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Image via Reddit Tesla has dropped the price of its Full Self-Driving hardware upgrade from $1,500 USD down to $1,000 USD. The upgrade is required for customers seeking to purchase a Full Self-Driving subscription, as the company’s 3.0 hardware is required. FSD subscriptions start at $199 USD per month and currently are only available in […]

When trying to decide which electric vehicle (EV) is best to buy, it can be a little intimidating knowing where to start, especially as legacy automakers like Ford join Tesla to offer the increasingly popular product. In a comparison test between the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Tesla Model Y from Autotrader, the Canadian publication […]

Earlier this year, Tesla stated that the Tesla Semi’s production was put on hold until the company could produce a high volume of its own batteries, but new reports show that the company is set to begin producing the electric 18-wheeler. The highly-regarded electric Tesla Semi is set to enter production with its drive axle […]

Autonomous driving has become a hot topic with the rise of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADASs) like Tesla’s Autopilot, and while the company is still only operating a Level 2 autonomy in its vehicles, they are impressing fans with the recent Tesla Vision camera-based navigation systems. On Monday Sandy Munro released a video alongside Chris […]

About 10 months ago, an 18-wheeler semi-truck drove over the top of a Tesla Model S which had Autopilot activated, in an attempt to merge across all four lanes to make it to an exit (via Reddit), in Tampa Bay, Florida. When the Model S driver (Reddit user ‘quarm813’) tried to swerve to the right […]

Tesla’s Model S comes with a feature called Auto Shift out of Park, which has the vehicle automatically select the car’s gear without driver input. This feature is currently in beta and disabled by default on Tesla’s Model S refresh lineup. Here’s how Tesla describes the feature in the 2021 Model S owner’s manual: If […]

After recent Tesla Model Y production delays, it appears that those hoping to order certain variants of the Tesla Model 3 may be hard-pressed to receive deliveries before November, according to updates shown on Tesla’s website. Tesla Model 3 Long Range deliveries have been delayed in the U.S. due to high demand, as orders of […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been a major proponent of cryptocurrencies, especially including Bitcoin and Dogecoin, and in a new update, Musk is expected to speak at a crypto conference this weekend, alongside various other industry professionals. Musk will speak at a new cryptocurrency conference created by the initiative The B Word, at […]

Earlier this year, a company executive said that all Tesla Supercharger energy will become 100 percent renewable in 2021, and after taking the first steps in that direction, the company has officially shared a new video showing off its first solar Supercharger station. Just a few weeks after Tesla launched its first solar-powered Supercharger in […]

Tesla’s Model S Plaid has been the source of a lot of internet attention since its debut at the Model S Plaid Delivery Event in June, largely due to its insanely quick acceleration capabilities. On Sunday, DragTimes shared a new video in which the host’s Model S Plaid achieved an impressive 1.99-second 0 to 60 […]

Following earlier reports that Tesla would cease production at its Tilburg, Netherlands facility, new reports claim that the location will be repurposed, alongside new updates on the company’s Germany Gigafactory, which is currently under production. Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is set to begin production in December, according to a source familiar with the matter (via @SawyerMerritt […]

Image credit: Tesla’s Christopher Bousigues Tesla has announced the launch of the first V3 Supercharger in Southeast Asia, debuting in the island city-state of Singapore (via @TeslaOwnersSG). Country Manager for Tesla in Singapore, Christopher Bousigues, made the announcement on Monday morning local time. “Delighted to announce that ahead of deliveries beginning soon in Singapore we […]

Canada launched its Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program in May 2019 to subsidize the out-of-pocket cost of plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles for Canadians, hoping that a price cut of up to $5,000 CAD would persuade buyers to go electric. However, electric vehicles had to jump through a number of hoops to qualify. One […]

According to a recent Reddit post from user Sonbart, Tesla will temporarily offer free Supercharging to flood-stricken regions in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany starting Sunday, July 18. As of March 2021, Tesla has over 6,000 Superchargers up and running in Europe across 600 different locations. Free Supercharging will be enabled at Supercharger locations in areas affected […]

Replying to a tweet from someone who recently got Full Self-Driving (FSD) on their Tesla and hadn’t figured out Smart Summon yet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about the feature, which is one of many the EV maker offers under the FSD umbrella (and also as part of the Enhanced Autopilot upgrade it used to […]