Tesla

Tesla owners with Premium Connectivity recently reported resolution issues with the native YouTube app, defaulting to 360p video quality with no option to change it back to full HD. Scott Maple of the YouTube channel Kropserkel ‘Prop Culture’ shared a new video last week, showing a quick fix for videos showing up in 360p, a […]

Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that went online across the globe between January 25 and February 5, 2023, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing January 25, 2023 The Restaurant Row at 11604 Amargosa Rd, Victorville, CA, USA 16 […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a Saturday tweet that the company’s long-anticipated Cybertruck will definitely have a red taillight bar. “Production will have red light bar,” Musk said, responding to an inquiry about the taillight from @teslaownersSV. Production will have red light bar — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2023 The Tesla CEO’s remarks came […]

Back in October 2021, Tesla’s mobile app code leaked new paint colors were coming from the company’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. The colors ‘Deep Crimson Multicoat’ and ‘Mercury Silver Metallic’ have turned to reality as Midnight Cherry Red and Quicksilver for the Model Y for customers in Europe and the Middle East, made from the […]

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said in a recent interview with the BBC that buying measles vaccines would be a better use of fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s money than trying to colonize Mars (via CNBC). When asked if he believed the Tesla CEO counts as a philanthropist, Gates said he didn’t think so — but […]

A nine-person jury in Northern California on Friday found Elon Musk not guilty of fraud in a trial over his 2018 tweets about having “funding secured” to take Tesla private (via NBC News). The Tesla CEO was being sued for allegedly costing shareholders millions of dollars due to the share price fluctuations that came after his […]

Tesla has tweaked its prices yet again in the United States for the Model Y and Model 3. According to changes spotted by @Tslachan, the Model Y has increased in price as expected after all trims today now qualify for the federal tax incentive of $7,500. Previously, only the 7-seater Model Y was eligible but […]

Tesla has dropped the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y in South Korea for the second consecutive month, with these vehicles now qualifying for the country’s subsidies for electric vehicles. The nation’s subsidies are 2.6 million won (about $2,120 USD), while local government subsidies have yet to be announced. Thusly, the following price […]

Tesla appears to be opening a new 97,440-square-foot office in Palo Alto, California that could be related to initiatives to beef up its software and AI engineer recruiting, according to a report from Nikkei. The publication recently spotted a small Tesla sign at 3000 Hanover St. and is located in the Standford University Research Park. […]

Tesla’s sales of electric vehicles (EVs) from its Gigafactory Shanghai increased by a fair margin last month, just as the company plans to begin upping production output at the plant. Tesla sold 66,051 units built at Giga Shanghai in January, representing an 18 percent increase from December’s 55,796 units, according to data from the China […]

The Tesla Model 3 was Australia’s third-best-selling vehicle in Australia in January, even amidst the best overall market in five years, according to the Australian Financial Review. Australia’s Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) showed overall auto sales at their strongest since January 2018, with sales up 11.9 percent for a total of 84,873 sold. […]

Tesla’s vehicles are hitting the ground running in Germany, with sales growing steeply since its opening of Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg last year. In January, Tesla’s vehicle registrations made up 2.4 percent of all new registrations, according to the local motor regulator the KBA (via Reuters). Tesla’s vehicle registrations jumped by a whopping 912.2 percent year over […]

The U.S. Treasury Department has adjusted how it categorizes vehicles subject to price caps for the Inflation Reduction Act’s electric vehicle (EV) tax credit. The Treasury plans to use consumer-facing EPA Fuel Economy Labeling to distinguish between sedans, SUVs, pickups and vans, rather than using the corporate average fuel economy standards, according to Automotive News. […]

Tesla’s Cybertruck is slated to start production in mid-2023 this year, ahead of first deliveries slated for later this year. Now, another Cybertruck prototype has been spotted in the wild, in Palo Alto, California. That’s according to an image shared by ‘ftronz’ on Instagram yesterday. We see a Cybertruck with its tonneau cover open, driving […]

Tesla has changed its U.S. estimated delivery times for its Model Y crossover on Wednesday, as spotted by @Tslachan. Now, Tesla’s 5-seater Model Y units are showing estimated delivery from March to May, previously showing a range of February to March. The 7-seater Model Y has changed to estimated deliveries taking place from April to […]