Tesla

Late Sunday evening, Elon Musk said in a tweet that the Tesla Model S Plaid will “probably” arrive in China “around March” of next year. The Tesla CEO was responding to a tweet from @JayinShanghai, who inquired when the Model S Plaid would be available in China after Musk raved about how “sickkkk” the all-electric […]

On Friday, Tesla filed for final approval of five of the production facilities at its under-development Gigafactory in Austin, TX, with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and the Texas Appraisal Review Board (ARB) — via @SawyerMerritt. The filings disclose exact construction start and completion dates for each of the production sites, along with […]

According to Reddit user timdorr, Tesla has put at least 2,000 Model S units on a nationwide delivery hold as of Sunday, November 14, awaiting a mandatory firmware update that needs to be completed before they can be handed over to customers. The hold affects both the Model S Long Range, and the Model S […]

A Tesla employee has reportedly confirmed that a new Tesla software update (version 2021.36.8.7) that was spotted rolling out late Saturday evening is indeed Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.5. The update is being pushed to employee-owned vehicles for final checks before a full public release (via @teslascope). Provided that last-minute checks go well and we […]

According to Reddit user u/110110, the recently released update for the Tesla mobile app, version 4.3, adds a lot of additional delivery information for ordered vehicles that was previously only available on customers’ Tesla.com accounts (via @terjeholden). What’s more, the update also lets customers complete pre-delivery tasks such as adding insurance information and making the final payment […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Charging Chats puts Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.4 through the paces of a typical U.S. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) road test for student drivers, with a driving instructor from the Courtesy Driving School in Michigan in the passenger seat (via InsideEVs). The road test included navigating a parking […]

According to a Friday tweet from Karen Baumer (@phibetakitten), who owns both a Model 3 and a Model S, Tesla’s cabin User Interface (UI) has gained a pretty handy new feature: the ability to display exactly which stalls at a Supercharger site are currently ‘out of order’. https://twitter.com/phibetakitten/status/1461824835047153666 Prior to the change, the UI simply […]

Tesla has released its 2021.40.6 software update on Thursday evening, as noted by the @Teslascope service, detected on a 2021 Model S Plaid in Kentucky, United States. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.40.6 on a Model S Plaid (2021) in Kentucky, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/ZmjaaN2gtr — Teslascope […]

Update Nov. 19, 2021, 6:26pm: everything is back online now: Should be coming back online now. Looks like we may have accidentally increased verbosity of network traffic. Apologies, we will take measures to ensure this doesn’t happen again. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2021 Can’t connect to your Tesla via the mobile app? You’re […]

According to a tweet from the official Twitter account of Tesla’s Supercharging team (@TeslaCharging), the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s first Supercharger site in Alaska is now online. Supercharging goes to Alaska New Tesla Supercharger: Soldotna, AK (4 stalls) https://t.co/PKX4aoe0lM pic.twitter.com/WTadfeTlsK — Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) November 19, 2021 Tesla is rapidly expanding its Supercharger network across […]

Jessica Barraza, 38, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Tesla, alleging “nightmarish” conditions of unchecked inappropriate behavior from coworkers at the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s factory in Fremont, California — reports Reuters. Barraza, who works night shifts at the Fremont factory as a production associate, says she endured “near-daily” catcalls and inappropriate touching during […]

Some analysts have emphasized how much of the market share Tesla may own within five years, though a new report shows that Tesla drivers may not find the cars as reliable as one would think. Consumer Reports (CR) shared a report on Thursday focusing on Auto Reliability in 2021, and in the report, the publication […]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill on Friday, and while the legislation increases tax credits for buyers of certain zero-emission vehicle companies, it leaves out support for the largest one – California-based Tesla. A new video from HyperChange shared on Thursday shows the host, Gali, explaining why he […]

A new video shared by CNN‘s Transportation Editor Michael Ballaban shows him testing out a Tesla Model 3 with Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta engaged on the streets of New York. It appears the vehicle was lent to CNN from an owner who had qualified for FSD beta. The video shows a series of apparent missteps […]

Tesla has unveiled new gift cards in its online shop for its US Tesla Shop on Friday (via @SawyerMerritt). “Give the gift of Tesla all year long. Add a personalized message to your digital Tesla Gift Card for any occasion and share the transition to a sustainable future with family and friends. Tesla Gift Cards […]