The driver who crashed a Tesla into a Texas home at 70 mph had pressed the accelerator to 100 percent, NTSB finds
The driver who crashed a Tesla into a Texas home at 70 mph had pressed the accelerator to 100 percent, NTSB finds

The driver of a Tesla that crashed into a Texas home and killed a 76-year-old woman had manually overrode Full Self-Driving by pressing the accelerator pedal to 100 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released…

Xpeng’s new L03 undercuts Tesla Model Y by up to $10,000 in Europe
Xpeng’s new L03 undercuts Tesla Model Y by up to $10,000 in Europe

Xpeng launched its new L03 electric SUV-coupe in Europe this week with a starting price of €34,990 — undercutting the Tesla Model Y by roughly €3,400 in Germany and by around $10,000 in Norway.
The pricing puts a well-equipped 4.65-meter electric SUV d…

Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash overrode FSD by pressing accelerator ‘100 percent,’ investigators confirm
Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash overrode FSD by pressing accelerator ‘100 percent,’ investigators confirm

The Tesla driver who fatally struck a woman after crashing into her home “manually overrode” the vehicle’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology by pressing the gas pedal to 100 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed in a preliminary report on Wednesday. After examining the car’s electronic data, investigators found that the Tesla Model 3 […]

Energy business, used car business, and plain ol’ business business
Energy business, used car business, and plain ol’ business business

Today’s episode of Quick Charge means business – the business of buying up power stations to power up the pet AI that says it would have picked you over Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft and the business of fleecing well-heeled car collectors out of…

Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms

The safety board confirmed Tesla’s account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.

Tesla’s LFP battery holds its charge better, study says
Tesla’s LFP battery holds its charge better, study says

A new analysis of nearly 10,000 real-world EV battery tests found that the same Tesla Model 3 holds up very differently depending on which battery it was built with — and the cheaper LFP version comes out on top.
The Model 3 with CATL’s lithium iron ph…

Someone is flipping Tesla Model S Signature for $260,000 — $100K+ markup
Someone is flipping Tesla Model S Signature for $260,000 — $100K+ markup

A New Jersey dealer is trying to flip a barely-driven Tesla Model S Signature for $259,995 — roughly $100,000 more than what Tesla charged buyers for the collector’s edition.
The car carries VIN #71 and just 297 miles on the odometer, and it’s listed a…

Elon Musk quietly buys a $1 billion gas turbine company to power Grok
Elon Musk quietly buys a $1 billion gas turbine company to power Grok

Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity.
The self-styled champion of a “solar electric economy” now owns a fossil fuel …

Tesla moves to guarantee resale value for buyers after price cuts
Tesla moves to guarantee resale value for buyers after price cuts

Tesla is launching a new “guaranteed future value” (GFV) program that locks in a pre-set resale price for buyers financing a new Model Y or Model 3.
The move directly targets the depreciation fears that have followed Tesla’s own aggressive price cuts o…

EV sales are normalizing in the US – and TAKING OFF everywhere else
EV sales are normalizing in the US – and TAKING OFF everywhere else

On today’s totally normal episode of Quick Charge, it seems like EV sales are starting to normalize in the US after the loss of the Federal Tax Credit last September – but they’re taking off everywhere else, and Europe is leading the charge!