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Tesla's Texas Gigafactory, although the largest building in the world, is still slightly less than a mile long. And now Musk says the EV maker will be extending Giga Texas to make it an even mile. Musk also explains the practical reason why Tesla's factories need to be so large.

We review the 2022 Mazda3 2.5 Turbo and find that it checks off all the boxes.

Elon Musk at his latest appearance at the All-In Conference has revealed that he got the idea for Model Y front and rear casting from the manufacturing process of toys. This is yet another example of Musk's first principles ethos and why the EV maker is leading the industry.

Elon Musk is no fan of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the past, Musk has called the SEC Short Seller Enriching Commission. However, now Musk is calling on the SEC to open an investigation on Twitter, after agreeing to buy the social media platform for $44 billion.

Acura has just made it even easier for first-time premium vehicle shoppers to buy a CPO car or crossover. Here’s what makes the Acura CPO proram special.

The new Acura is rolling off its Ohio production line. Here’s when it arrives at your local dealer.

In a podcast episode this week, Consumer Reports reveals what makes its reporting different from most of its peers.

Tesla FSD Beta is currently showing rapid progress. And now Elon Musk says Tesla's FSD beta will be released to 1 million vehicles before the end of the year.

In an update to the company's online configurator, Tesla has now stopped taking new reservations for the Cybertruck. The move comes on the heels of Elon Musk announcing the futuristic truck is sold out until 2027.

Last December, after selling out within hours, Tesla has now brought back the Cybertruck-inspired whistle to the company's online shop. However, this time the Cyberwhistle can only be purchased using Doge Coin.

Elon Musk has called for an end to the war against plastic straws. Given he is the founder of Tesla, a company perhaps doing the most to clean up our environment, this was a bit of a head scratcher. However, Musk's words point to a larger critique of society.

Tesla's FSD beta testers are thrilled with the latest version of FSD software and asked Elon Musk if it's time to release FSD to all Tesla drivers. Musk, however, said he still believes the software "needs more work."

Earlier today, Elon Musk announced that he was putting the deal to buy Twitter on hold. This sent Tesla shares up 7% following rumors Musk is planning to walk away from the Twitter deal altogether. However, soon after Tesla stock gave up some of its gains after Musk reiterated that he was still committed to buy the social media platform.

After several delays, the Cybertruck is currently not expected to begin deliveries until late 2023 or early 2024. And now, in a new interview, Elon Musk says Tesla has enough Cybertruck reservations to fill 3 years of production. This pushes deliveries for new reservations as far out as 2027.

We sampled the 2022 Range Rover Evoque and found three reasons shoppers may wish to consider this model.

In an unexpected move, Toyota adds a second four-cylinder engine to the Highlander line and drops its most popular V6 engine.

The new 2022 Passport AWD Trailsport from Honda is a perfect execution of a trail-ready SUV. Here’s why we love the Trailsport trim.

Honda now matches Toyota’s included maintenance program. Here’s how Honda’s maintenance stacks up compared to the full list of competitors.

So, you have decided you want to buy a Kia SUV or crossover (or for the sake of argument I’ll pretend you did). You also want this purchase to be electrified, because you care about air quality, climate change, the bottom line, or just efficiency. So which of Kia’s electrified options might suit you the best?

Information regarding Tesla's upcoming dedicated robotaxi has been quite limited so far. In what might be the very first details about the new vehicle, Tesla today revealed the design principle of the upcoming robotaxi. Tesla says acceleration, top speed, and handling will not be a top priority for the new vehicle.

According to leaks citing Tesla cell engineers, today the EV maker has started 4680 battery production at Giga Texas. This is expected to alleviate Tesla's cell constraint and enable the EV maker to launch a Model Y with more than 400 miles of range.

Today, Tesla, together with the company's annual impact report announced that in 2021 the EV maker received 3 million job applications. This is in large part thanks to Tesla's charismatic CEO Elon Musk. And suggests in 2021, Tesla received 100 applications per job opening.

Tesla's stock price has fallen down by more than 9 percent following a CNBC report that Elon Musk is planning to take over Twitter's CEO position. Today's price action has decreased Tesla's market cap by more than $90 billion.

Much of the auto safety discussion revolves around the vehicle and its score on a standardized test. Here is a real-world way that lives are saved in crashes you may not have thought about.

It may seem crazy, but Honda is quitting on the Insight Hybrid as gas prices surge. Here’s the full plan.

Tesla's V3 superchargers are currently capped at 250KW. However, a recent glitch in Tesla's mobile app briefly showed a max charging speed of 387KW suggesting the EV maker might be preparing to launch V4 superchargers.

In the last few days, Tesla shares went down by as much as 18%. Now, we learned the reason Tesla shares were going down was that Elon Musk sold 4.4 million shares to raise $4 billion. This is not the total amount of Musk's sell but, the Tesla CEO says he is done selling, at least for now.

Q1 data show how Toyota prioritizes the very popular RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle availability. Europe gets more.

Tesla has started installing video cameras at superchargers to monitor drivers of non-Tesla EVs. The EV maker has also posted a notice with details of how the footage will be used, who will be able to see it, what is being captured, and when it will be erased.

The 2022 Lexus NX 450H+ AWD earns the highest score awarded in the U.S. for safety.