A leaked email from Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company has a chance at surpassing the production of half a million cars for 2020. According to the email seen by Tesmanian, Musk said, “It will be tough, but super exciting if we can exceed half a million cars made in a single year for […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provided more details on the first vehicle to use the company’s new 4680 battery cells, revealed at its recent Battery Day event. Responding to @WholeMarsBlog, Musk said, “Berlin will use 4680 cell with structural battery pack [and] front [and] rear single piece castings. Also, a new paint system.” Essentially, new […]
Tesla rolled out its much-anticipated multi-factor authentication (MFA) yesterday, adding another layer of security to customer accounts. If you are new to MFA and want to learn how to set up your Tesla account, the following video tutorial from YouTube channel ‘Tesla In The Gong’ holds your hand every single step of the way, using […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2020.40.3 software update to select owners. As for what’s new in this 2020.40.3 software update? According to one Model 3 owner in Ontario, Canada, it contains the same release notes as 2020.40. That’s my car, from Ontario. It had the exact release note as from 2020.40 — Kit (@monkeykitt) […]
After SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink satellites this morning, CEO Elon Musk confirmed once this batch makes its way to their positions, the public beta for Starlink internet will finally be able to launch. “Once these satellites reach their target position, we will be able to roll out a fairly wide public beta in northern […]
Tesla has started to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) into owner accounts online. When you log into your Tesla account, when you click on Account and scroll down below the Password section, Multi-factor Authentication is now showing. The option reads, “add an additional layer of security to your account.” When you tap Manage, you’re forwarded to […]
Tesla cameras will soon get a highly-requested feature: bird’s eye view. This is according to CEO Elon Musk on Friday evening. Responding to a customer’s request for bird’s eye view, Musk replied, “Vector-space bird’s eye view coming with [Full Self-Driving].” Vector-space bird’s eye view coming with FSD — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2020 Bird’s […]
Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y have selfie cameras built into the cabin, located above the rearview mirror mount. Back in April, Tesla hackers were able to share the view of just what this camera can see and its angle of view. Why is this selfie camera there? Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter […]
Tesla recently offered an in-app purchase acceleration boost for the Model Y, bringing the feature to its latest compact SUV (it is also available on Model 3). For a cool $2,000 USD, you can tap a few buttons and instantly make your Tesla Model Y faster by half a second. Is it worth it? A […]
Tesla opened new Superchargers this week in Florida, Colorado and California, again extending the reach of its charging network, as noted by Supercharge.info. Fort Pierce, Florida In Florida, a new Supercharger opened in Fort Pierce at the Wawa convenience store, located at 5575 Okeechobee Road. There are 8 stalls here being the latest V3 chargers, capable […]
Tesla has announced its Q3 2020 vehicle production and deliveries the morning, with 145,036 produced and 139,300 delivered. The breakdown is as follows: Model S/X Production: 16,992 Deliveries: 15,200 Model 3/Y Production: 128,044 Deliveries: 124,100 Tesla’s record deliveries of 139,300 beats its previous record of 112,000 vehicles in Q4 2019. In the year-ago quarter, Tesla […]
Back in December 2019, LEGO fan ‘BrickinNick’ submitted a Tesla Cybertruck idea to LEGO Ideas, the community forum where members can share ideas for possible new set builds. Fast forward to September, and LEGO has announced the results of reviewing the project, which reached 10,000 supporters. Sadly, LEGO says they will not be pursuing a […]
Weddle & Sons Roofing has shared an informative video detailing the first Tesla Solar Roof install in Kansas. The company is the first certified Tesla Solar Roof installers in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri. The nearly 6-minute video details the install which is pretty interesting to see, while drone footage shows before and after of […]
Tesla started rolling out two software updates today, 2020.40.0.1 in the morning and later a 2020.40.0.4 update in the evening. The first update added Speed Assist for highways to detect speed limit signs in the United States, along with a Priority Bluetooth Device feature, plus a Glovebox PIN. The second 2020.40.0.4 update added a Mobile […]
After releasing Tesla software update 2020.40.0.1 earlier this morning, the company has already started to push out 2020.40.0.4 to a small number of vehicles. What’s new in Tesla’s 2020.40.0.4 software update? It adds the following features to the previous 2020.40.0.1 update, which you can read in the release notes below (via Teslascope): Mobile App – […]
