Tesla will soon let owners of its electric vehicles (EVs) charge their cars using excess solar energy from a Powerwall, allowing them to “drive on sunshine,” as the company puts it. The information comes from Long Zheng (@longzheng), who pointed out code string changes shared by @Tesla_App_iOS for the as-yet-unreleased feature in the latest version […]
Volkswagen Group’s new CEO, Oliver Blume, isn’t interested in continuing his predecessor Herbert Diess’s longstanding “friendly rivalry” with Tesla CEO Elon Musk — reports Fortune. According to the publication, Blume told company managers in a meeting earlier this week that he has no plans to cozy up to the CEO of Volkswagen’s foremost competitor, which […]
SpaceX is now offering hardware rentals for its high-speed satellite internet service, Starlink, in New Zealand (via Reddit). This comes after the company originally launched hardware rentals in the U.K. earlier this month. In New Zealand, Starlink hardware currently costs $729 NZD ($456.46 USD) to purchase outright after an ongoing 30% discount from its original […]
SpaceX’s high-speed satellite broadband service, Starlink, has still not received approval to launch in Pakistan — reports ProPakistani. Reports of SpaceX reaching an understanding with the Pakistani government to roll out Starlink service in the South Asian country first surfaced in December 2021. At the time, Starlink had already registered a local subsidiary and was […]
Tesla’s upcoming $20,000 USD Carbon Ceramic Brake Kit for the Model S Plaid has been confirmed to unlock the high-end electric sedan’s 200mph top speed, according to a new video from Sebastian Vittel (via @BLKMDL3). It looks like it’s CONFIRMED that the Tesla carbon ceramic brake upgrade unlocks the 200mph top speed of the Model S […]
Tesla’s mobile app apparently let an immigration consultant from Canada get into and drive someone else’s vehicle, according to a report from Global News. Vancouver, B.C., resident Rajesh Randev claims the Tesla app on his phone gave him access to and let him drive a Tesla that wasn’t his. Tesla owners can use the mobile app […]
Tesla’s all-electric Model Y crossover was the fourth best-selling car in Germany across all powertrains between January and February 2023, according to data aggregated by Roland Pircher (@piloly). After the first 2 months, the @Tesla Model Y is the 4th best-selling car in #Germany. 🇩🇪 The growth rate is 324% year-over-year while many others are […]
Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing February 27, 2023 Yeonyang-dong, Yeoju-si 414 12634 Yeoju Gyeonggi, South Korea 6 250 kW Tesla February 27, 2023 The REDESIGN […]
Tesla has long been rumoured to be working on major design updates for its Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs), codenamed “Highland” and “Juniper,” respectively. While Tesla makes small iterations and changes to all of its vehicles throughout the production cycle, Highland and Juniper are expected to be major refreshes for the company’s […]
Tesla on Tuesday held its 2023 Investor Day, where company CEO Elon Musk and others addressed shareholders, apprising them of the company’s current state and plans for the future. During the almost four-hour-long presentation, Musk and Co offered new insight into Tesla’s plans to ramp up to 20 million vehicles and detailed the automaker’s next-generation […]
Europe’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) by capacity, powered by Tesla Megapacks and located in the U.K., has officially gone online — reports Bdaily. The facility cost a whopping £75 million and was funded by the Harmony Energy Income Trust. It has the capacity to store up to 196 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity per […]
SpaceX has officially launched hardware rentals for its high-speed satellite internet service, Starlink, in the U.K. (via Reddit). “Starlink is now offering hardware rentals throughout the United Kingdom,” SpaceX says on the Starlink website. Buying your own Starlink hardware in the U.K. costs £529. Renting it, however, only costs £15 per month. In addition to […]
Several Mexican states are falling over each other to try and court Tesla as the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer is rumoured to announce the country as the location of its next Gigafactory, according to a report from The Associated Press. While Tesla hasn’t officially confirmed plans to build a factory in Mexico, the company has previously […]
Tesla supplier Panasonic currently produces around two billion cells per year at its large-scale electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, the first of its kind in the U.S., located at the former’s Gigafactory in Nevada. However, the battery plant wasn’t as productive since day one. Panasonic started building this facility in 2015, and it took the […]
Tesla has reduced the prices of both the Real-Wheel Drive (RWD) and Long Range trims of the Model 3 in Denmark by 30,000 kr. (approximately $4,250 USD). Check out the new Model 3 pricing in Denmark below (via @FonsDK): RWD: 329,990 kr. (approximately $46,748; was 359,990 kr. or $50,998) Long Range: 389,990 kr. (approximately $55,248; was […]
