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Tesla Sees Q1 Profits Jump 17 Percent, “Excited” About 2026

Tesla reported its earnings and revenues jumped by double digits in the first quarter of 2026 despite overall EV sales in the U.S. dropping significantly. Officials expressed excitement about its “positioning” this year as CEO Elon Musk later revealed his new $25 billion investment plan.

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These Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crashes Can Tell Us a Lot About Self-Driving Tech

Self-driving technologies are the new space race with car manufacturers jostling to be the first to achieve fully autonomous vehicles. But the road to get there has been bumpy, with a track record that’s far from flawless.

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Stellantis Electrified Vehicles Can Use Tesla Superchargers with Now Available Converter

“Welcome to the party, pal!” Bruce Willis yelled at a bad guy as John McClane in the movie “Die Hard.” Now it applies to Stellantis which just offered a converter for its electrified Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat, and Maserati vehicles to use the Tesla Supercharger network in the U.S. and Canada.

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NHTSA Escalates Investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving-Related Crashes

The ongoing investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in crashes involving Tesla vehicles while using Full Self-Driving is being escalated due to additional reports.

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Building A Cheap $8,500 Tesla Model 3

We take our cheap & high mileage Tesla Model 3 from boring commuter appliance to rally-inspired snow demon thanks to a host of upgrades.

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EV Sales Falling, But EV Owners Remain Loyal, JD Power Says

The predicted decline of electric vehicle (EV) following the end of the $7,500 federal tax credit last fall has been well documented. However, a new JD Power study shows that EVs retain a certain level of popularity.

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Tesla Looking to Move Stainless Steel, Lowers Prices on Cybertruck Models

With orders and demand stagnating, Tesla is looking to generate some interest in its Cybertruck models, lowering prices on all three versions by at least $20,000. Now the base model begins at $59,990.

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Tesla Robotaxis Involved in 14 Crashes in Eight Months

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the arrival of the company’s robotaxi concept during a showy event Michael Bay or Steven Spielberg would appreciate. However, eight months after their Austin, Texas debut, they’ve been involved in 14 crashes.

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Considering Buying an Electric Vehicle? Think About Buying Used

Sales of new electric vehicles (EV) fell off a cliff after the $7,500 federal tax credit died at the end of last September, and as a result there is a 168-day supply of new EVs on dealer lots. Time for a deal, right?

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EV Fast-Charging Ports Grow by 30,000 as EV Sales Fall Off in 2025

Charging anxiety replaced range anxiety as one of the top issues potential electric vehicle buyers grappled with in the last two years. A  new report reveals that public DC fast-charging port installations grew 30 percent last year — just as EV sales are plummeting.

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QOTD: Why Did Tesla Take A Sales Dive?

Tesla took a sales hit in 2025. Was it just because of the expiration of the EV tax credit?

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Tesla Sees Big Declines in 2025 Numbers, Offers Optimistic Outlook for 2026

A mix of declining sales and new product expenditures combined to cut Tesla Inc.’s full-year and fourth-quarter earnings results, with the electric vehicle maker posting drops in revenue and profit but offering a rosy outlook.

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Newton, Norway, Minnesota & EVs

While Newton’s Laws of Motion aren’t completely aligned with this notion, once something gets a push forward, it starts going. If it gets more pushes along the way, not only does it keep going, but it might accelerate.

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Basic Numeracy: Cars With ‘3’ in the Model Name
Ford Boss Jim Farley Tears Apart Tesla, Shocked By Findings

Ford CEO Jim Farley recently told a podcaster that he was shocked by his company found when it tore apart a Tesla Model 3 and some Chinese EVs recently.

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Volkswagen EV Owners Can Now Access The Tesla Supercharger Network

Volkswagen has announced that it will now have access to Tesla's Supercharger electric-vehicle charging network.

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Elon Musk Threatens to Take Toys and Go Home

In the latest display of childish petulance at the automotive meme that is Tesla, it is being suggested by the company’s chair that Elon Musk could leave the joint if shareholders don’t approve the eye-popping $1 trillion compensation package being requested by Musk.

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Recall Alert: Tesla Cybertruck

We have a Tesla Cybertruck recall.

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Tesla Recalls 13,000 Cars For Bad Battery Contactors

Tesla is recalling nearly 13,000 vehicles in the United States due to a manufacturing defect that could lead to a sudden loss of power while driving, according to a notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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Kia EV 9 Lemon! Can A Tesla Model Y Fill Its Shoes?

The Kia is gone as my new Tesla with Full Self Driving (FSD) tries to conquer the means streets of New York.

