Tesla

According to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday, it has closed an investigation into a fatal Tesla crash from August of last year, reports Reuters. A 2019 Tesla Model 3 was being driven in Saratoga, California, using the car’s Autopilot feature. The driver did a manual override and pressed the accelerator while on Autopilot. […]

After surpassing 30,000 Superchargers worldwide last week, Tesla has officially reached another Supercharger milestone in the world’s largest auto market. Tesla has surpassed 8,000 Supercharger stalls across mainland China, according to a post shared on Tuesday by @42how_. The news comes three months to the day after Tesla surpassed 7,000 Supercharger stalls across China meaning […]

@Elon Musk said on Monday that Tesla is still waiting for permit approval for its upcoming Supercharger station in Santa Monica. The news came in response to one Tesla driver asking Musk for updates on Supercharger stations in LA, saying that he had to wait in a long line in Santa Monica each week. Tesla […]

As Tesla surpassed 30,000 Superchargers worldwide last week, the company has changed its per-minute billing model for Superchargers, based on how fast each charger charges the user’s vehicle. Tesla has changed its Supercharger pricing model from two charging speed tiers to four, according to a chart from Tesla as shared on Reddit. Tesla’s recently updated Supercharger […]

Elon Musk exercised options to buy 2,107,672 shares of Tesla at $6.24 each on Monday, then proceeded to sell 934,091 of them, to pay income tax obligations on the difference in prices from the exercise price and market value, reveal Form-4 filings with the SEC. Given the low price of Tesla’s stock at $980 on […]

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, for the amount of $162.2 million, reports Reuters. The issue at stake? According to JPMorgan’s lawsuit filed in Federal Court in Manhattan, the investment firm alleges Tesla breached a contract related to stock warrants, after CEO Elon Musk tweeted in 2018 there was “funding secured” […]

Image via @SawyerMerritt Tesla’s Semi trailer truck was spotted charging today while carrying a load at the automaker’s Gigafactory Nevada. According to @SawyerMerritt, “a source sent me a photo today of a Tesla Semi at the Giga Nevada production building offloading a trailer. The white Semi looks to be the latest prototype design. Tesla has been […]

Last month it was rumoured Tesla was set to open a temporary service location in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Now, it appears the address of the temporary location has been revealed. According to Kay Tee from the Tesla Owners Club Vancouver Island group on Facebook, an address showed up as 721 Pembroke Street in Victoria, […]

YouTube channel Wu Wa has shared an impressive video of Tesla vehicles in Shanghai being driven from Luchao Port, onto the ship Grand Dahlia Panama, as these vehicles get ready for export. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I72n_M-Q-64 In the video, we see Luchao Port full of hundreds of Tesla vehicles, which are driven to a loading lot on the […]

Canada’s AutoTrader has announced its 2022 automotive awards, and when it comes to green vehicles and tech innovation, Tesla didn’t make the cut. In the “Green Vehicles Under $50K CAD” category (about $40K USD), five finalists included the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (EV); Kia Soul (EV); Tesla Model 3 (EV), Toyota RAV4 Hybrid / RAV4 Prime […]

As Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta is rolling out to more users with high safety scores, other autonomous driving systems are offering similar services, including Alphabet’s Waymo – though it’s tough to say with any certainty which systems are superior without testing them out. A new video shared by CallasEV on Saturday tests Tesla’s Full […]

Tesla and SpaceX head Elon Musk has been known for his high-profile exchanges on Twitter, but in a recent spree, the mega-billionaire has seemingly resorted to a simpler set of messaging. @ElonMusk responded with a thumbs up to a Consumer Reports story shared back on February 4, which called the Tesla Model 3 and Model […]

After Tesla Model 3 and Model Y owners in the United States were surprised to find the lack of USB-C ports in their new vehicle deliveries, due to the ongoing chip shortage, the electric automaker confirmed they are also suffering the same problem in China. According to the South China Morning Post, Tesla confirmed to […]

Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, let’s take a look at all of the new Supercharger locations that went live across the world this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 8, 2021 No. 3, Lane 9, Qingnian Rd, Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 3 250 kW Tesla […]

Tesla Full Self-Driving beta tester and Canadian James Locke (@arctechnic) normally works and resides in Santa Clarita, California, but his latest video shows him testing FSD beta 10.4 back in Victoria on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Locke, the former President of the Vancouver Island Tesla Owners, shares a video of his Model 3 […]