On April 28, Tesla posted an update video on the construction of its Semi factory next to Gigafactory Nevada. 
In the video, Tesla Semi program lead Dan Priestley said that the last few months were spent building the factory shell of the facility, from its walls to its columns to its concrete floors. 
Now with the Se

On April 24, Kia America announced that owners of its EV now have access to the more than 21,500 DC fast chargers within the Tesla Supercharger network. With access to the Tesla Supercharger network, Kia expands its number of charging stations in the U.S. by more than 80%.
With more than 22,000 accessible DC fast cha

On April 22, Tesla reported that its total Q1 2025 revenue of USD 19.34 billion was down 9.0% from the same period in 2024, while its automotive revenue was down 20.0% to USD 13.97 billion as its global sales have slowed.
Tesla’s operating profit plunged 66% yoy to USD 399 million and its operating margin was 2.1% in

On April 10, Tesla opened its first showroom and service center in Riyadh. Tesla will offer Model 3, Model Y, and the Cybertruck in Saudi Arabia. 
Based on Tesla social media updates 

On April 11, Tesla launched a new version of the Cybertruck on its site, the Long-Range Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) model, priced at USD 69,990, its lowest priced offering to date. 
The single motor RWD model offers 350 miles of range, versus 325 miles for the AWD version and 301 miles for the Cyberbeast, as well as 7,500

During Tesla’s first-quarter all-hands-on-deck meeting held on March 20, CEO Elon Musk shared a number of recent milestones. One of them, also mentioned after the meeting by Michael Guilfoy, Tesla’s Giga Texas Director of Cell Manufacturing, is the fact that the company’s in-house 4680 battery cells are now the lowes

On April 4, Tesla officially launched the Long Range All-Wheel-Drive version of the new Model Y in the U.S. Before the USD 7,500 federal tax credit, the configuration starts at USD 48,990. Tesla had already initiated sales of non-Launch Edition configurations in other countries, while the U.S. version, bult at the Fr

On April 2, Folksam Group announced that it had divested its entire shareholding in Tesla. Tesla's approach to employee rights violates the Folksam Group's investment criteria. Tesla's stance on its employees' union rights conflicts with Folksam's investment criteria. 
As a result, Folksam has attempted to influence

On April 2, Tesla reported that production and delivery figures for Q1 2025.
Of 362,615 vehicles it produced in Q1 (down 16.3% from Q1 2024), 345,454 were Models 3/Y (down 16.2%) and 17,161 were other models, including Models S and X, Cybertruck, and Semi (down 18.3%).
While the changeover of Model Y lines across all

On March 31, Tesla announced it has produced its 500,000th Model Y at Gigafactory Berlin in a recent post on social media platform X through the company’s Tesla Manufacturing account.
Gigafactory Berlin was officially opened on March 22, 2022, taking just over 1,100 days to produce half a million Model Ys. Tesla stil

On March 21, Tesla exported the first Megapack battery units from its recently built Shanghai Megafactory, bound for Queensland, Australia.
The first Megapack shipments will be installed in the second stage of the Western Downs battery project, which is being built by Neoen. The Western Downs battery project involves

On March 26, Tesla announced it will start sales in Saudi Arabia with a launch event on April 10 in Riyadh, where it will display its EVs and products powered by solar energy. 
Tesla currently sells vehicles in other Middle Eastern countries, but not in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf region’s largest market. The Saudi launch

On March 25, Canada’s Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said that the government has frozen CAD 43 million (USD 30.11 million) of rebate payments for Tesla and banned the company from future EV rebate programs.
Earlier in March it was reported that Tesla had filed an extraordinary number of EV rebate claims in the

On March 20, Honda announced that Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX owners will gain access to more than 20,000 selected Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. starting in June 2025 with the availability of the first Honda-approved NACS-CCS DC fast-charging adapter. 
The adapter was tested for safety performance and compatib

On March 18, Tesla received the first in a series of approvals from California required for the company to eventually launch a promised robotaxi service in the state. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved Tesla's application for a transportation charter-party carrier permit (TCP), a license typic

On March 20, Tesla announced it is recalling 46,096 Cybertrucks in the U.S. over an exterior panel that can detach while driving. The recall covers all 2024 and 2025 model year Cybertrucks that have been sold in the U.S. to date, including those manufactured from November 13, 2023, to February 27, 2025 at Gigafactory

On March 17, Toronto’s mayor Olivia Chow banned financial incentives for Tesla vehicles bought as taxis or ride-share. The city has been offering taxi and ride-share drivers reduced licensing and renewal fees until the end of 2029 if the cars are electric, but Tesla EVs are excluded from the program. Chow said that t

Tesla is being suspected of gaming Canada’s federal EV rebate program, and causing it to end earlier than expected. The Canadian government warned consumers and dealers in mid-January that its iZEV incentive program for the purchase of EVs that was supposed to end in March, was running out of money faster than planne

On March 7, the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University announced that it had disassembled and analyzed traction batteries from Tesla and BYD to compare their designs.
The findings show that Tesla’s 4680 cells prioritize high energy density, while BYD’s blade cells fo

Tesla has chosen Brookshire, Texas, about 30 miles west of Houston in Waller County as the location for its third Megafactory, where it will produce its Megapack large-scale energy storage units. 
On March 5, members of the Waller County Commissioners Court approved a tax abatement based on property improvements that