Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis in biggest electric truck order yet
Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis in biggest electric truck order yet

Einride is putting 500 Tesla Semis on US roads, the largest commitment to Tesla’s electric truck that anyone has made public.
That will takes the Swedish freight company from roughly 250 deployed electric trucks to about 750. First deliveries start nex…

Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet

Einride will buy the Tesla Semis, which will be made to Amazon and other customers.

Tesla’s Cybercab is finally launching, and it starts by giving its own staff a lift
Tesla’s Cybercab is finally launching, and it starts by giving its own staff a lift

Tesla is preparing to put its Cybercab, the purpose-built two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel and no pedals, onto public roads in Austin as soon as this month, according to The Information. There is, as ever with a Tesla launch date, a catch attac…

Tesla grows Robotaxi fleet by 50%, Einride gets a partner, and China goes BIG
Tesla grows Robotaxi fleet by 50%, Einride gets a partner, and China goes BIG

On this second consecutive self-steering episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at how Tesla increased its national self-driving Robotaxi fleet by half with the stroke of a pen, and see how the company’s autonomous deployments compare to the rest of t…

Tesla’s Cybercab is about to launch — and we don’t get it
Tesla’s Cybercab is about to launch — and we don’t get it

Tesla has told employees it is preparing a public launch of the Cybercab in Austin as soon as this month, according to a report from The Information.
It would be the first Tesla vehicle ever built without a steering wheel or pedals — and the least exci…

Tesla Quietly Enables Power Export On Its Best-Selling EV
Tesla Quietly Enables Power Export On Its Best-Selling EV

Tesla has quietly enabled vehicle-to-load on the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico through an $80 adapter offering two 120-volt outlets and up to 2.4kW. The feature is still unavailable on Model Ys sold in Europe and Canada, and on every Model …

Nevada caps Tesla’s Vegas ‘Robotaxi’ fleet at 10 — it asked for 5,000
Nevada caps Tesla’s Vegas ‘Robotaxi’ fleet at 10 — it asked for 5,000

Nevada’s Transportation Authority granted Tesla a permit to run driverless vehicles in Las Vegas last month and capped the fleet at 10 cars. Tesla’s application had asked for 5,000.
The permit also confines Tesla to an approved stretch of the Strip, ba…

Tesla FSD v14 swerved and try to drive me into a ditch for no reason
Tesla FSD v14 swerved and try to drive me into a ditch for no reason

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving v14.3.6 tried to take a highway exit that my car had already passed, at 110 km/h (68 mph), and it would have taken us straight into the ditch.
I was ready to take control, and I did, but it was scary. My girlfriend, sitting in…

Tesla adds 2.4 kW vehicle-to-load to Model Y Premium with $80 adapter
Tesla adds 2.4 kW vehicle-to-load to Model Y Premium with $80 adapter

Tesla has switched on vehicle-to-load for the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico, letting owners pull 2.4 kW out of the car’s battery at 120 volts and 20 amps.
You need an $80 accessory to do it, and not every Model Y Premium can. Tesla says the…

Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your car gets nothing
Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your car gets nothing

Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average American car is now 12.8 years old, on Mobility Global’s figures. A new one costs close to $50,000, and nobody selling software-defined vehicles will say th…