Tesla

Tesla owners can expect to see a 2021 holiday software update “coming soon”, according to CEO Elon Musk. https://teslanorth.com/2020/12/25/tesla-holiday-software-update-2020-more-to-come-says-elon-musk/ The company releases a fun software update every holiday to debut new features. Last year saw the 2020.48.26 software update roll out on Christmas Day, introducing new games: The Battle of Polytopia, Cat Quest and Solitaire. […]

The New York Times today published a deep-dive into Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technologies after talking to a number of former employees who have worked on them over the last decade. The 19 former employees–speaking anonymously–interviewed by The New York Times all said Tesla has tried to push the development of both Autopilot […]

Although Tesla may have been able to gain as much as 40 percent of its investments on the construction of its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, the U.S. automaker did not want to wait for authorities to offer the incentive, according to one German minister. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told reporters on Monday that Tesla did not wait […]

  As Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg comes closer to fruition, European customers are getting excited at new features being alluded to in the company’s parts catalogue. Tesla has updated its Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) to include the first part for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg’s upcoming Model Y units, according to the company’s website (via @Tesla_Adri). The newest part […]

Electric vehicle ranges can significantly degrade just by sitting in cold temperatures, and Tesla is not immune to physics, as detailed at a recent conference by a Russian minister. Russia’s Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov said his Tesla Model X 100D doesn’t keep to the range it claims it has due to the cold […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had its run-ins with Tesla CEO Elon Musk before, but now a new report shows that the regulatory agency is officially probing the automaker over its solar division. The SEC has opened a formal investigation into Tesla, after a whistleblower reported that the company did not adequately […]

Let’s take a look at all of the new Supercharger sites that have opened up all over the world this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 30, 2021 Olstavägen 45, Åsarna, Sweden 8 250 kW Tesla Dec. 1, 2021 The Bigstore Gallery […]

Did you place an order for Tesla’s $50 Cyberwhistle that debuted last week? The Cybertruck-inspired Cyberwhistle sold out shortly after its debut, as numerous Tesla fans snapped up the “premium collectible made from medical-grade stainless steel with a polished finish.” Now, we’re seeing the first orders of the Tesla Cyberwhistle reach customers, along with an […]

After debuting its AMD Ryzen chips for the Model Y Performance in China, it now appears Tesla vehicles in Europe will also be getting the CPU and GPU upgrades as well. Tesla first debuted AMD Ryzen chips in its Model S and Model X refresh vehicles, forgoing traditional chips from Intel. Teardowns revealed AMD Ryzen […]

On Saturday evening, Tesla started to roll out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.6 to external testers, that came with the company’s 2021.36.8.9 software update. Shortly afterwards, we saw the first drives of FSD beta 10.6 hit YouTube. James Locke based in Santa Clarita, California, drives the same test routes with every new version of […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been invited to speak about ‘Tech’s New Frontier’ and the future of his companies at the publication’s year-end CEO Council Summit, slated for December 6-7, 2021, in Washington D.C. “Tesla has redefined the market for electric vehicles while SpaceX is looking to transform […]

According to a recent post from Reddit user daekwan, Tesla is now delivering the 2022 Model Y Performance with Michelin Pilot All Season 4 tires instead of the Pirelli P-Zero tires the all-electric CUV used to come with. The news comes after Tesla repeatedly hiked the price of the Model Y Performance in the U.S. […]

Looks like Elon Musk sold more than just Tesla stock this week. According to Mansion Global, the billionaire CEO has officially closed on his last remaining property, a luxurious 16,000-square-foot mansion in California’s Silicon Valley. The property, located in Hillsborough, California, just south of San Francisco, sold for $30 million USD. According to the California […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.8.9 software update, as noted by @Teslascope, detected on a Model Y Long Range in California in the United States. This Model Y was previously running 2021.36.8.8, released back on November 22, that debuted Full Self-Driving beta 10.5. With tonight’s release of 2021.36.8.9, it brings Full Self-Driving beta 10.6. […]

According to the latest Tesla iOS app update, version 4.3.1, assets within the app code has revealed it will soon let you share your car with others, right from the app itself. The discovery was made by @Tesla_App_iOS, which details the assets of every single app update. App code contains lines that read, “share_vehicle_add_driver_success_description”, for […]