Stories by Nehal Malik

In order to support the two million electric vehicles (EVs) that may be driving on its roads by 2026, India’s emerging EV market will need approximately 400,000 charging stations across the country of over 1.3 billion individuals — reports Business Standard. The Grant Thornton Bharat-Ficci report, released Saturday, June 12, said that hefty support from the […]

A Tesla Model S Plaid owner who received their vehicle at Tesla’s delivery event on Thursday, June 10, at the Fremont factory in California, recently shared an entire gallery’s worth of hands-on pictures of the electric vehicle (EV) to his SmugMug. The gallery includes images of both the individual’s new Model S Plaid, and pictures […]

According to a tweet from Unplugged Performance (@UnpluggedTesla), the leading brand in bespoke, premium upgrades for Tesla vehicles has “purpose built” a Tesla Model S Plaid to feature as a race car at the Hypercar Invitational, currently underway at the Laguna Seca raceway in California. UP has gone Plaid! Welcome to our purpose built Tesla Model […]

Tesla has brought a plethora of changes and innovations with its newest offering, the Model S Plaid. According to a recent Reddit thread, one of these changes has to do with how drivers shift gears. With the Tesla Model S Plaid lacking gear stalks, and instead relying on touch controls or automatic gear selection by […]

Reddit user “melancholicricebowl” recently shared all the free “swag” they got as a guest at Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event in Fremont, California. The user’s haul consisted of a custom Plaid-themed face mask, which another Reddit user on the same thread explained were being given out to attendees during entry, a pass from the event, […]

In an interview on CNBC‘s The News With Shepard Smith, Jay Leno talked about breaking the world record for fastest 1/4 mile time in a ‘production car’ in a Tesla Model S Plaid. Earlier in the month, the comedian, writer, vehicle enthusiast, and host of Jay Leno’s Garage took a Model S Plaid down to a […]

Twitter user @rodsideas recently shared some mock-ups of ‘V11’ of Tesla OS on the Model S Refresh that include support for Apple CarPlay. I’ve designed some concepts of #Tesla OS V11 (#ModelS refresh) with CarPlay. Of course, I expect many will have polarizing opinions on how this should be done, if done at all. But it […]

In an interview with AI researcher Lex Fridman on YouTube, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin talked about the cryptocurrency’s future, the blockchain’s in-progress upgrade to the proof-of-stake token creation and transaction validation model, and the popular meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin. When Fridman asked Buterin if it would be possible for Dogecoin to “beat bitcoin hands down,” the […]

In a recent Reddit post, user Callump01 outlined what’s possibly coming to the Tesla app, after doing some digging into the latter. This is the same Reddit user who broke the news of a Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscription being in the works after reverse-engineering the Tesla app late last year. “I’ve been doing some more reverse […]

After Northern Ontario deemed the Starlink program its “best option” last year, a pilot project has been launched to bring high-speed internet connectivity to five First Nations near Kenora and Sioux Narrows in Northwestern Ontario. During phase one of the pilot project, the Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council (AKRC) will install two Starlink receivers in […]

Tesla enthusiast and YouTuber DÆrik recently posted a new video showcasing some of the lesser-known new features and improvements that the 2021 Model Y refresh brings into the fray. The YouTuber dedicated a fair bit of time to showcasing a hardware upgrade to the electric vehicle (EV)’s windshield wiping and washing system: new windshield wipers, now […]

Tesla has finally confirmed the Model S Plaid‘s 1/4 mile time on its online vehicle configurator. The page, which already touts the Model S Plaid as the quickest accelerating ‘production car’ in the world, now also showcases a 1/4 mile time of 9.23 seconds at 155 mph (250 km/h). Earlier this week, comedian and car […]

According to Space Explored, SpaceX is expanding its presence at Port Canaveral in Florida by erecting a new tent structure in the space it currently occupies at the facility. The proposed structure has been detailed in permits filed with the Canaveral Port Authority (CPA). SpaceX uses Port Canaveral to dispatch droneships and recovery ships in order […]

Being able to fit golf clubs in the trunk basically certifies that the Model Y has no shortage of cargo space — but Tesla thinks it’s always good to have an option for additional storage space. You can now purchase a set of storage bins for the Model Y trunk online at the Tesla Shop. […]

Tesla is no stranger to best-selling electric vehicle (EV) charts — the Model 3 was the top-selling EV in China for 2020, led global EV sales in February, and became the best-selling EV across the globe for the entirety of Q1 2021. According to EV Sales, Tesla dominated global EV sales in April despite giving up […]