Tesla has disclosed in a new filing today that it was recently subpoenaed by the SEC over Elon Musk’s tweets again. It’s the second time over the last year.
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the SEC
Musk and the SEC have had a few run-ins with each other, and it was rarely with a good outcome.
Most famously, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Musk over his infamous “funding secured” comment regarding…
Last year I bought a $2,000 electric mini-pickup truck from China. Here’s how it’s holding up
July 25, 2022
Last year I found an awesome-looking electric mini-truck on a Chinese shopping website and decided I simply had to have it. With a $2,000 sticker price, I figured it was risky, but that I wouldn’t lose the farm if the transaction went tires up. And so I embarked on one of…
Tesla releases impressive footage of robot pulling still smoking casting from Giga Press
July 25, 2022
Tesla has released impressive new footage of one of its robots pulling a still smoking large casting part from one of its Giga Press machines.
This new casting approach from Tesla is going to be critical for the future of the company and especially new vehicle programs like…
Trek releases two new more affordable electric bikes with hub motors and hidden batteries
July 25, 2022
If you’ve ever explored Trek’s electric bike families before, you’ll know that the companies offers nicely made yet high-priced e-bikes. You get what you pay for, though you pay handsomely. But now Trek has just released two e-bikes – the Dual Sport+ and the FX+ – that are helping bring down prices for everyday riders.
Both of the bikes are targeted more towards that quickly growing…
Tesla has applied to trademark the term “Cyber Roundup” ahead of what looks like is going to be a rebranded annual shareholder meeting coming up next week.
Like all other public companies, Tesla has to hold an annual shareholder meeting where shareholders can vote…
During its inaugural “Celebrate the Sun” community event held in Munich today, Sono Motors debuted the production design of its upcoming Sion solar EV. Not to be outdone, Sono Motors followed up with an additional world premiere, unveiling its new “Solar Bus Kit”…
There’s exactly one Mercedes EQXX in existence, and we had the good fortune to be able to drive it around a test track in Southern Germany this week. This is a special car for a number of reasons, but in a nutshell, it is a 100kWh ultra high efficiency EV with a slippery .17 coefficient of drag and 600W of solar panels on top.
One look at the Mercedes EQXX, and it is pretty clear that a lot of…
The average electric car price in the United States hit $66,000 last month – a more than 13% increase year over year. That’s a bit disappointing since the promise has been that EV prices would come down, but this price increase isn’t the whole story.
One of the…
Photo editor Mandy Helwege has made $100,000 so far this year Photoshopping pictures of dogs next to their younger selves.
Helwege began her niche business in 2018 when she was still working in sales. But after posting a viral TikTok video toward the end of 2021…
Tetsuro Goto, a former Nikon general manager and the designer of the Nikon Df, responded to questions about Nikon’s supposed withdrawal from the DSLR business by saying that the maximum performance of SLRs has already been reached.
In an interview with Aeradot, Goto — who served in multiple roles at Nikon through the years including as general manager, chairman, and lead of the…
