tesla has begun delivering Model Ys to customers in Japan, Tesla Japan announced on Twitter. In June, Tesla opened up Model Y ordering for Australia and Japan. In Japan, the Model Y RWD starts at ¥6,190,000 ($46,156.97), and the Model Y Dual Motor AWD Performance costs ¥8,090,000 ($60,324.70). Tesla estimated that the delivery date was […]

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ET-like lights over Louisiana turned out to be Starlink satellites

Earlier risers in south Louisiana were greeted with a train of Starlink satellites from Starlink’s 4-20 mission this morning. Some thought the lights were extraterrestrial-like and reported them to their local news stations. Starlink satellites over Louisiana this morning had residents concerned about ‘strange lights,’ according to KATC, noting that “those extraterrestrial like lights are Starlink.” […]

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Elon Musk calls out Twitter for lack of effort in removing bots

Elon Musk called out Twitter for the social network’s lack of effort in removing bots and spam accounts today. His response was to The Future Funds’ Gary Black who said that Elon Musk should be very careful to not disrespect Twitter’s counsel.  “Judge McCormick is a no-nonsense judge with a gift for wicked prose. She […]

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Tesla is coming to Thailand, job openings show

Tesla is coming to Thailand, newly posted job openings show. Tesla is hiring in Bangkok, Thailand for a variety of positions such as Tesla advisor, parts advisor, office administrator, senior recruiter, vehicle technician, public policy and business development manager, inside sales advisor, and more. Earlier this year, documents of Tesla’s registration with Thailand’s ministry of commerce […]

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Jay Leno on Elon Musk & EVs: “I think he should get a certain amount of credit for leading the charge”

Jay Leno recently spoke to Yahoo! Finance about Elon Musk, EVs, and shared why he thinks Elon Musk deserves the credit for EVs being popular today. To be quite honest, I feel that it’s obvious that Elon Musk and Tesla are the reasons why EVs are so popular today. Tesla is the leader of the […]

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Tesla China expected to deliver over 100K EVs for in September

Tesla China has been rockin’ and rollin’ since the Shanghai factory reopened earlier this spring after being closed down along with several other manufacturing plants due to Covid-19. China’s covid-related shutdowns were pretty painful for its local economy, and residents, and affected the global supply chain. However, Tesla has proven to be pretty resilient when […]

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U.S. EV adoption is happening faster than anticipated

EV adoption in the U.S. happening much faster than anticipated, according to an observation of research by Recurrent Auto which is focused on providing transparency and confidence in pre-owned EV transactions. The research directly contradicts and challenges a statement by Jack Hollis, the executive vice president of sales at Toyota Motor North America. According to […]

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Loup Ventures: “AI Day II is already a win for Tesla” $TSLA

Tesla’s AI Day last year was an incredible learning experience for me when I attended in person. Tesla will be holding its second AI Day event at the end of this month and we have a lot to look forward to. Loup Ventures seems to agree and published an article titled AI Day Primer. Loup […]

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RebelRoam cofounder tests Starlink on a yacht & said service was “surprisingly good”

RebelRoam cofounder Tarvo Topolev put his new Starlink equipment to the test sailing around the Greek islands, Business Insider reported. RebelRoam provides passenger WiFi on public transportation. Topolev told Insider that he ordered Starlink in July and received the kit a week later. He bought Starlink’s RV package because RebelRoam wanted to test its services […]

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