Tesla

Twitter head Elon Musk is continuing to shift the social media company’s business plans since taking over, and he recently shared some of his thoughts on the platform. Musk spoke with Mario Nawfal, Marc Andreessen, Ian Miles Cheong, and others in a recent conversation shared on the Elon Alerts YouTube channel. A supercut of the […]

Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg is apparently looking to expand its production capacity by adding another shift, allowing for round-the-clock production. This would place the plant’s run rate in line with previous forecasts from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tesla plans to add a third shift at Gigafactory Berlin, bringing weekly Model Y production up to […]

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 has been ordered to upgrade one customer’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) hardware for free as Washington Judge Matthew A. Skau ruled that the automaker’s original claims amounted to “false advertising” (via electrek). The ruling came after plaintiff and Tesla owner Ian Jordan noted that the automaker said any hardware upgrades needed to run FSD would […]

Each holiday season, Tesla rolls out a special software update that usually includes fun special features and significant upgrades. This year’s holiday update has officially been spotted by one Tesla owner in Canada. Tesla’s holiday update is rolling out in Canada as software version 2022.44.25, as seen by @James Locke on Tuesday in his Model […]

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 […]

The Kilowatts shared a new video on Tuesday detailing an issue with Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) affecting mobile key access, which allows users to control who else has access to their car. As is, the bug would require the main owner of the Tesla to remember to revoke access to drivers who are done using […]

Tesla is planning to open its largest Supercharger station in Australia next month, planned to include 12 V3 charging stalls in Box Hill outside of Melbourne (via The Driven). The Supercharger station is expected to become operational just after New Year’s, and construction on the site has already begun, according to sources who spoke with […]

A new review of Tesla’s Model X Plaid surfaced on Sunday in a video from the YouTube channel Autogefühl. The in-depth review focuses on the luxury electric SUV’s exterior and interior, as well as how it feels when driving, looking at nearly every aspect of the vehicle from the user interface and cabin noise cancellation […]

Tesla has been approved by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to begin a “statewide market design pilot” for its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program, according to statements made by an official on LinkedIn on Sunday (via electrek). Arushi Sharma Frank, U.S. energy markets policy lead for Tesla, said that the pilot could now […]

Tesla appears to have brought out the big guns as it rushes to make its final deliveries in the last few weeks of the year. The automaker maker was recently spotted hauling a ridiculous number of electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe on a train. Twitter user @Luc Waterlot spotted a train loaded full of Model […]

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 […]

Tesla has hit the ground running in Thailand, racking up more than 5,000 Model 3 and Model Y orders within just three days of launching the two electric vehicles (EVs) in the country (via The Nation Thailand). The automaker touted the warm welcome it has received on its Thai website. According to executives at Tesla’s […]

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 […]