Including a meal kit for authentic gourmet ramen, a millennial-focused platform for buying affordable fine-art and a benefits platform for gig workers.
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Elon Musk says Autopilot prices are going back up on Monday
Confused about pricing of Tesla cars and features? Get ready to get even more confused.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Autopilot pricing is “reverting to normal” — meaning the prices go back up after they’ve been lowered recently — next Monday.
To recap: In late February, Tesla said it’s moving to online-only sales in order to reduce vehicle prices. Then, a few days ago, the company reversed that decision, saying it’ll keep more stores open, but the prices of vehicles — all but the base price Model 3 — are going up by 3%. Read more…
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Elon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rate
Elon Musk’s legal team responded late Monday, just before a deadline, to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request to hold him in contempt of court over a tweet he made about Tesla’s production rate. In the filing submitted to a federal court in Manhattan, Musk’s lawyers say the tweet, posted last month, did not violate […]
View More Elon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rateElon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rate
Elon Musk’s legal team responded late Monday, just before a deadline, to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request to hold him in contempt of court over a tweet he made about Tesla’s production rate. In the filing submitted to a federal court in Manhattan, Musk’s lawyers say the tweet, posted last month, did not violate […]
View More Elon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rateElon Musk slams SEC ‘overreach,’ says he cut his Tesla-related tweets ‘nearly in half’
The SEC wanted a judge to hold him in contempt.
Elon Musk quietly accepted their judgement and … just kidding. In a court filing, on the day of the deadline for his response, the Tesla CEO accused the SEC of “unprecedented overreach,” warned that h…
Tesla issues $13.8M in stock to buy trailers in bid to improve electric vehicle deliveries
Tesla is using more than $13 million worth of stock to buy trucks and trailers that will transport its electric vehicles to customers, the latest effort by the automaker to improve its logistics and delivery services. Instead of using cash, Tesla issued $13.8 million in stock, a new securities filing posted Monday shows. Tesla used […]
View More Tesla issues $13.8M in stock to buy trailers in bid to improve electric vehicle deliveriesTesla u-turns on store strategy, will keep half of showrooms open… and hike prices by 3%
It wouldn’t be Tesla if it didn’t keep us guessing a little… Electric car company Tesla announced that it is making a u-turn of sorts with its sales strategy. After saying at the end of February that it would close down nearly all of its 200-odd retail stores to sell its cars online-only in an […]
View More Tesla u-turns on store strategy, will keep half of showrooms open… and hike prices by 3%Tesla changes mind, says it’ll keep more stores open and raise car prices
Tesla has walked back on its decision to close most of its stores in order to save costs, announced two weeks ago.
In a blog post Sunday, the company announced it would “keep significantly more stores open than previously announced.” As a resul…
Transportation Weekly: Waymo unleashes laser bear, Bird spreads its wings, Lyft tightens its belt
Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch . This is the fifth edition of our newsletter and we love the reader feedback. Keep it coming. Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? Catch up here, here and here. As I’ve written before, consider this a soft launch. Follow […]
View More Transportation Weekly: Waymo unleashes laser bear, Bird spreads its wings, Lyft tightens its beltTesla hides an epic Easter egg inside of its Model Y event invitation
Elon Musk and Tesla have proven once again why they are the ultimate trolls.
Tesla fans hoping to get a sneak preview of the upcoming Model Y electric SUV, which will be revealed on March 14, were treated to a spectacular Easter egg when they tried to run a teaser image of the vehicle through an image editor.
At first glance, the teaser image sent to event attendees like YouTuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) doesn’t reveal much about the Model Y.
So Brownlee ran the cloaked image through iOS’s built-in image editor to see if he could uncover any details by brightening up the picture. Read more…
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View More Tesla hides an epic Easter egg inside of its Model Y event invitationTesla called out for sneaky math on Model 3 pricing in Germany
Just like when Germany wasn’t too pleased with Tesla’s naming choice for its semi-autonomous feature (confusingly called Autopilot), the country’s automotive industry group is calling out the American electric vehicle company for misleading pricing o…
View More Tesla called out for sneaky math on Model 3 pricing in GermanyTesla’s third generation Supercharger cuts down charging times by half
Tesla is speeding up charging with the third generation of its Supercharger.
Unveiled on Wednesday, the carmaker said in a blog post that the new V3 Supercharger will boast charging rates of up to 250 kW.
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