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RGJ Captures Footage Inside Tesla Gigafactory 1 (Video)

  Local media outlets in Reno, Nevada were given a rare chance to take a peek inside Tesla's new massive battery…

Security Experts Warn Terrorists May Use Autonomous Cars

Security experts warn that autonomous cars could be hacked by terrorists and used to carry out bombing attacks against civilian…

Tesla Identifies Cause for Model S Fire in Norway

After an exhaustive investigation, Tesla Motors has determined that the fire in a Model S in Norway last January was…

Tesla Model 3 Test Drives Will Be Available for Press at the Unveiling Event

Details about the Model 3 and the official unveiling are starting to emerge. The live reveal on March 31 is…

Tesla Model 3 in-store reservations to open at 10am on Mar 31

  When Tesla announced that less than 800 people will be invited to the upcoming Model 3 unveiling event on March 31st,…

[Updated] Tesla Will Livestream the Model 3 Event on March 31st

Tesla will livestream the unveiling of the Model 3 starting at 8:30 pm Pacific time on March 31. Less than…

Tesla Sends Invitations to Model 3 Unveil Event

Tesla has officially released information on the upcoming Model 3 unveiling event to be held on March 31st at 7:00…

Analysts Tour Tesla Factory, Cite “Stunning Progress”

Analysts from Credit Suisse, Stifel Financial and Baird toured the Tesla factory recently. All were favorably impressed with the progress…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Make Maiden Voyage in November

SpaceX says the first Falcon Heavy rocket will fly no earlier than November of this year. The Falcon Heavy can…

Elon Congratulates Google AI for Game Victory Over Human

Elon Musk has tweeted congratulations to Google DeepMind, whose AlphaGo program won the first round of a competition against Go…

Tesla Model S to Debut in World’s First Electric GT Racing Series

The Tesla Model S p85+ will be the first car to race in the new Electric GT World Series scheduled…

[Podcast] “The Massive Electric Dingo”: E-Bikes, Space Tourism and More

Tom finally gets his new Tesla (wrapped in a bow). Mel feels like Batman and Google's autonomous car has an…

French Entrepreneurs Campaign for Tesla Factory, “Alsace is ready for Tesla”.

A group of young businessmen in the Alsace region of France are attempting to lure Tesla to build its European…

How Will Tesla Fit into the Chinese Electric Vehicle Market?

Elon Musk has said in the past that he thinks Asia will be the “biggest area of expansion” for Tesla in the…

Why Tesla might be selling CPO cars at a loss

Analyst Paulo Santos writes for Seeking Alpha that Tesla may be losing money on its CPO program. If so, that…

Analyst Predicts Tesla Model 3 Will Be of Steel Construction and See First Deliveries in 2017

Analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts the Tesla Model 3 will start production on time with all new architecture and battery chemistry.

[Podcast] What a P100D could mean for Tesla’s fleet of vehicles

Ryan McCaffrey host of Ride the Lightning: Unofficial Tesla Podcast is back this week to explore what it might mean to Tesla's fleet…

A Contrarian Viewpoint on Tesla Longevity

Blogger and auto repair specialist Russell Graves is concerned that Tesla corporate policies will make its cars too expensive to…

Hacker Leaks Tesla’s Plan for a 100 kWh Battery

Well known hacker Jason Hughes thinks he has uncovered the impending release of a 100 kWh battery for the Model…

Tesla Introduces New 19″ ‘Slipstream’ Wheel

New standard 19" wheels for the Tesla Model S, no additional charge, called "Slipstreams."