Tesla in February fired John Bernal, a former employee on the company’s Autopilot team and the YouTuber behind AI Addict, a channel dedicated to reviewing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta on public roads — reports CNBC. Bernal started working for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company as a data annotation specialist in August 2020 in an office in […]
Update: Click here to watch the full video of this EV record lap in the Model S Plaid. Carmine’s Import Service was at the Virginia International Raceway Grand Course on Tuesday with its Tesla Model S Plaid, which set a new electric vehicle lap record, while on stock tires. According to Carmine’s Import Service, they […]
According to developer @greentheonly, a Tesla Model Y Standard Range Plus is coming from the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, according to software code. A deep dive into Tesla’s 2022.8.2 software update by @greentheonly reveals a Texas-made Model Y Standard Range Plus, dated for the first quarter of 2022. “I guess that would be the […]
Tesla has suspended production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai for two days amid China’s largest COVID-19 outbreak in two years — reports Reuters. The news comes from a notice Tesla sent out to employees and suppliers, which was seen by the publication, informing them that production would be halted for Wednesday and Thursday. Gigafactory Shanghai produces […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.8.2 software update and now release notes are available. Software version 2022.8.2 was just detected on a Tesla Model S 100D in Kärnten Austria on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/toVziqb2Xl — TeslaFi (@teslafi) March 15, 2022 According to the details from developer @greentheonly, 2022.8.2 release notes indicate… Estimated […]
Europe is set to get the first Model 3 and Model Y deliveries without radar starting in the second quarter of this year (via @tesla_adri). The news comes from a new approval (V22) that was granted to Tesla in February. The approval also lists several other changes being made to the Model 3 and Model Y […]
Image: Tesla North A new update for the Tesla app (version 4.7.0 on iOS) started rolling out late Monday evening and brings a new auto seat heating feature, along with several improvements for Tesla Powerwall owners (via @AlexGuichet). Hey @Tesla #Powerwall owners, fun new app update for you. Big updates to Storm Watch and Energy […]
According to German business newspaper Handelsblatt, local politicians and officials expect Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be in attendance for the first customer deliveries out of the company’s $5 billion Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory (via Yahoo Finance). Tesla has scheduled a delivery day event for March 22 at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. “I expect that Elon Musk will be […]
Tesla has increased its prices yet again, for the second time in a week. The new round of price increases affects the entire lineup, including the Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y, showing in the U.S., Canada, Australia and China. Check out the U.S. price increases below for the entry versions of […]
Tesla unveiled the Model Y, on March 14, 2019, touting it as the “safest mid-size SUV in the world”. Today, the all-electric crossover celebrates its third birthday. Watch Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 2019 unveiling of the Model Y in the video below: At launch, Tesla announced three trims for the Model Y: Long Range RWD, […]
Elon Musk with Marty Walsh; Image credit: Axios The White House administration is starting to seek deeper ties with Tesla, it appears. According to Axios, Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave Labor Secretary Marty Walsh a tour of the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. The meeting took place during the South by Southwest (SXSW) […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4.5.15 software update, which includes Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.11 to early beta testers, according to @BLKMDL3. Hello FSDbeta 10.11 😍 pic.twitter.com/UDbPvkp4SJ — Zack (@BLKMDL3) March 14, 2022 Yesterday, we saw FSD beta 10.11 release notes hit the web, detailing some major changes for the early test software. Tesla […]
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says Tesla could pass inflation costs off to the customer, with expectations that the automaker will raise their prices within the next two weeks, according to Yahoo Finance. In a statement on Yahoo Finance Live, Ives said, “I think they will announce in the next two weeks probably another price increase. […]
In one of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s stranger politically-related encounters on Twitter, the billionaire has reached out to the Kremlin about a potential solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to single combat on Monday, wagering that the stakes of the fight are Ukraine. In a tweet using Russian […]
Let’s take a look at a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing March 8, 2022 26415 Indian Trail Dr, Punta Gorda, FL, USA 8 250 kW Unavailable March […]
