Stories by Nehal Malik

Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Supercharger sites that went live across the globe this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 22, 2021 2951 State Hwy 9, Ballston Spa, NY, USA 8 250 kW Tesla Nov. 22, 2021 The Fashion […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Cars on Autobahn put the Tesla Model 3 Performance to a top speed and acceleration test on Germany’s Autobahn, or federal highway that does not have a speed limit on certain stretches (via InsideEVs). During the test, the Model 3 Performance smoothly and almost effortlessly accelerated to a top […]

In a recent progress update for Tesla’s Chinese Gigafactory in Shanghai, JasonYang (@JasonYangSHA) reported that the facility is now capable of producing more than 1,600 Model Y units and more than 2,000 Model 3 units every day. Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory has optimized its production line expansion project, and its capacity expansion this year has been […]

In a Saturday live stream on YouTube, Tesla Owners Online unboxed and documented their initial impressions of the MEGA X Tesla Cybertruck set. First look at the new MEGA "LEGO" compatible Cybertruck kithttps://t.co/UpVamNgLMP pic.twitter.com/mDC1TAYJDC — TREV PAGE (@Model3Owners) November 27, 2021 MEGA is a Canadian toy company owned by Mattel that is known for making […]

According to data collected by AutoCount and shared to Reddit, Tesla has been absolutely crushing it in California this year so far. During the first three quarters of the year (January to September), a whopping 79,850 Tesla cars were registered in the state of California between the Model 3 (34,995), the Model Y (42,624), and the Model […]

According to The Economic Times, India’s Ministry of Communications holds that SpaceX is no longer allowed to accept pre-orders for its upcoming Starlink satellite broadband service from the country’s residents. The ministry says Starlink is not licensed to offer satellite-based internet services in India yet, and so cannot accept pre-orders for a service it has not […]

Earlier this month, Hydro One and Peak Power announced the launch of an innovative new pilot program in Ontario designed to gauge the viability of electric vehicles (EVs) as backup batteries for residential power during power outages. Leveraging two-way Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) charging technology, the pilot will evaluate the advantages of using electric vehicles (EVs) as […]

In a recently published video, YouTube channel SteBros shows us how SpaceX Starlink is helping document the efforts to rebuild the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, Canada, and its surroundings following the devastation caused by recent flooding. The mention of Starlink in the video was spotted by Tesla North reader, Jeremy. There is no other […]

Earlier today, Giga Berlin / GF4Tesla published a November 26, 2021, construction update for Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Grünheide, Brandenburg, on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEFs68nPh9s The most notable development is taking place at the battery cell facility on the premises, which can be seen expanding towards both the north and south. The construction team continues to cover […]

Tristan Rice (@rice_fry), a software engineer specializing in Machine Learning, Reverse Engineering, and Security, shared a pretty interesting render of the 3D voxel models used by Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.5 on Twitter Wednesday evening. It seems to have no issues with close pillars/walls even in tight parking spaces or directly facing into a […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Dirty Tesla unboxes, sets up, and details his initial thoughts on SpaceX’s second-generation Starlink dish and user terminal. It looks like SpaceX is shipping the all-new rectangular Starlink dish to customers who pre-ordered their kits well before the new dish even launched, at least in the U.S. Dirty Tesla […]

“The Tesla Model Y seems like the complete package, but its active safety suite is so fundamentally flawed that the whole dish is completely ruined,” said Roadshow by CNet in its first review of the 2021 Tesla Model Y. The publication tested a 2021 Model Y Long Range in Deep Blue Metallic color, a hidden […]

Earlier today, Tesla announced it has pulled its state aid application for the planned battery manufacturing facility at its Gigafactory in Grünheide, Brandenburg — reports Reuters. Following the announcement, Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed his disapproval of government subsidies for corporate projects on Twitter. “It has always been Tesla’s view that all subsidies should be […]

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has signed an agreement with Quebec’s Bus Carriers Federation for a $400 million CAD loan to provincial bus operators that will fund the purchase of 4,000 electric school buses over the next five years — reports Electric Autonomy Canada. The investment is part of the CIB’s planned $1.5 billion CAD […]

The police department of Logan City, Ohio, received its very first all-electric Model Y police cruiser earlier this week — reports The Scioto Post. At the beginning of the year, Logan City announced it would go electric for some of the new additions to its fleet of police cruisers. When city officials weighed their available EV […]