Stories by Nehal Malik

Tesla’s 2021 holiday software update started rolling out with firmware version 2021.44.25 (and beyond) earlier this week, bringing V11.0 of the in-car software and User Interface (UI), as well as new features and some holiday cheer. One of those new features is ‘Light Show’, a new addition to Toybox that lets your Tesla “dance to a choreographed […]

Tesla helped China cut carbon emissions by 855,878 tons between January and November 2021 according to Gasgoo reports CleanTechnica. The numbers come directly from Tesla China’s year-to-date new energy contribution report, which also revealed that over 500,000 Chinese Tesla owners drove a total of 2.31 billion miles (3.72 billion km) during the same time period of […]

In a YouTube video published on Friday, Tesla owner and Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta tester Chuck Cook documented his first drive around Memorial Park with FSD beta 10.8. FSD beta 10.8 started rolling out on Thursday with software update 2021.44.25.6, also bringing along Tesla’s 2021 holiday update and all of its contents for beta testers. […]

Huawei on Thursday announced the Aito M5, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) designed to rival the Tesla Model Y, at the company’s winter product launch event — reports CNBC. The news comes less than a week after Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup NIO announced its latest competitor to Tesla, the ET5 mid-sized smart electric […]

According to known Supercharger sleuth and avid Supercharge Info contributor MarcoRP (@MarcoRPTesla), five new high-speed Tesla Superchargers will be coming soon to the Greater Seattle area in the state of Washington, U.S., And the correct answer is… Washington!! 5 new Supercharger locations are coming to the Greater Seattle area! Stay tuned @TeslaOwnersWA pic.twitter.com/S5nuKhk54x — MarcoRP […]

According to Reddit user Daytona360, Tesla has updated the online owner’s manuals for all of its electric vehicles (EVs) to software version 2021.44, which started rolling out earlier this month. Back in September, Tesla shifted the owner’s manuals for all of its cars from PDFs to an interactive, online format that made it much easier for users to […]

In a newly published YouTube video, Canada’s Tesla Owners Online gives us a full walkthrough of Tesla’s 2021 holiday software update on a Model 3 Performance in Canada. The 2021 holiday software update started rolling out with firmware version 2021.44.25 (and beyond) earlier this week, bringing V11.0 of the User Interface (UI) and in-car software, as […]

Tesla’s 2021 holiday software update started rolling out with firmware version 2021.44.25 (and beyond) earlier this week, bringing V11.0 of the User Interface (UI) and in-car software, new features like ‘Light Show’ and ‘Dark Mode’, and some holiday cheer. The new V11.0 UI gives a fresh new look to the in-car interface, carrying over design elements from […]

Tesla’s 2021 holiday software update started rolling out with firmware version 2021.44.25 (and beyond) earlier this week, bringing V11.0 of the User Interface (UI) and in-car software, as well as new features and some holiday cheer. One of the new additions in this update is the ‘Light Show’ feature that was added to the Toybox […]

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO is on the verge of signing a deal with battery giant BYD to supply batteries for the former’s upcoming sub-brand, according to a Thursday report from local media publication 36kr (via CNEVPost). Just a couple months ago, NIO surpassed BYD as the most valuable car brand in China, and the […]

A patent first spotted by Twitter user @tempermanant appears to be for the cabin seat design of the Tesla Cybertruck and reveals that the all-electric pickup truck will have a full set of foldable seats in the rear, and the front-middle seat will be foldable as well. https://twitter.com/tempermanant/status/1473841819771305984 Looking at the render for the front-middle […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Redline Reviews compares the 2021 Tesla Model Y Performance and the 2021 Ford Mach-E GT Performance — the higher-end performance models of the two popular all-electric crossovers on the market right now. The 2021 Tesla Model Y Performance has a dual-motor (all-wheel-drive) powertrain that delivers 450 horsepower, a 75 […]

In a series of recently conducted tests, nonprofit consumer organization Consumer Reports found that Tesla’s camera-based driver monitoring for its driver assistance features, “fails to keep driver attention on the road,” during Autopilot. When Tesla ditched radar earlier this year for a purely camera-based approach to driver assistance technologies like Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving […]

According to a report from The Street, Tesla CEO Elon Musk offloaded yet another block of the electric vehicle (EV) company’s stock on Wednesday, this time to the tune of 934,000 shares for $929 Million USD (via Yahoo Finance). Since asking his Twitter followers whether he should liquidate 10% of his holdings in Tesla last […]

Since finalizing the sale of his last remaining property in California’s Silicon Valley earlier this month, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fulfilled the promise he made last year to “own no house.” I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2020 Right now, Musk […]