Image: Lucid Motors Hagerty shared a stunning video on Thursday pitting the world’s quickest cars against each other in a drag race, featuring the Tesla Model S Plaid, the Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, the Lucid Air Sapphire, and as a bonus, a Ducati Panigale V4 SP2 motorcycle. The video’s host, Jason Cammisa, talks through the […]
Tesla today started rolling out its 2022.45.25 and 2022.45.25.1 holiday software update for 2022, introducing new features such as Apple Music, MyQ integration and more. But also new for Model S and Model X is Steam integration—finally. Tesla says “Steam brings thousands of games to new Model S & X vehicles,” and shared the following […]
Tesla’s Model 3 was the best-selling luxury sedan produced in China for wholesale vehicle sales from January to November, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association in a graphic shared by @Mathias Føns on Tuesday. During the 11-month period in China, Tesla sold 235,700 Model 3 units built at Gigafactory Shanghai, beating out […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid has added yet another notch to its belt this week, breaking the lap record for all vehicles — electric or otherwise — at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California (via InsideEVs). The Model S Plaid, modified by Unplugged Performance, posted a lap time of 1:13.51. It handily toppled the previous […]
Autogefühl‘s Thomas Majchrzak recently posted his in-depth review of the 2023 Tesla Model S Plaid — or as he calls it, the “hypercar from stock.” The first customer deliveries of the Model S/X Plaid in Germany were only just confirmed this week. Majchrzak, a journalist and car enthusiast from Germany, took the Model S Plaid […]
Tesla Model S/X Plaid units have started arriving in Germany, with the first Model X Plaid orders being delivered to customers in the country on Friday (via @Berlinergy). Model S/X Plaid arriving in 🇩🇪🤩-Trailer on Autobahn 8 (A8) near Pforzheim today Source TFF Forum -Model S Plaid tested on the Autobahn near Berlin Source https://t.co/viR6QwWH5E […]
Well now we’re seeing more reports of the new larger rear screen in the Tesla Model S and Model X for 2023. After seeing pictures of this larger rear screen in Europe and China, we’re now seeing it for the first time in Canada, thanks to Tesla North reader Sam, who just took delivery of […]
Image via Yan Chang Earlier this week it was reported the 2023 Tesla Model S and Model X was said to include a new larger rear display, as shared by a picture of a Model S in Europe. While it’s easy to assume all pictures on the internet are real, sometimes it’s worth taking things […]
Left: old Model S/X refresh rear display; Right: alleged 2023 Model S/X rear display Tesla appears to have upgraded the rear display on its 2023 Model S and Model X to a larger-looking display with thinner bezels. That’s according to an image shared by @JeffTutorials on Wednesday morning. “Tesla has updated the rear screen in […]
Tesla’s Model 3, Y and S units make up a market share of 26.33 percent of the electric vehicles (EVs) in Denmark, according to data shared by the Danish car imports trade association De Danske Bilimportører (via @Tesla Club Danmark). Out of a total of 105,379 EVs on Denmark’s roads, the data shows that Tesla’s […]
Tesla is ‘recalling’ roughly 80,000 vehicles in China due to seatbelt and software issues, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation in a statement on Friday (via The Wall Street Journal). The regulator said that a recall filing had been for Tesla’s vehicles, which is currently the second largest automaker in the country. The […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid is on display in the automaker’s exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum, featuring a vegan leather interior from designer Vicki von Holzhausen. This von Holzhausen vegan leather interior was used by auto-tuning company and electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts Unplugged Performance, first announced this summer. You can see the Model S Plaid […]
Tesla is set to debut a new exhibit at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20, 2022. The exhibit features early Tesla vehicle prototypes, early design insights, SpaceX, Tesla AI and Dojo, Hyperloop, Cybertruck, Tesla Bot and more. For a special preview of the entire exhibit, Tesla Raj has shared a nearly […]
The first known Tesla Model S Plaid with a tow hitch has gained its Certificate of Conformity (CoC) and registration papers in Europe, as spotted by @Tesla_Adri in the German forum TFF. One user in the forum shared pages one and two of the CoC, including specifications like the Model S Plaid’s length, wheelbase and […]
New data from Experian Automotive shows electric vehicle (EV) registrations rose 57% through September in the U.S., reports Automotive News. EV leader Tesla remained the leader of EV registrations, while also sitting atop the luxury car segment. But as other companies release more EVs, it has resulted in Tesla’s share dipping slightly by 2.8%. Tesla […]