After being postponed in 2025, the Red Bull Soapbox Race descended Saturday on downtown Los Angeles. More than 30 teams competed from all over the country, bringing wacky chaos to First Street. The “Krusty Krew,” featuring Joshua Thomas and Thomas Castellan from Tesla, built the Patty Wagon. Their vehicle appeared as a full hamburger with … Read more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first vehicle model to pass the agency’s new advanced driver assistance system tests. The tests have recently been added to the agency’s New Car Assessment Program. The models that passed are Model Y vehicles manufactured on or after Nov. 12, 2025. … Read more
Tesla unveiled a cheaper Cybertruck variant in the US late Thursday and slashed the price of its most-expensive model, Cyberbeast, as the electric-vehicle maker struggles to find buyers for its pickup trucks. The Cybertruck was touted by CEO Elon Musk as a futuristic competitor to mass market pickup trucks from legacy brands such as Ford, but multiple recalls and quality control … Read more
Farah Nasser felt sick to her stomach after allegedly overhearing Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok AI, tell her 10-year-old son to share nude photos of himself. “I feel like I’m gonna throw up,” the exasperated mom heaved in a cautionary clip with over 4.5 million TikTok views, adding that he and the machine had been discussing … Read more
Romantic Homicide” singer D4vd has hired one of Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers — as cops probe how the dismembered remains of a 14-year-old runaway ended up in his abandoned Tesla. The 20-year-old embattled artist recently retained Blair Berk, a top criminal defense attorney who has also repped a host of Hollywood stars, including Lindsay Lohan, Kanye … Read more
D4vd’s record label is refusing to promote the release of the deluxe version of his album Friday — as homicide cops investigate photos of the singer with the teenage girl found dismembered in the back of his abandoned Tesla, according to reports Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and Wasserman have put all promotional activities … Read more
The dismembered corpse found rotting in Bronx-born singer D4vd’s abandoned Tesla in California was identified as a teenage girl, Los Angeles authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The female victim, whose identity wasn’t announced pending her family’s notification, was between 14 and 15 years old, sources told ABC 7. The dead body found in D4vd’s abandoned Tesla … Read more
The dismembered corpse found bagged and stuffed inside a Tesla registered to New York-born singer D4vd was a woman dressed in a tube-top with a distinct “Shhhh” tattoo on her finger, authorities said. Investigators are still working to identify the female victim after the rancid, decomposing remains were discovered inside the vehicle’s trunk late Monday … Read more
Elon Musk had high praise for the diner and electric vehicle (EV) charging station that Tesla is creating in Los Angeles. The Tesla CEO said early Monday morning on X that he “just had dinner at the retro-futuristic @Tesla diner and Supercharger.” “Team did great work making it one of the coolest spots in LA!” he wrote. … Read more
Tesla is set to begin a test of its long-promised robotaxi service on schedule in Austin, Texas, by the end of June, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday, even as the company faces questions from a US regulator on safety. The electric vehicle maker will roll out about 10 self-driving cars in some parts of the city, Musk said in an interview … Read more
Automakers recalled millions of vehicles over the course of 2024 to address a variety of issues, typically related to the safety of the driver and passengers. The five recalls with the largest potentially affected vehicle populations this year came from four different automakers: Tesla, Ford, Honda and FCA US, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration … Read more
This memorial was free of charge — quite literally. An abandoned Tesla Cybertruck has become Seattle’s “shiniest new tourist trap” with residents turning the broken-down electric vehicle into a streetside memorial — gravestone and all. The truck, which has visible suspension issues around its back driver’s side wheel, caught the attention of Reddit users after … Read more
Movie and television studio Alcon Entertainment on Monday sued Tesla and Warner Bros. Discovery over claims they used images tied to the film “Blade Runner 2049” to promote Tesla’s new autonomous cybercab. Alcon’s California federal lawsuit alleged violations of US copyright law and accused Tesla of “false endorsement” for suggesting a relationship between Alcon and the Elon Musk-owned electric … Read more
It was about time for Mark Zuckerberg to take his style to the next level. The Meta founder and CEO appeared in a recent interview donning a flashy wrist watch with an eye-watering price tag. Watch experts tell Business Insider that the arm candy, a De Bethune DB 25 Starry Varius, costs between $90,000 and … Read more
They can afjord it. A new report has found drivers in oil-rich Norway — the country produces roughly 2 million barrels per day — now own more electric cars than gas guzzlers, The Guardian reported. The Norwegian Road Federation (OVF) stated that out of 2.8 million private vehicles registered in the wealthy Scandinavian nation, 754,303 are … Read more
Call it go-go a-go-go. Tesla Cybertrucks are being used for all sorts of unusual purposes, it turns out — New Jersey pizzaiolo turned his futuristic electric vehicle into a mobile oven, while the affluent city of Irvine, California created waves after dropping major ducats on a souped up version to add to their police fleet. But … Read more
Gentlemen, start your ovens! A popular thin-crust pizzeria in northern New Jersey has taken food-truck culture to the next level by outfitting a pair of Tesla Cybertrucks with two-tier ovens to fire up pies on the go — and they certainly take the fast lane. Food trucks have long claimed parking spots on the nation’s … Read more
Tesla stopped taking orders for the cheapest model of its Cybertruck electric pickup, which was priced at $61,000. Now, its $100,000 version is the cheapest model available for order on the automaker’s website. Consumers and investors have closely monitored the supply and demand of Tesla’s Cybertruck after CEO Elon Musk invested heavily in the EV … Read more
A suicide pod dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” will be used for the first time next week. Sarco, a 3D-printed capsule, was first unveiled at the Venice Design Festival in 2019 and reportedly offers a painless death within 10 minutes of entering with the push of a button, reported Metro. It works by flooding the … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he welcomed his third child with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis earlier this year — making the tech mogul a father to at least 12 children. Half of the $210-billion-man’s kids were born in the past five years. His children include his three with Zillis, three with Canadian popstar … Read more