Erik Shilling

News Editor at Jalopnik. 2008 Honda Fit Sport.
  • Actually, Nevermind, It Seems BMW Beat Tesla After All

    Actually, Nevermind, It Seems BMW Beat Tesla After All

    Cox, an Atlanta-based automotive research firm, said in January that Tesla outsold BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Lexus, and all the rest in the American luxury market last year. Except now, Experian, the credit-reporting company, says that BMW in fact beat Tesla last year, when counting new luxury car registrations in America. I don’t know what to…


  • The New Tesla Roadster Is Still Just an Idea

    The New Tesla Roadster Is Still Just an Idea

    It was in November 2017 when Tesla first unveiled the second Roadster, promising incredible numbers — a 1.9 second zero-to-sixty time, for one — though the most incredible number was 2020, the year Tesla said the Roadster was scheduled to start production. Obviously, that never happened, though Elon said in September production would start in…