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Man Claims His Tesla App Let Him Drive Someone Else’s Car

Tesla’s mobile app apparently let an immigration consultant from Canada get into and drive someone else’s vehicle, according to a report from Global News. Vancouver, B.C., resident Rajesh Randev claims the Tesla app on his phone gave him access to and let him drive a Tesla that wasn’t his. Tesla owners can use the mobile app […]

Tesla Model Y Keeps Surging in Overall Car Sales in Germany

Tesla’s all-electric Model Y crossover was the fourth best-selling car in Germany across all powertrains between January and February 2023, according to data aggregated by Roland Pircher (@piloly). After the first 2 months, the @Tesla Model Y is the 4th best-selling car in #Germany. 🇩🇪 The growth rate is 324% year-over-year while many others are […]

You Can Now Buy a Tesla Powerwall without Solar Products Again

Tesla updated its U.S. website on Friday to add standalone Powerwall sales without the requirement of a solar panel or solar roof product. Back in April 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced, “Tesla Solar Panels & Solar Roof will only be sold as an integrated product *with* Tesla Powerwall battery.” Last fall, Musk provided an […]

Watch Tesla FSD Beta Conquer Willow Springs Racetrack [VIDEO]

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta has been the subject of many headlines in the past few years, but will it eventually bring about an era of autonomous car racing? Motortrend took the Streets of Willow Springs racetrack in Southern California to find out, letting a Tesla Model 3 run with the FSD beta system activated. […]

Roundup: First Drives with Tesla FSD Beta 11.3.1 [VIDEOS]

A number of new videos have surfaced this week showing off Tesla’s newly released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 11.3.1 after it began rolling out to anyone just days ago, so we rounded a few of our favorites up for your viewing pleasure. The FSD beta version 11.3 that began rolling out about three weeks […]

Tesla Cybertruck Dimensions Revealed: Smaller than F-150 Raptor [VIDEO]

Tesla and Cybertruck enthusiast @Matthew Donegan-Ryan has charted the dimensions of a pre-production beta Cybertruck, as revealed by executives during a recent meet and greet at the automaker’s Investor Day. Donegan-Ryan also points out that he expects Tesla to make changes to this design for the production version, since the company is rarely “pencils down,” […]

Tesla Cybertruck Likely to Be ‘Cult Car’, Says Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating on Tesla’s stock and a $220 price target this week, ahead of the company’s Cybertruck entering production this summer. Analysts at the firm think the Cybertruck could develop a more cult-like following rather than being a huge financial success, even calling it a “side-show” to the current Tesla success […]

Tesla Price Cuts Showing Signs of Success vs Automakers: Report

Tesla’s sweeping price reductions in mid-January have sparked what many are calling a price war, due to the automaker’s new pricing undercutting other companies and potentially wooing customers. Some analysts say the price war, still in its early stages, is showing signs of an early lead from Tesla as the company puts pressure on electric […]

Watch: Tesla Explains its Data and Privacy Practices in New Video

@Tesla Europe shared a few notes about its data and privacy practices on Thursday, noting that the data generated by your driving is not inherently linked to the driver, unless a specific safety event is detected. The company pointed to its privacy web page, later in the thread explaining that users can see their car’s […]

Tesla Model Y in China Gets Pure Vision Autopilot, Ultrasonic Sensors Removed

Tesla has introduced its Pure Vision camera-based Autopilot in China, as spotted by @Tslachan on Wednesday in an announcement from the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Four configurations of the Model Y have been filed for an information change, shifting away from Tesla’s builds with Ultrasonic Sensors (USS) to the camera-based system with […]