Editorial guidelines

Volts & Bots articles are researched and drafted with AI tools from named sources. Rod Bland reads and approves every article before it is published. How we work explains each step.

Independence

We are not affiliated with Tesla, Inc., and Tesla does not pay us for coverage. We report Tesla's deliveries and results as news about its products and business. Ads and sponsored content are labelled under our ad policy, and advertisers have no say in our stories or tracker data.

Sourcing

Primary sources come first: Tesla's own announcements and support pages, regulators and filings. Anything unofficial needs two independent sources. Community posts are tips to check, never proof. We link to the original source, and name an outlet only where a claim is its alone. Predictions, including Elon Musk's, are reported as dated claims, not facts. If we cannot confirm a fact, it is not in the story.

Fairness

Criticism of a named person or small business runs only with evidence from the original source. We do not name or quote members of private groups, such as Facebook groups.

Corrections

Corrections are listed on our corrections page.