Last week, the Tesla Model Y was awarded the highest safety ratings possible by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and was named the organization’s 2021 Top Safety Pick+ in the midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV category. The Model Y took the crown from the Model 3, which scored exceptionally well in the […]
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO last week posted three job openings in the U.S. for its local replenishment facility, piquing public interest to the possibility of an expansion into the American auto market — reports CnEVPost. “We have had a software development team in San Jose, USA since the inception of our company, and […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Canadian car reviewer Motormouth compares the Tesla Model Y — the gold standard for all-electric crossovers, against Hyundai’s answer to it — the IONIQ 5. Hyundai unveiled the IONIQ 5 electric vehicle (EV) earlier this year in February. It was originally slated to launch earlier but was delayed to […]
With AT&T shutting down its 3G network by February 2022, Tesla was reportedly planning on providing affordable retrofits for older Model S vehicles (manufactured before June 2015) that didn’t have an LTE-capable modem so that they would continue to have access to connectivity features even when not on Wi-Fi. According to reports from July, Tesla […]
Ford has officially started delivering locally-assembled Mustang Mach-E vehicles to customers in China, with a delivery ceremony taking place in Shanghai Hongqiao Tiandi on Sunday — reports Chinese electric vehicle (EV) publication 42HOW (@42how_). The Made in China (MIC) Mustang Mach-E is being produced at a manufacturing plant in Chongqing by Changan Ford, a joint […]
Newer (2021+) Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Performance vehicles feature adaptive headlights with an outer projector lamp that supports a matrix LED. The new headlamps not only allow for a more powerful headlight with better low-light visibility but the matrix LEDs inside can even be programmed to project light in certain shapes or even […]
Reddit user rubiksman has found a pretty sneaky little Easter egg Tesla stashed away in the new ‘Subwoofer Tunability’ feature that was introduced with software V11.0, which started rolling out with firmware update 2021.44.25.2 (and beyond) earlier this week. Subwoofer Tunability gives you more precise control over the audio output from your subwoofer, allowing you […]
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 […]
