Image via Sharon B.; Times of Israel Israel has more than doubled the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on its roads, from 4,500 in 2020 to over 9,000 registered this year — reports The Times of Israel. However, owners of battery-electric cars in the country are facing a rather unique problem: there’s nowhere to charge their […]
Rivian announced on Monday more details about its R1S electric SUV, announcing it had its first deliveries last week—but to the company’s CEO and CFO, not customers. “We made our first R1S deliveries last week from our factory in Normal, IL to RJ and our CFO Claire,” said Rivian. “We’re working towards ramping production over […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday evening he will be paying over $11 billion in taxes this year. For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2021 The world’s richest person previously shot back at Senator Elizabeth Warren’s criticism of “freeloading off everyone […]
Western Los Angeles, California, will soon be getting a massive new Supercharger at the recently refurbished Trident Center located at 11355 W Olympic Blvd (via @MarcoRPTesla). The new installation is going to host 16 V3 Superchargers capable of delivering up to 250 kW of power output per car, along with 44 level 2 Tesla High […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.44.5.5 software update, according to @Teslascope. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.44.5.5 on a Model Y AWD LR (2021) in California, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/DnR0T3XOfs — Teslascope (@teslascope) December 19, 2021 So far, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in the […]
Image credit: @darenyoong Tesla looks very close to opening its new showroom in Singapore, at the Millenia Walk shopping centre. According to Tesla Owners Singapore (@TeslaOwnersSG), this new store is expected to be open “within weeks”. Currently, the store’s frontage says “opening soon”, with a QR code showing asking people to “scan to schedule a […]
Earlier this week, Tesla launched sales of the Giga Texas Belt Buckle, an accessory the company first teased back in October. The Giga Texas Belt Buckle costs $150 USD each and quickly sold out. But the first orders have already been delivered, as shown by u/rammsteinmatt on Reddit, noting their belt buckle delivered on Friday. Others on […]
While TIME Magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk the ‘Person of the Year’ and Newsweek is calling him one of ‘America’s Greatest Disruptors,’ one Massachusetts Senator insists that he is actually a “freeloading billionaire” who skimps on his taxes. Following her recent spat with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over taxes on Twitter, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren […]
On December 1, Tesla launched the Radio Flyer-made Cyberquad for Kids with an estimated shipping date of 2-4 weeks. A little over a fortnight after launch, customers who were lucky enough to snag one before they were sold out have started receiving their mini Cyberquads, even though Tesla said orders were not guaranteed to arrive before […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced the company’s 2021 holiday software update and Full Self-Driving 10.8 beta are both “probably” coming on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Both Sega and Tesla recently announced the first Sonic the Hedgehog game will make its way into Tesla Arcade. This addition might be part of the upcoming holiday update […]
Tesla’s Model S and Model X refresh are advertised to include wireless gaming, as the system’s AMD Ryzen chips can offer “up to 10 teraflops of processing power,” which the company says “enables in-car gaming on-par with today’s newest consoles,” and support for wireless controllers. That’s Sony PS5-level performance, Tesla has previously said, as seen […]
Tesla is again offering free Supercharging at select Supercharger locations for the holidays, in an attempt to alleviate pressure and line ups at its charging network. “Avoid the rush this holiday season and charge for free during off‑peak hours at Superchargers along select travel routes in the United States,” explains Tesla. The free charging will […]
Images shared to Twitter by Tesla enthusiast Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer) give us our first up-close view of some of the battery cell production equipment Tesla will be using at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Giga Texas Battery Cell Close Images … I see there is a lot of interest in these images … here are […]
Tesla’s recently-launched insurance service began in California, then expanded to Texas, and it has now officially launched in a third state. Tesla Insurance is now available in Illinois according to @SawyerMerritt. The insurance program from Tesla uses real-time driving data to create its rates, rather than traditional insurance formulas and the number of accidents and […]
Tesla has opened its latest Supercharger in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, in Canada. The newest Supercharger in Surrey located at 15615 104 Ave, at the Guildford Village Shopping Centre is now open, located at the underground parking lot at the Save-On-Foods grocery store. There are 12 V3 stalls capable of up to 250 kW charging […]
