Tesla may make its Full Self-Driving Beta tester pool ten times larger

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta gives owners the opportunity to test the company’s most recent developments in semi-autonomous driving technology. With 100,000 drivers already in the Beta fleet, Tesla is considering expanding the pool of testers to 1 million, and it could happen by the end of 2022. CEO Elon Musk, who has sparred with Twitter […]

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Teslas are susceptible to hacking due to bluetooth locks, cybersecurity firm says

Teslas are among the most susceptible vehicles to be hacked due to their Bluetooth locks, cybersecurity firm NCC Group said. The cars can be remotely unlocked and controlled by hackers that can exploit a vulnerability in the Bluetooth system’s security, the group said. NCC Group researcher Sultan Qasim Khan was shown in a video opening, […]

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Ford dealers are defying company orders with insane F-150 Lightning markups

Ford has made it clear over the past months that dealers should not overcharge for popular electric vehicles like the F-150 Lightning. CEO Jim Farley himself has spoken up against it, and Ford itself has written a sternly-worded letter to dealers warning them of the consequences they may face if they charge too much for […]

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Twitter acquisition can’t move forward until its bot numbers are ironed out: Elon Musk

Twitter’s acquisition for $44 billion cannot move forward, at least until the social media company can properly provide proof of its claim that fake or spam accounts comprise less than 5% of its users.  In a filing with the SEC, Twitter noted that its bot estimate came from an internal review of a sample of […]

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe buys $1.05M worth of stock

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe purchased 41,000 shares of the EV manufacturer’s Class A common stocks at an average price of $25.7772.  Scaringe’s Rivian stock purchase approximately totaled $1.05 million. He now owns 169,175 shares directly, 4,337,997 Rivian stock through a trust, and 4,596 by LLC, reported Street Insider.  Rivian shares are down by 76% year-to-date. Ford […]

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Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries imminent: Video

Ford CEO Jim Farley recently revealed that Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries are imminent. In a tweet, he showed quite a few F-150 Lightning pickup trucks being loaded into car carriers at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.  “Spring deliveries underway. A train of # F150Lightning’s loading up at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center,” Farley wrote in […]

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Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries imminent: Video

Ford CEO Jim Farley recently revealed that Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries are imminent. In a tweet, he showed quite a few F-150 Lightning pickup trucks being loaded into car carriers at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.  “Spring deliveries underway. A train of # F150Lightning’s loading up at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center,” Farley wrote in […]

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Rivian warns Amazon delivery van production threatened by seat supplier

Rivian’s Amazon delivery van production might come to a halt if its seat supplier stopped deliveries. Rivian sued its seat supplier, Commercial Vehicle Group Inc., for violating their supply contracts for seats. According to documents filed in Wayne County Circuit Court Detroit, the EV manufacturer claims that the seat supplier nearly doubled the price per […]

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Musk seeks Twitter deal discount, believes 20 percent of accounts are spam

Elon Musk may be looking for a better deal with his Twitter acquisition and $44 billion may now be sounding like a price that is just a bit too high. During a tech conference called “All In” in Miami on Monday, Musk remarked that he believes 20 percent of users on the platform are fake […]

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Twitter loses all of its gains from the Elon Musk saga

Twitter stock (NYSE: TWTR) has lost all of the gains it once had during the peak of the Elon Musk acquisition saga, now trading at the same levels it did before the Tesla CEO disclosed a massive 9.1 percent ownership stake in the social media company. On April 1, 2022, Twitter shares closed at $39.31, […]

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