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Sandy Munro continues to teardown Tesla’s Model S Plaid sedan, and the latest video shows us a closer look at the car’s thermal system, including heat pump and more. We also get to see Munro and his team remove the 12V lithium-ion battery from the Model S Plaid, that fits into the palm of your […]

Tesla sold a whopping 15,054 all-electric Model 3 sedans in Australia in 2021, topping electric vehicle (EV) sales in the country by a huge margin and outselling automotive market leader Toyota’s Camry (13,081 units) in the region’s medium-sized sedan market — reports The Driven. The data comes from the Australian Electric Vehicle Council (EVC), which […]

The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling battery electric vehicle (BEV) in Europe for 2021, and also broke into the top 20 best-selling cars overall, according to data from JATO Dynamics covering 28 European markets (via InsideEVs). A total of 141,429 Tesla Model 3 vehicles were registered in Europe during the year (up 64% year-over-year), putting […]

Image via @Teslascope Last December, developer @greentheonly added the latest 2022 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles would also ship with a heater wiper blade area, adding further details to a European regulatory document, spotted on the TFF forums. Fast forward to earlier this month, @TeslaOwnersofMA shared a picture depicting a heater wiper blade […]

U.S. President Joe Biden continues to refrain from acknowledging Tesla’s contributions and efforts in the electric vehicle (EV) space. Not only does Biden’s Build Back Better plan lock Tesla out of the full $12,500 USD in tax credit offered for EV purchases, but the White House earlier this week also failed to invite CEO Elon […]

Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta tester oisiaa has shared his latest video, demonstrating how FSD beta 10.9 successfully drove him from a residential neighborhood to the emergency room at a nearby hospital with zero interventions on his part. While there were a couple of instances that felt uncomfortable to the beta tester with respect to […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Senior Key Executive Andrew Baglino confirmed during the company’s Q4 2021 earnings call on Wednesday that we could eventually see a heat pump solution from Tesla for residential HVAC systems, heating, and hot water. When asked if and how Tesla’s advancements in automotive HVAC and heat pump technology could be […]

Tesla has updated its mobile app to version 4.5.1 on Friday, launching a new Charge Stats section. Inside the section, you’ll see your Charge Stats for the last 31 days, showing total charged and total spent. You’ll see a chart showing your daily charging, and whether you were charging at home, Superchargers or other. You […]

Earlier this month, 19-year-old David Colombo (@david_colombo_) revealed he was able to hack into and gain “remote control” over 25+ Tesla cars in 13 countries without the owners’ consent or knowledge using a security vulnerability he discovered. Now that the pertinent authorities have been informed and the security flaws he discovered have largely been patched, […]

According to a recent tweet from Tesla owner and software data miner @greentheonly, Tesla has added new fault codes in its latest firmware versions to warn users when a “pyro fuse has reached life expectancy.” Tesla is adding a "pyro fuse has reached life expectancy" fault codes in latest firmwares because pyro fuses in model […]

Some Tesla Model 3 and Model Y owners with heat pumps in area of extreme cold have been dealing with climate control problems and no heat. Earlier this month, Transport Canada said the problem had sparked numerous complaints by Canadians regarding the issue, which results in no heat during cold weather. At the time, the […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company “Tesla will support [Full Self-Driving] licensing by other manufacturers.” The Tesla leader was responding to a Twitter discussion about FSD and how it could become one of the biggest disruptions in history. “Given how hard insanely FSD is, I think it may take 5 years or […]

Tesla has added a new seat supplier for its Model 3 and Y vehicles, with premium seats coming from Germany-based Brose, according to developer @greentheonly. These new premium seats are in addition to the in-house Tesla seats and also Shanghai-based Yanfeng seats the automaker was using for made-in-China vehicles. According to @greentheonly, “this is a […]

Tesla’s “Don’t Mess with Tesla” belt buckle screams the Texas spirit, and now it can do so even for customers in Europe. The “Don’t Mess with Tesla” belt buckle is now available for customers in Europe, available at a price of 70 euros, according to Tesla’s online store as spotted by @Tesla_Adri. The belt buckle […]

As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to increase in popularity around the world, New Zealand‘s auto market is seeing increased sales of the Tesla Model 3 amidst a new subsidy for zero-emission and low-emission vehicles. Registrations of the Tesla Model 3 have surpassed those of the Nissan Leaf in New Zealand, according to The Driven. The […]