Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise around the world, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic having perhaps slowed that down some. Still, the plugin EV market share in Switzerland was up 156% in October 2020, with 2,963 total EV registrations, and with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) making up 57% of all plugin sales, as […]
Tesla’s navigation isn’t always perfect, and especially for some of its rural customers. However, many of these customers are hoping a new navigation update will fix major problems for Tesla’s navigation system. A new navigation update, 2020.48, started to roll out to Tesla owners in the United States as far back as last week. According […]
We knew Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory planned to increase to three shifts after the country’s national holiday, but the results are truly stunning. In October 2020, Tesla’s Giga Shanghai produced an amazing 22,929 Model 3 units, as reported by Tesmanian (save 10% off floor mats and more with coupon code TESLANORTH10). This equates to a weekly […]
Last Tuesday, a measure in Massachusetts passed in a landslide win, forcing automakers to ensure the same diagnostic tools are available to third-party repair shops, as reported by VICE. The “right-to-repair” measure also includes Tesla, which has been particularly quiet about its servicing measures and tools, making it difficult for other mechanics to work on […]
On Tuesday, NASA and SpaceX officially signed the Human Rating Certification plan just ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, marking the first certified commercial spacecraft rated to board humans. The Crew Dragon together with the Falcon 9 rocket is the first crew spacecraft to be NASA-certified for regular flight with humans aboard since NASA’s […]
Just when we thought the future of the taxi industry might have been getting foggier with brands like Lyft and Uber, the universe gave us this. A new all-electric yellow taxi is now in operation in New York City, and the Tesla Model 3 has already completed over 100 trips in its first full weekend […]
A video posted Monday by YouTube channel DC//PROJEKT shows the video’s host using a Tesla Model Y with an attached rack carrying mountain bikes. The rack featured in the video is a Kuat NV 2.0, and the host also discusses why he went with that particular product. Because he didn’t order his Tesla Model Y […]
Tesla fans around the world are showing off their new 2021 editions of the Model 3, as they begin to be delivered in the US and Canada. In a new video uploaded to YouTube, Vancouver-based 2021 Tesla Model 3 owner Mahdi Askarzadeh goes through the interior and exterior features of the new model, breaking down […]
Tesla is now a multi-national company with interests all over the world, and one which has spearheaded the electric vehicle (EV) movement at large, as the marketplace for zero-emission vehicles begins to take shape. In exciting news for Canadian fans of the company, Tesla is now hiring for Sales and Service Advisors in Surrey, British […]
Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) are a hot topic throughout the world right now, and various countries, companies, and other organizations are finding ways to help the public gain access to these electric vehicles (EVs). In a new initiative, the Canadian ZEV Industry Coalition, born of Transition Accelerator and Electric Mobility Canada and with support from Dunsky […]
After recent price drops for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E, Ford fans and onlookers are wondering to see how the automaker’s first electric vehicle (EV) will perform with regards to range. New estimate documents were posted online in the Mach-E Forum Monday (via CNET), showing estimates for Ford’s Mustang Mach-E rear-wheel-drive (RWD) extended range option at […]
In a new video and journal report posted on Voyage without Carbon Sunday, Tesla Model 3 owner Arthur Driessen documents his experience thus far with a 2018 Long Range Model 3 with Rear-Wheel Drive as he hits 150,000 miles driven (241,401 kilometres). Over two years, that works out to 6,250 miles (10,058 km) per month, […]
As we reported earlier this month, Tesla plans to build battery packs on-site at its Texas factory, and new filings show that it will, in fact, still be pursuing these plans. According to new filings with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Tesla will have its own cell facility when it begins operations in […]
More and more Tesla owners are sharing their videos of the electric vehicle (EV) company’s newly-released Full Self-Driving Beta, a semi-autonomous driving system released in limited beta form last month. Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersssv on Twitter) posted two new videos Sunday, sharing a 14-minute, rainy drive with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta feature on. […]
According to a pair of posts on Twitter by Patrick Schur, Tesla is seriously considering using AMD’s next generation of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) in its infotainment system. The posts, as shared by user u/KeyboardGunner on Reddit, include that the EV company is planning to use AMD’s Navi 23 for its cars, also including the […]
