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The battery hit temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit while it was on fire. California firefighters used about 50,000 gallons of water to put out a Tesla Semi fire after a collision, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, an aircraft also dropped fire retardant on the “immediate area” to bring the fire under control, the agency reported. The battery hit temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit while it was on fire. The truck hit a tree while going around a curve on Aug. 19. Tesla's autopilot feature was not engaged, according to the agency report....

In yet another setback for the Biden-Harris regime’s push for electric vehicles, American consumers are showing a distinct lack of enthusiasm for purchasing new EVs. The latest Mobility Consumer Index (MCI) from consulting firm EY reveals a shocking drop in interest, with only 34% of US consumers planning to buy an electrified vehicle—down from 48% in 2023. This decline raises serious questions about the administration’s ability to force their “Electric Revolution” onto consumers. Now, after seemingly rushing to promote electric vehicles as the future of transportation, the reality is hitting hard: fully electric vehicle interest has plummeted to a mere...

Elon Musk is rapidly transforming his enormous wealth – he’s the richest person in the world – into a huge source of unaccountable political power that’s now backing Trump and other authoritarians around the world. Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter. He publicly endorsed Donald Trump last month. Before that, Musk helped form a pro-Trump super political action committee. Meanwhile, the former US president has revived his presence on the X platform.

The man who was caught on multiple viral videos attacking and threatening drivers across Los Angeles has been released from state prison less than one year after he was sentenced to a five-year sentence. Nathaniel Radimak pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault and making criminal threats in August 2023, and has been paroled after ten months in a state prison, prompting several of his victims to speak out about his release.

The European Union has made a significant move that could bolster Tesla’s position in the European market by lowering tariffs on its vehicles manufactured in China. This decision, which contrasts with the EU’s recent stance on other Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), highlights Tesla’s unique position among global automakers. In recent months, the EU has imposed higher tariffs on all electric vehicles imported from China, citing concerns over “unfair” subsidies that allegedly give Chinese manufacturers an advantage over their European competitors. Tesla tariffs have been slashed by more than 50 per cent Initially, Tesla’s China-made vehicles were subject to a 20.8...

The European Union may have just given Tesla’s future sales in the region a boost by setting tariffs on its China-made vehicles considerably below those imposed on rival electric carmakers. The high-profile decision comes two months after the EU hiked tariffs on all electric cars imported from China, citing “unfair” state subsidies that unduly benefited the country’s electric vehicle makers at the expense of European manufacturers. Tesla, which has a factory near Berlin but exports many of the cars it makes in China to Europe, had requested that the EU recalculate its rate, initially set at 20.8%. On Tuesday, the...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov claimed on Telegram on Saturday, “We received a Tesla cybertruck from the respected Elon Musk.” Kadyrov’s claim that he received a Cyberbeast from Elon Musk or Tesla was not independently confirmed. Given that the US State Department has sanctioned Kadyrov over numerous human rights violations, the warlord more than likely bought the vehicle off the black market or through a third party. Video uploaded on Telegram shows the warlord parading the Cyberbeast with a heavy machine gun mounted in the rear bed around Chechnya, a republic within the Russian Federation. Kadyrov said, “I express my sincere...

A Tesla big rig that caught fire has both directions of California's Interstate 80 closed in the Sierra Nevada on Monday morning. Cal Fire crews confirmed that they responded to the scene for an electric big rig fire around 3 a.m. near Emigrant Gap. California Highway Patrol later confirmed they are dealing with a hazardous materials situation.... First responders say that the batteries of the electric big rig were still burning more than four hours later.... "The battery itself, you can't just spray water on it to put it out. It takes either some sort of dry chemical or very...

Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash in Texas Raises Concerns over EV SafetyIn a tragic incident near Houston, Texas, a Tesla Cybertruck owner was incinerated alive after the electric vehicle crashed and burst into flames.KHOU reports that the fatal crash, believed to be the first for the new Tesla Cybertruck, occurred at 1:45 a.m. on Monday, just off the east Texas coast. According to police reports, the trendy but troubled EV veered off Cedar Parkway in the Baytown area for unknown reasons and crashed into a concrete drainage channel or culvert. The intense fire that followed left the owner’s body and the...

A Minnesota man excited that his Cybertruck is raccoon proof has been teased mercilessly that the critters think his expensive EV is a dumpster. And Wyoming auto experts agree with the raccoons. ====================================================================== A Minnesota man posted photos of how his Cybertruck withstood an assault by raccoons. What people have been quick to point out is the critters think it looks like a dumpster. (Cowboy State Daily Staff) =================================================================== After raccoons tried unsuccessfully to break into the covered bed of a Minnesota man’s Cybertruck, he went online to brag the the vehicle had proven itself “raccoon-proof.” It didn’t take long...

