Tesla

Tesla has updated its Supercharger map for 2022, now outlining new locations coming soon in the United States, Canada and beyond, as spotted by @MarcoRPTesla on Wednesday. If you navigate over to this page on Tesla’s website, you can see “coming soon” locations that have either been removed or added, compared to yesterday. Tesla’s Supercharger […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.44.30.12 software update on Wednesday evening, as noted by @Teslascope. The update was detected on a Model Y Long Range in Alberta, Canada. According to KKVR (@kkvr2823), their Model Y looks to be the vehicle that received this update. According to 2021.44.30.12 release notes shared by KKVR below, they […]

Image via u/dappermarketer on Reddit While President Joe Biden has yet to mention Tesla by name, the White House has acknowledged Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. According to Bloomberg, an unnamed person “familiar with the president’s thinking” says the reason Biden hasn’t mentioned Tesla, but only the likes of GM and Ford, is because unions […]

Following Transport Canada’s move to open an active defect investigation into HVAC systems in some of Tesla’s vehicles late last month, the automaker has apparently opened communication with the agency. Tesla’s “communication is ongoing” with Transport Canada after the government agency opened a defect investigation into Model 3 and Y unit HVAC systems last month, according […]

Reports of Tesla’s vehicles unexpectedly braking have been way up in the past few months, as shown in data collected from a U.S. regulator. Tesla drivers have been reporting phantom braking at increasing rates, according to a report from The Washington Post analyzing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints. The analysis looks at complaints […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private was “entirely truthful,” amidst claims that the statement was a fraud, reveals new court filings, reports Bloomberg. In a court filing on Tuesday, Musk’s lawyers said that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund agreed to support plans to take the automaker private. Musk’s tweet […]

Earlier this month, Japanese parts supplier Panasonic announced plans to begin producing Tesla’s 4680 cells in 2023, and a new update confirms that the company will deliver batteries to Tesla first. Panasonic says it plans to prioritize Tesla in the supply of 4680 battery cells, once the company is “actually able to deliver” the technology, […]

SpaceX launched Starlink Premium on Monday evening, which it says offers “more than double the antenna capability of Starlink, delivering faster internet speeds and higher throughput for the highest demand users, including businesses.” Starlink Premium is available to order now to reserve, with deliveries beginning in Q2 2022. This is twice the area of our […]

Tesla’s online shop made some changes to vehicles accessories on late Monday evening. The company removed its standalone $90 glass roof and $75 rear sunshades for the Model 3, and instead launched a combo of both for $160 USD. The new Model 3 Glass Roof Sunshades combo is “constructed of lightweight mesh fabric with a collapsible rigid […]

Last week, Tesla North reported on a Change.org petition urging U.S. President Joe Biden to “acknowledge Tesla’s EV leadership.” In the three days since, the petition has surpassed 40,000 signatures. After the White House failed to invite Tesla CEO Elon Musk to a meeting with auto industry CEOs and other business leaders last week, a petition […]

Back in December, Tesla shared the results of its Model 3 police car pilot in the United Kingdom, and now it’s still ongoing. The Model 3 Performance is set to hit West of Hampshire this week, said the Hampshire Roads Policing Unit on Monday. “Look out for the new marked demonstrator Tesla Performance Model 3 […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provided yet another update on the release schedule of Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta for Canada. According to Musk on Tuesday afternoon, February is the month FSD beta will roll out in Canada. This would be the first expansion of FSD beta outside of the United States, which currently about 60,000 […]

Following Tesla’s plans to discontinue the five and seven-seat variants of the Model X Plaid last month, the company is apparently upgrading some customers of the five-seat variant for free. Tesla is upgrading Model X Plaid customers from the five-seat configuration to the six-seat configuration for free, according to a tweet on Monday from buyer […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.40.30.15 software update, as detected by @Teslascope. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.44.30.15 on a Model Y AWD LR (2021) in California, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/2Z03tdx3JS — Teslascope (@teslascope) February 1, 2022 This software update will remove the ‘rolling stop’ feature […]

After Tesla updates were discovered for an upcoming “seat abuse” warning feature sparked interest across the internet, the hacker that discovered them has shared specifics about the metrics for the feature. Due to popular demand, @greentheonly found and shared metrics on Monday for Tesla’s upcoming seat abuse controls, including how they’ll be activated on the […]