For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented the fact that Tesla had no real competition in the EV space. Sure, there is no shortage of EVs on the market today, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a vehicle that comes anywhere close to matching the style and performance offered by Tesla’s luxury Model S. The …
In what can easily be described as a monster earnings surprise, Tesla yesterday posted a quarterly profit to the tune of $1.91 per share. In the build-up to Tesla’s earnings report, analysts were anticipating the EV company to post a loss in the range of $0.24 per share. Naturally, shares of Tesla quickly skyrocketed and …
In yet another peculiar story involving a Tesla vehicle catching fire for no apparent reason, Electrek reports that a Model S stationed at a Supercharger station in Antwerp, Belgium caught fire while hooked up to a charger. Thankfully no one was hurt in the ordeal, but the car itself and the charger station were quite …
There aren’t many items that depreciate in value quite like a car. Indeed, there’s an old rule of thumb which holds that a car will lose nearly 10% of its value the moment you drive it off the lot. While that might be a slight exaggeration, there is a kernel of truth to that old …
In a bizarre story that seems to fit the Tesla brand to a tee, a Model S reportedly caught fire after being towed to a parking lot of a tire repair shop. Curiously, the Tesla in question was not involved in a collision before the fact, and was simply being taken in to replace a …
Tesla vehicles are jam-packed with advanced technologies and stringent security measures, but the cars still aren’t 100% safe from crafty thieves intent on stealing one. To that point, security cam footage uploaded to YouTube over the weekend shows two thieves stealing a Tesla Model S in England, albeit with a little bit of difficulty. The …
This past June, a Tesla Model S spontaneously caught fire for seemingly no reason at all, an occurrence which a Tesla spokesperson later categorized as a an “extraordinarily unusual occurrence.” Now, just about two months later, another bizarre story involving a Tesla Model S catching fire has emerged. Originally brought to light by Electrek, a …
When Tesla introduced the Model 3 a little more than two years ago, many folks were shocked to see that the car lacked a traditional instrument cluster. Instead, the only way for Model 3 drivers to access pertinent information such as speed is via a 15-inch touchscreen located on the center of the console. Though the …
Although Tesla shares have been taking a beating recently — having fallen by about 85 points in the last three weeks alone — the electric automaker had some good news to share earlier today. In a press release regarding first quarter production and deliveries, Tesla boasted that it manufactured a record-breaking 34,494 cars during the …
Though there are a myriad of reasons to praise Tesla, the company is certainly not without its fair share of faults. Aside from Elon Musk’s penchant for making ambitious promises that routinely go unfulfilled, Tesla has a long and storied history of production delays that have impacted every single car they’ve ever released. Even the …