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Tesla Has Finally Dropped More Affordable Versions of the Model 3 and Model Y

Tesla has finally announced more affordable versions of the Model 3 and Model Y. The two vehicles offer a significantly reduced price tag in exchange for shorter range estimates and fewer advanced tech features.

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California's Insurance Department Is Not Happy With Tesla

Tesla Insurance is facing a load of legal issues in California. The state’s Department of Insurance alleges that the company has failed to comply with claims handling laws, causing harm to policyholders.

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Some Tesla Lease Prices Climb As Tax Credits Expire

Federal EV tax credits expired yesterday, eliminating an up to $7,500 incentive for buyers. Tesla said it would see fewer negative impacts from the changes than other automakers, but it recently hiked lease prices as the credits came to a close.

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Tesla Asks the Trump Administration Stop Rollback of Emissions Regulations

Tesla CEO Elon Musk played a significant role in getting President Trump elected, but the automaker is now breaking with the administration on its goal to repeal vehicle emissions standards. The company’s statement said a rollback “would give a pass to engine and vehicle manufacturers for all measurement, control, and reporting of GHG emissions for any highway engine and vehicle.”

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NACS-Equipped Kia EVs Get Plug & Charge Functionality This Year

Kia’s first EVs with Tesla NACS ports debuted this year, giving them a much wider range of charging options in the wild. The automaker is now giving owners another charging upgrade with Plug & Charge functionality.

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Tesla Door Handles Reportedly to Blame After Deadly Model S Crash in Germany

U.S. regulators are investigating Tesla’s retractable door handles, but police in Germany are investigating a deadly crash that killed two children and the driver. Witnesses were reportedly unable to open the doors to save the car’s occupants, though one child was able to escape.


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The NHTSA is Investigating the Tesla Model Y's Retractable Door Handles

Like many Teslas, the Model Y has retractable door handles that only extend under certain conditions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes the handles could be a safety issue, recently announcing that it had opened an investigation into the components.

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Of Stalks and Maps

There is arguably no OEM that has made more changes to how interiors are executed than Tesla.

Presumably part of it is based on the fact that as a comparatively young vehicle manufacturer (Telsa was founded in 2003; General Motors 1908; Mercedes-Benz 1926), its engineers and designers looked at interiors with comparatively fresh eyes.

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Audi and Porsche Owners Gain Access to Tesla Superchargers

After a long wait, Audi and Porsche owners will gain access to Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada tomorrow, but the rollout isn’t as straightforward as others have been. Owners won’t have access to all the features and conveniences out of the gate, but the automakers say the process will become better over time.

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Tesla Reveals New Model Y Performance for Europe

Tesla recently unveiled the new Model Y Performance, showing an updated electric SUV with 460 horsepower, two motors, and a 3.3-second 0-60 mph time. While impressive, it’s unclear if the new EV will help Tesla’s sliding sales in Europe, where the new Model Y debuted.

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Tesla Lost $243 Million Suit that Could Have Been Settled for $60 Million

Tesla rejected a $60 million settlement offer in a lawsuit over a 2019 fatal accident involving a Model S, but the outcome of the trial wasn’t favorable for the automaker. It has been ordered to pay $243 million in damages over the accident.

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Tesla Announces New Extended Wheelbase Model YL for China

The Tesla Model Y has long offered a small third-row seat for American buyers, but the automaker recently debuted a new extended variant for the Chinese market. The Model YL comes with six seats and all the goodies to keep those people comfortable and entertained.

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Is the Past Prologue? IBM & Tesla

When Apple aired its now-legendary “1984” ad on January 22, 1984, during a commercial break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII, it wasn’t just as a tease for its Macintosh computer, which was unveiled two days later at a shareholder event in Cupertino. The ad also positioned Apple against IBM

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Fired Tesla Charging Team Employees Start New Commercial Charging Company

Last year, Tesla cleared house, firing its entire charging team, but those people haven’t left the industry. Some of the automaker’s former Supercharger team have started a new charging company called Hubber, which will focus on urban charging and services for electric commercial vehicles.

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Used Car Prices Climb for the Fifth Month In a Row, but Not Tesla

Used car prices are up for the fifth month in a row after falling for more than two years. Recent research from iSeeCars found that used car pricing increased 3.7 percent last month, which follows a larger increase in May. However, while used car prices increased overall, used Tesla tumbled, losing 5.3 percent in July.

