#tesla

#tesla

"Tesla stopped talking to me," Brownlee said in a recent TikTok, filmed as he picked up the SUV from New Jersey EV dealer George Saliba. "It's not cause I gave them a negative review."

Tesla reported both Ljungby Energinät and Gävle Energi Elnät AB to the Swedish Energy Market Inspectorate, arguing that grid operators failed to meet their legal obligation to provide connection to the location within a reasonable time frame. The regulator ruled that the strike represented a valid exception under Swedish law, however, citing constitutional protections for industrial actions.

The ranking, published on February 6, 2026, evaluated early problems reported in 2025 on vehicles registered in France since January 1, 2018, with fewer than 150,000 kilometers on the odometer, as noted by a Numerama report. This marked Tesla's first appearance in the magazine's reliability rankings, which was enabled by the company's growing vehicle population in the French market. According to the publication, Tesla vehicles showed no recurring major defects beyond isolated suspension arm issues,

Tesla is only a few months away from its planned Roadster demo, and it might be getting a fresh new logo to boot. The automaker filed two new trademark applications on Tuesday with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. One of the filings shows a sleek design featuring three minimalist lines that appear to form a vehicle. The second application is for the styling of the name. The company submitted protections for "Roadster" in an all-caps styling with a stretched shape and segmented letters.

China is banning Tesla-style concealed door handles on electric vehicles to address safety concerns regarding people getting trapped inside their cars. The ban will take effect on January 1st next year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's announcement, and will require all vehicles sold in China to have mechanical release door handles on the inside and outside.

According to The New York Times, the new Waymo funding came from Alphabet, Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital. The fact that investors outside Alphabet put money in is a vote of confidence. The investment puts Waymo's valuation at $126 billion. Ford's market cap is $55 billion and GM's is $78 billion. The disparity highlights the hurdles to the industry's growth.

If you're an electric-vehicle enthusiast in the United States, you can't help but be a bit jealous of Europe right now. Increased competition from China has forced the European automakers to get better and better, and now, buyers have more and better choices than they've ever had. It's little wonder why EVs outsold gas cars in Europe in December for the first time. But Tesla, as of late, has largely been left out of that success story. Perhaps due to their bounty of EV choices,

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but that's pretty demonstrably false. It's a good reminder that consumer sentiment often lags the reality on the ground. Americans don't have a damned clue who makes good EVs. That's what I took away from the January, 2026 edition of the Electric Vehicle Intelligence Report, which measures consumer sentiment toward EV brands. Surveyed consumer sentiment toward EV brands seems to be based on vibes and internal-combustion car experience, not anything resembling reality.

Tesla has confirmed that it is now producing both the anode and cathode of its 4680 battery cells using a dry-electrode process, marking a key breakthrough in a technology the company has been working to industrialize for years. The update, disclosed in Tesla's Q4 and FY 2025 update letter, suggests the company has finally resolved one of the most challenging aspects of its next-generation battery cells.