Tag: Nikola Tesla

Sticking Your Finger In A Tesla Cybertruck’s Frunk Is Still A Bad Idea

There’s been a lot of talk about the Tesla Cybertruck having a deep desire to chomp people’s fingers off with its power frunk latch, but no one has been brave enough to stick their fingie in there and find out what happens… until now. So far, we’ve only seen various vegetables and dummy hands get [...]read moreSticking Your Finger In A Tesla Cybertruck’s Frunk Is Still A Bad Idea

Crypto Bro Who Bought A $51,000 Tesla And Makes $50,000 A Year Probably Should Have Listened To Dave Ramsey

Generally speaking, Dave Ramsey and his cohorts have a history of giving some terrible and frankly unhelpful advice when it comes to buying a car. However, in this case of a young crypto investor who is “bad at planning,” Ramsey’s buy a cheap car and have no debt approach would have been beneficial. Tesla’s Cybertruck [...]read moreCrypto Bro Who Bought A $51,000 Tesla And Makes $50,000 A Year Probably Should Have Listened To Dave Ramsey

Weekend News Roundup April 27, 2024

Things are not going well at Tesla right now. The stock is down more than $100 per share year-to-date, as many as 20,000 people are set to lose their jobs, the Cybertruck keeps breaking, operating profit is expected to be down 40 percent when it’s announced later today and the $25,000 electric vehicle that Tesla [...]read moreWeekend News Roundup April 27, 2024

Here’s How Much Severance Laid Off Tesla Workers Are Getting

Tesla cut 10 percent of its workforce a few weeks ago, and now we’re getting a better look at what sort of severance package its recently laid-off workers are getting. CEO Elon Musk sent an email to impacted employees late at night on April 14 letting them know they were immediately terminated and cut out [...]read moreHere’s How Much Severance Laid Off Tesla Workers Are Getting

Tesla Cybertruck Gets A Recall For Pedals That Get Cyberstuck

The Tesla Cybertruck, a truck so rugged it can only be defeated by a car wash, was reportedly hit with a stop-sale recently because problems with its accelerator kept causing unintended acceleration issues. Don’t worry, though, just because a Cybertruck could attack at any time doesn’t mean it necessarily will. Also, TechCrunch reports that Tesla [...]read moreTesla Cybertruck Gets A Recall For Pedals That Get Cyberstuck

Tesla Troubles, Helmet Laws And Worst Deals On New Cars In This Week’s News Roundup

  Photo: Michael Ciaglo / Stringer (Getty Images)     Riding a motorcycle is about as much fun as you can legally have as an adult, but there’s no getting around the fact that they’re incredibly dangerous. Even if you do everything correctly, you can still end up in the hospital courtesy of other drivers. [...]read moreTesla Troubles, Helmet Laws And Worst Deals On New Cars In This Week’s News Roundup

Tesla Cybertruck Slippery Pedal Recall Caused By Soap

      Image: Tesla     Tesla issued a recall for every single Cybertruck built thus far, as well as a stop-sale that lasted nearly a week, and it’s something that can’t be solved with an over-the-air update. Apparently assembly line workers used slippery soap to get the truck’s throttle pedal pad onto the [...]read moreTesla Cybertruck Slippery Pedal Recall Caused By Soap

European Investors Want A Unionized Tesla

Happy Thursday! It’s April 11, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: European Tesla Investors Are Fed Up With Elon Musk’s [...]read moreEuropean Investors Want A Unionized Tesla

Tesla Model 3 Traps TikToker Inside 115-Degree Car During A Software Update

A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for 40 minutes in the hot sun while it was installing a software update, and as of this writing her video has over 10.7 million plays after a single day of being online. Before you go jumping to conclusions about her ineptitude, Brianna Janel was [...]read moreTesla Model 3 Traps TikToker Inside 115-Degree Car During A Software Update