Ferrari’s $640K Luce EV sells out 2026 allocation: ~500 units
Ferrari’s $640K Luce EV sells out 2026 allocation: ~500 units

Ferrari has already sold every Luce it plans to build in 2026. The automaker’s first electric car hit its full-year sales target — just under 500 units — in less than two months, the Financial Times reported.
That’s despite a brutal wave of design crit…

Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing
Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing

A former Tesla manager who ran the company’s “Full Self-Driving” test fleet in Houston says the operation was so understaffed that its cars became “rolling hazards on public streets,” according to a lawsuit.
The manager, Javier Medrano, filed the wrong…

Two Indian automakers just beat Tesla at the one thing you’d expect it to own

Indian automakers Tata Motors and Mahindra beat Tesla and BYD on battery efficiency in a new global ranking, though both still lag on charging speed and range.

Tesla buys 90% of a 509 MW Arizona solar and storage project
Tesla buys 90% of a 509 MW Arizona solar and storage project

Tesla has signed a long-term deal to buy 90% of the output of Project Sterling, a big solar and battery plant going up in Arizona.
The project pairs 509 MW of solar with a 360 MW battery, and it’s being built by ContourGlobal, the power producer owned …

Tesla buys the entire output of a new 140 MW Texas solar farm
Tesla buys the entire output of a new 140 MW Texas solar farm

Tesla has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the entire output of a 140-MWac solar farm being built in northeast Texas.
The plant, called Lumen Farm, is being developed by Zelestra, an EQT-backed renewable developer. Construction is exp…

Tesla sues Cybertruck supplier amid standoff keeping production hostage
Tesla sues Cybertruck supplier amid standoff keeping production hostage

Tesla is asking a federal judge for emergency access to a supplier’s plant in Troy, Texas, so it can haul out the tooling it needs to keep building the Cybertruck.
The supplier, Angstrom Automotive Group, is closing the plant and won’t let Tesla in. Te…

Rivian R2 uses up to 26% more energy than Model Y in real-world test
Rivian R2 uses up to 26% more energy than Model Y in real-world test

Out of Spec Reviews put a Rivian R2 Performance and a Tesla Model Y Performance on the same roads on the same afternoon. The R2 used 18% to 26% more energy at every single speed they tested.
That’s awkward, because the two SUVs carry identical EPA effi…

Tesla partly settles racism lawsuit as hundreds of workers press on
Tesla partly settles racism lawsuit as hundreds of workers press on

Tesla has confidentially settled with three of the five named plaintiffs in the racism lawsuit that has been hanging over its Fremont factory since 2017.
That doesn’t end much. Up to 580 Black workers are still suing over conditions at the same plant, …

Musk says Tesla Semi self-driving is a year away, so truckers are safe
Musk says Tesla Semi self-driving is a year away, so truckers are safe

Elon Musk says Tesla expects to have self-driving working on the Tesla Semi “probably around the end of this year or early next year.”
Going by Tesla’s record on self-driving deadlines, it is: their jobs are safe for a long time.

Tesla’s hidden door problem might end up fixing every car in America

NHTSA is pursuing new federal safety standards that would require all automakers to make emergency door releases more obvious.