Nick Bilton has written a lengthy December featured story for Vanity Fair, which aims to cover the Elon Musk’s “erratic and crazy year”, according to the writer. I wrote a VF feature on Elon Musk's erratic and crazy year. When I asked him for comment about the reporting in the piece, his response was a […]
Tesla has just shared a new ad titled, ‘Discover: Trip Planner’. The video details how you can “enter any destination and see how Tesla can take you there.” Tesla details how its vehicles can easily help you manage your road trips, by planning out Supercharger destinations, plus with detailed route calculations based on how you […]
SpaceX Starlink may have an upcoming rival in Canada, as Telesat recently announced it had signed a $600 million CAD ($456 million USD) contract with the federal government for its low earth orbit satellite internet service. Earlier this week, the federal government announced the launch of its $1.7 billion Universal Broadband Fund, aimed at connecting […]
Tesla has launched a new Model Y 20″ Induction Wheel and Winter Tire Package, priced at $4,000 USD ($5,360 in Canada). According to Tesla, the package “provides maximum safety and grip when driving in wet or dry conditions and on icy or snow-covered roads.” “The winter package guarantees a high level of traction, stability, and […]
Tesla is currently exporting numerous Model 3 units to Europe and these newly refreshed cars may have new Panasonic battery cells, if an alleged screenshot in Germany proves true. According to speculation on the German TFF-Forums, one user shared an image of what claims to be the shipping papers for a new Model 3 headed […]
After Canada’s telecom industry regular approved SpaceX to operate its Starlink low earth orbit satellite internet in Canada last week, many started to check their email inboxes to see if beta invites would hit the great white north. Now, according to SpaceQ, the publication reports SpaceX will start sending out beta invites for Starlink to […]
Tesla Tequila launched last week and quickly sold out, and now we’re finding out the liquor has been in front of our eyes all along. Tesla showrooms with a picture of the company’s solar products have long had a bottle of Tesla Tequila hidden right in front of our eyes. But of course, eagle-eyed Tesla […]
Tesla today has announced it has extended the warranty on touchscreens for older Model S and Model X owners, related to component malfunction. “For customer peace of mind, we are providing additional coverage on some Model S and Model X vehicles built before March 2018 that are equipped with an 8GB embedded MultiMediaCard (“8GB eMMC”) […]
The Canadian government has announced a $350,000 CAD investment to build 70 new level 2 electric vehicle (EV) chargers in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario. “We are providing greener options for Canadians to get where they need to go. This is how we get to net zero by 2050,” said Seamus O’Regan Canada’s Minister of Natural […]
Tesla’s Giga Shanghai factory plans to produce roughly 550,000 cars in 2021, according to industry insiders speaking to Chinese website 36kr.com (via Reddit). According to an unnamed source, Tesla plans to produce 300,000 Model 3 and 250,000 Model Y units, with order requests apparently already sent to component suppliers. While Tesla’s Shanghai factory has a planned […]
Tesla updated its Model 3 recently, adding a plethora of new features, such as new heat pump, chrome delete, new center console, power trunk and more. While we’ve heard about these Model 3 refresh units getting exported to China, we now are seeing the first of these cars deliver in the United States. According to […]
Telse on Sunday morning celebrated a new milestone: reaching 20,000 Supercharger connectors and counting, worldwide. The company said, “20k Superchargers and counting,” then shared four pictures of charging locations around the globe. 20k Superchargers and counting pic.twitter.com/urudyt9Eui — Tesla (@Tesla) November 8, 2020 During Tesla’s recent Q3 earnings report on October 21, the company noted […]
If you’re leasing your Tesla, odds are you most likely need to keep track of your lease and how many miles or kilometres you’ve driven. An upcoming app for iOS called TesLease aims to make keeping track of your Tesla lease a breeze. TesLease uses Tesla’s API to automatically update itself with your vehicle’s lease […]
According to a video from @bentv_sh, an apparent Tesla Model Y has been spotted outside Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory. “On the morning of November 6, I was passing by the west gate of the factory on my way back to the original location after completing the ground recording of the west side of the factory, when […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2020.40.8.13 software update for Full Self-Driving beta testers. No word on what’s new but FSD beta testers such as James Locke received the update earlier this evening. Look what we have here! A new #FSDbeta software update inbound. 2020.40.8.13 pic.twitter.com/SwIzjc4Pyn — James Locke (@arctechinc) November 7, 2020 Tesla as […]