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Bland or Grand: EV Interiors
Tesla Board Approves $29 Billion Pay Package for Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is fighting a court decision to void his $50 billion pay package, but the compensation he’ll receive instead is nothing to sneeze at. The automaker’s board recently approved a package worth around $29 billion, which it says should be enough to keep Musk in the CEO chair.

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Tesla's Robotaxis May Be On San Francisco's Streets As Soon As This Weekend

Tesla is gearing up to launch its robotaxi service in San Francisco, and the automaker could start offering rides as soon as this weekend. Business Insider reported on an internal memo that advised staff to be ready for the launch, which had been moved up from its previously planned date.

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Tesla's Long-Awaited Diner Has Finally Opened

Electric vehicle charging is becoming faster, but it still takes longer than filling a gas tank. Tesla first announced an idea for a combination Supercharger-diner in 2018, promising food, movies, and more, but it’s taken until this year to become a reality.

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Tesla Is Getting Aggressive With Deals and Incentives

Facing several periods of falling sales, Tesla is pulling out all the stops to drive interest in its electric vehicles. The automaker is offering deals on every vehicle it sells, including hefty price cuts and other incentives.

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X's Grok Coming to Tesla Vehicles "Next Week At the Latest"

Grok, X/Twitter’s sometimes-racist AI chatbot, is coming to Tesla vehicles soon. CEO Elon Musk recently posted about the move, which he said could come “Next week at the latest,” following a demonstration of the technology’s latest features.

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Tesla Cans Its VP of U.S. and European Manufacturing After Just Months On the Job

Automakers shuffle executives around all the time, but it becomes a bigger story when the person being shuffled is a close associate of the CEO and is ousted after just a few months. That’s the case with Tesla’s head of U.S. and European manufacturing, who was removed from his role after only nine months on the job.

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QOTD: What's the Ugliest Car?

Today we brought you some seriously ugly cars, using them as examples of design gone awry.

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Report: Tesla Invokes Federal Law to Prevent Disclosure of Robotaxi Testing Data

Tesla began a small-scale rollout of its Robotaxi program in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, marking a significant step forward for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle ambitions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is collecting data on the program, but Tesla recently told the government agency not to publicly disclose any of the information it gathers.

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French Tesla Owners Sue Automaker Over Elon Musk's Political Actions

We’ve been hearing news of tanking Tesla sales in Europe for a while now, but owners on the Old Continent are now taking the automaker to court. French Tesla owners are suing the company, saying their cars have become symbols of the extreme political right.

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QOTD: Will Elon Musk/Donald Trump Spat Negatively Affect Tesla?

Tesla boss Elon Musk and the president of the United States, Donald Trump, are fighting on social media. This comes shortly after Musk's time as a special government employee came to an end.

Imagine going back in time and telling your 2013 self this.

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Tesla Offering Faux Suede Dashboard Option for Model 3 and Model Y

Tesla is now offering an interior upgrade for the new Model 3 and Model Y that was previously limited to the Model Y Launch Series. For a couple hundred dollars, the manufacturer will install charcoal “vegan suede” along the top of the dashboard.

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Elon Musk Says He Won't Leave Tesla In Next Five Years "Unless I Die"

There has been a lot of talk about Tesla CEO Elon Musk stepping down or being fired after his political antics turned many away from the brand, but he has no plans of leaving anytie soon. Musk recently told attendees at the Qatar Economic Forum that he will remain Tesla’s CEO for at least another five years.

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Cybertruck Owners Can Now Trade In Their Trucks for a Significant Loss

Tesla hasn’t always accepted trade-ins or allowed leaseholders to buy the vehicle at the end of the lease term, which impacted the Cybertruck. It was unable to be traded in for a new Tesla purchase, but the automaker recently opened the door for owners to trade their controversial EVs for a less polarizing model.

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Ford's F-150 Lightning Overtakes the Tesla Cybertruck As Best-Selling Electric Pickup

Though it was heavily delayed, the Tesla Cybertruck quickly became the best-selling electric pickup once it finally arrived. While it’s still selling, the Tesla has been overtaken by a legacy brand’s electric truck, dropping into the number-two spot behind the Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Report: Tesla Model Y and Cybertruck Production Workers Told To Take a Week Off

The Tesla Model Y was once the best-selling vehicle in the world, but workers building the EV are now being told to stay home for a week due to flagging demand. The automaker reportedly told some assembly workers to take a week off during Memorial Day week or spend that time cleaning and training.

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Tesla No Longer Working On $16K Range Extender for Cybertruck

Tesla initially promised impressive range numbers of more than 500 miles for the Cybertruck, but the automaker recently decided to kill off the range-extending battery it needed to deliver those numbers.