Tesla has asked owners to stop wrapping wet towels around handles to speed up the recharging process, warning that this can damage its Supercharger stalls. Responding to a story posted by Inside EVs on X in May that claimed the trick worked, Tesla said placing a wet cloth over Supercharger recharging kit while juicing up "does not increase charging rates," and risks damaging cables because it fools temperature sensors into thinking the charger is cooler than it really is. ... Kyle Conner, founder of EV media network Out of Spec Studios, said in a recent podcast episode that, contrary to...

South Pasadena unveiled the city's all-electric police fleet and charging infrastructure, becoming the nation's first law enforcement agency to completely replace its gasoline-powered vehicles with electric vehicles. The city's zero-emission police fleet of 20 new Teslas will rely on a bank of new electric vehicle chargers installed at South Pasadena City Hall. A news conference was held Monday at South Pasadena City Hall to display the fleet vehicles. "This transition reflects the city's vision of a sustainable future based on both sound fiscal management and environmental stewardship," South Pasadena Mayor Evelyn Zneimer said. "We will have a 21st Century police...

On my cell phone it was open and free. forwarded it to my e-mail. Now there's a pay wall. So here it is from memory. Elon Musk's Tesla company is losing bucks, and Dear Leader Brandon's Inflation Reduction Act was (forcing; article said "encouraging") legacy car manufacturers to make their own EVs, causing Tesla, already in trouble (because EVs suck) to lose money to these new competitors (who are also losing money). So Musk is backing Trump solely in order to eliminate his competitors in the EV line. Nothing to do with his lost tranny son, the state of the...

Are robots poised to soon become our overlords? Maybe not yet, although billionaire technologist Elon Musk says they could soon take over Tesla production facilities as the company moves forward with plans to begin producing humanoid robots called Optimus as soon as next year. In a post on X, Musk said, “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026.” First named the “Tesla Bot” and revealed in 2021 at a Tesla AI Day event, the robot’s design has drastically changed over the last...

American automakers will need to make major changes to their businesses if they want to remain competitive with Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) poised to flood the global market, according to analysis published by auto industry consultants. U.S. manufacturers currently do tens of billions of dollars of business abroad, but Chinese competitors are poised to take over approximately one-third of the global market share by 2030 with particularly strong growth in Europe, South America and Asia driven by EVs and plug-in hybrids, AlixPartners projects in its report. The auto market is evolving to favor EVs thanks in part to the policy...

Billionaire Elon Musk, who reportedly had donated to a super PAC working to elect Donald Trump as president, made his backing of Trump official following the apparent shooting. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," he said on X. In a subsequent post, he said, "Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt."

Far-left climate change activists doused a Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicle exhibit in Germany on Saturday in a protest against “how the super-rich deal with global warming”. In a further demonstration of dubious standards by green agenda radicals, members of the Letzte Generation (Last Generation) youth climate militant collective covered a Cybertruck in orange paint in Hamburg. “The SUV has been touring Germany as an exhibit and symbolizes how the super-rich deal with global warming: armoured in a luxury vehicle, off to climate hell,” the group wrote on X, owned by Telsa chief Elon Musk.

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Entourage star Kevin Dillon was reportedly involved in a multi-vehicle accident at a drive-thru car wash in Los Angeles, California last Monday. While taking his Tesla to get cleaned, the 58-year-old actor's electric vehicle made an abrupt stop that authorities told TMZ 'caused a rear-end ripple effect' for those behind him. A source revealed that 'this sparked a fender bender with the three cars behind him.' Although cars are typically left in neutral while going through the carwash, the outlet alleged that Dillon's was not, after he 'accidentally lifted up from his seat.' The move apparently 'triggered' his brakes and...

Automotive research firm J.D. Power’s highly watched initial quality study is out — and it appears EVs are giving consumers big headaches. J.D. Power’s study tracks responses from nearly 100,000 purchasers and lessees of 2024 vehicles within the first 90 days of ownership, and for the first time in the study’s 38-year history, it incorporates repair visit data. Overall, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles averaged 180 PP100 (or 180 problems per 100 vehicles), while battery electric vehicles (BEVs) averaged a whopping 266 PP100, 86 points higher than ICE vehicles. Automakers have typically said that EVs are generally less problematic and...