Tesla has started to roll out its 2021.12.4.3 software update, as detected by the Nikola for Tesla app. The 2021.12.4.3 software update appears to be for the Model S Plaid, as a recent owner shared earlier this month their vehicle came with 2021.12.4.3 and version 10.2 software (not the highly-anticipated version 11). Nikola found a […]
Randy Pobst and the Unplugged Performance team have reached Day 4 of their Pikes Peak Hill Climb experience with Tesla’s Model S Plaid. On Day 4, Pobst details how the team tested out Yokohama slicks on wet conditions to get a feel for the car, considering race day could result in unpredictable weather at times. […]
New Tesla Model S Plaid owner, Steven Thompson, recently took his new electric sedan to the drag strip. In a video shared on Wednesday, Thompson shows his Model S Plaid beating a Nissan GTR FBO E85 in a quarter-mile race. The Model S Plaid did the quarter-mile in 9.7 seconds at a speed of 148mph, […]
Image credit: @MarkLPare The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, is testing an autonomous shuttle bus on campus, powered by the Rogers 5G network. The bus will transport students and staff around the university’s campus, as part of a research program. VIDEO: The WATonoBus arrives at its destination. The entire tour around Ring Road took […]
Natural Resources Canada announced on Wednesday it plans to install 22 more electric vehicle chargers in British Columbia. The federal government will invest $1.1 million in FortisBC, while the latter will also match the amount, for 22 EV chargers. With the CleanBC Go Electric Program adding $550,000 CAD, total funding for the project will reach over […]
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced on Tuesday the launch of its Rewards Exchange, what it is calling “the biggest update to the Chipotle Rewards program since its debut in 2019.” The Rewards Exchange will debut a new video game called Chipotle Race to Rewards Exchange on June 23. The interactive racing game will allow players to earn points […]
Tesla plans to hold its Tesla Artificial Intelligence Day event “in about a month or so,” according to CEO Elon Musk on Monday. That would mean an event on July 21 or into early August. “Looking at holding Tesla AI Day in about a month or so. Will go over progress with Tesla AI software […]
Tesla shared a new video on Friday, called ‘Experiencing Plaid’. The video is a compilation of Model S Plaid test rides from its recent delivery event for the new electric sedan. “Pure joy on tap whenever you want,” explains Tesla. The Model S Plaid can do 0-60mph in under 2 seconds and is currently the […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.18.4 software update, found on a Model Y, according to the Nikola for Tesla app. Nikola found a new Tesla software version "2021.4.18.4 7b632c50168b" running on a Model Y. https://t.co/19uzXC7mam — Nikola / Tesla Software Version Bot 🤖 (@TeslaVersion) June 18, 2021 This latest release comes after 2021.4.18.3 was […]
On Tesla’s Battery Day last year, the company introduced the Model S Plaid, which become known as the Plaid+ version, due to its 520+ mile range. But after Tesla cancelled the Plaid+ version just before the first deliveries of its Model S refresh, early customers who pre-ordered Plaid+ were told they would need to order […]
Tesla has started construction of a new Supercharger in Bakersfield, California, located at 10565 Copus Road. The Supercharger site looks to have 20 stalls and construction looks well underway, as discovered by ‘DonCali’ from the TMC forums on Monday, June 14. The permit for the site was found in the Kern County system. It shows […]
Unplugged Performance continues to share footage of its modified Tesla Model S Plaid at Laguna Seca Raceway in Salinas, California. The latest clip shows the Model S Plaid passing some supercars, such as a McLaren Senna, McLaren P1 and Porsche 991 GT3 RS. “@Tesla [Plaid] alien technology was unleashed upon McLaren Senna, McLaren P1 and Porsche […]
Tesla Raj attended the company’s Model S Plaid event, uncovering a bunch of tidbits about the new electric sedan. In a new 40-minute video, Raj shares a review of the Tesla Model S Plaid, owned by Logan from the Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley club. In the video, Raj goes over the Model S Plaid […]
Tesla has shared a new video called ‘Model S Plaid Deliveries Begin’. The new video highlights the beginning of the Model S to where it is today, with the new Model S Plaid. Spanning just over one minute long, the video shows off the Model S Plaid’s incredible performance, able to go from 0-60mph in […]
New Tesla Model S Plaid owner, @EmmetPeppers, has shared some daytime acceleration videos of his new electric sedan. While Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event showed off various acceleration demos at night time, we finally get to see a 0-60mph (and actually 0-90mph) during the day. Here are some more pic.twitter.com/MQozUWSvaK — Emmet Peppers (@EmmetPeppers) […]