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Report: Tesla Board Moved Toward Opening Search for Musk's Replacemement

One of the questions that keeps coming up about Elon Musk and Tesla is why the automaker’s board would allow him to remain CEO after such bumpy performances and so much drama over the last year. However, while it’s unlikely the board would remove Musk as chief executive, a recent report from the Wall Street Journal shows that the wheels of succession might be turning at Tesla. Before going too far, however, it's important to note that both Musk and the Tesla board have vehemently denied the reports, accusing the WSJ of publishing false stories.

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Tesla Says Its Semi Will Enter Volume Production Next Year

Remember the Tesla Semi? The automaker has been mostly quiet about the project for a while now, but it recently gave an update on the Semi factory being built in Nevada, saying it will be ready for volume electric truck production by next year.

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Tesla's Upcoming "Affordable EV" Likely Won't Be An All-New Design

Tesla appears to be moving toward the release of its long-awaited affordable EV, but recent reports suggest the automaker might offer a more basic version of one of its existing models rather than introduce an all-new or robotaxi-inspired vehicle. On its recent earnings call, the automaker hinted that it wants to adapt its existing processes and products for the effort.

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Tesla Breaks Another Promise

In other news, the sky is blue and water is wet. 

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Former Tesla Engineer Claims Elon Musk Threatened To Deport Her Team for Reporting Braking Problem

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has drawn criticism from all angles over his involvement with Donald Trump’s White House as the government presses forward with its deportation and cost-cutting efforts, but one of his former employees alleges that he may have been eying immigration status as a way to exact revenge on his naysayers years earlier. A Tesla engineer who was fired in 2014 said that Musk threatened to deport her entire team when she raised a braking safety issue to him directly.

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Tesla Sued for Allegedly Speeding Up Odometer Mileage Accumulation

A California Tesla owner has filed a lawsuit that alleges the automaker sped up his vehicle’s odometer, causing the warranty to expire faster than it would have normally. Plaintiff Nyree Hinton said the automaker’s odometer readings don’t reflect actual mileage, and instead rely on driving behavior, algorithms, and energy consumption to calculate mileage.

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Tesla Pauses Model S and Model X Orders In China As Tariffs Take Hold

Due to its U.S.-heavy oper Add Anchor text here ations, Tesla is expected to weather the tariff storm better than other automakers, but reciprocal actions from the Chinese government have caused some headaches for the American company. Tesla recently stopped taking new vehicle orders for the Model S and Model X in China, a move that follows China’s announcement that it would enact 125 percent tariffs on imported U.S. goods starting April 12.

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  • Original Guy I watched that Moscow parade thing. (With the Cyrillic captions because my Russian is a little rough.) I won't give the whole thing away, but it started off with a couple of dudes riding around in stupid useless convertibles, standing up like Hitler, who I'm pretty sure was an actual Nazi. They drove around in circles and kept stopping to ask if anyone had seen all the missing military equipment, and all the guys kept moaning back, that no, they hadn't, ask the next section of guys.They looked around for someone shorter and sicker-looking than Putin but they were unsuccessful so they let him speak.The North Korean military was there, I guess the invasion has begun. The North Korean guys were skinny but their rifles were nicely polished, I guess they have plenty of time on their hands between meals.Some of the Russian military guys carried little white flags, I assume they keep those handy in case they run across any U.S. Marines.
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  • Original Guy Today I learned that a reverse brake bleeder (and a long borescope) can be helpful if you are autistic and don't have any friends and no one wants to work with you to bleed your brakes. Also it is quick, once you figure out the process.When Canada assembled my truck back in circa 1995, they apparently used a different clip to attach the brake pedal (and switch) to the brake booster than what is technically called for. It is tough to realize this when the spring steel clip flies off to who knows where. Of course I ordered the wrong clip trying to match the style that I saw buried up in the dash before it flew away. My truck now has the 'correct' clip, everyone can relax.I ordered some more brake fluid (DOT 3, nothing fancy) but it turns out I still have two fresh bottles (my shelves aren't empty, I just have too many shelves).Went to install my fancy new Optima YellowTop battery and it turns out I need a new side post terminal bolt. (Yet another order placed, bring on THE TARIFFS.) It would be a shame to strip out the threads on a nice new battery, no?Good news: The longer it takes me to get my truck started again, the more I save on fuel. 😁
  • Normie Weekends here would be a great time for everyone to join in praise of dog dish hubcaps on body-color matched steelies!