Tesla
A Bunch of Tesla Model S Refresh Vehicles Spotted Outside Fremont Factory
Image via @CodingMark A batch of Tesla Model S refresh vehicles were spotted yesterday afternoon in Fremont, California, in a transports truck leaving the Tesla factory. 🍀 JACKPOT!!! 🔥 Refreshed S and Plaid S spotted on truck leaving Fremont Factory! 🤯 Couldn’t see any yokes 🍳 pic.twitter.com/YQZKanHT2D — Mark (@CodingMark) March 18, 2021 According to […]
Tesla to Close Model S and X Plant in Tilburg, Netherlands
Tesla is closing its Tilburg plant in the Netherlands, where the company completed its final assemblies of its Models S and X, reported electrek on Thursday. The plant, which was opened in 2015 as an expansion to the company’s service center in the city, is the final stop for assembly and testing of all Model […]
Tesla Releases Spring-Themed Wallpapers for Smartphones
Tesla’s vehicles are aesthetically-pleasing, to be sure, and a new update shared on Twitter includes a pack of wallpapers that will bring spring to life on any Tesla owner’s phone. On Tuesday, Tesla China released new spring-themed wallpapers for its owners (via @ray4tesla) depicting Tesla’s cars amidst colorful spring backgrounds. While the highly-anticipated Tesla Cybertruck […]
Tesla Increases Price of Infotainment Upgrade to $2,000 for Model S/X
According to the company’s website, Tesla has changed the price of an infotainment computer upgrade for, the MCU2 Retrofit, to $2,000 (USD) for Model S and Model X vehicles with Autopilot 2 or 2.5 (via @tesla_adri), an increase of $500 USD. Those with older Autopilot Computers, like many pre-2018 units of the Models S and […]
Broken Arrow Police in Oklahoma Add Tesla Model Y to Fleet
Broken Arrow Police in Oklahoma are set to add a Tesla Model Y Long Range to its cruiser fleet. According to KTUL, Broken Arrow Police say the Tesla Model Y has a higher cost upfront, but savings will come from gas and less maintenance costs. “The initial purchase price is a bit more. It’s quite […]
Tesla China Plans to Offer Factory Tours at Giga Shanghai
Tesla plans to offer factory tours of Giga Shanghai, according to Tesla China Vice President Grace Tao. The Tesla China VP was replying to a user request asking tours of the factory for owners and Tao replied, according to a Google Translation, “there will be plans.” According to a direct translation from @ray4tesla, Tao said,...
Tesla Adds Model 3 All-Weather Front Trunk Liner for Refreshed Design
Tesla has launched a new all-weather front trunk liner for Model 3 owners that have the new frunk design, or known as the ‘beaded basin’, as spotted by @Tesla_adri. “Model 3 All-Weather Front Trunk Liner offers extreme-duty cargo protection with a 100% recyclable thermoplastic elastomer that is free of cadmium, lead, latex and PVC,” explains […]
Tesla Driver Charged with Reckless Driving in Detroit Semi-Truck Crash
Teslas are some of the safest vehicles currently available, though one crash in Detroit last Thursday has left behind a gruesome scene and a number of criminal charges. On Thursday, Tesla Model Y driver, Jean Paul Guerrero, 22, crashed and got stuck beneath a semi-truck, as reported by Click On Detroit. The crash took place […]
Tesla Offers Enhanced Autopilot Trial for European Drivers
Tesla has been offering exclusive trials on enhanced Autopilot this year, and in a new report, the company is doing the same for the European market. On Wednesday, Tesla owner @tesla_adri confirmed the company has enabled a free trial of Enhanced Autopilot for all its users in Europe. The news came from an official email […]
Elon Musk Twitter Hacker Faces 3 Years in Prison
Last July, the Twitters of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Apple were all hacked in a Bitcoin scam, and now the person responsible will face criminal charges. Tuesday, Graham Clark, 18, pleaded guilty to state charges in Florida, and will now be subject to three years in prison, plus a subsequent three years […]
Tesla Model Y vs. Ford Mustang Mach-E Compared by Top Gear
The Tesla Model Y and the Ford Mustang Mach-E have already gone head to head once before, and the results aren’t far from what we expected. But now, a new test of these two electric vehicles (EVs) has emerged, coming to us Wednesday from Top Gear. In the write-up, the site includes the Tesla Model […]
Tesla on Autopilot When it Crashed into Patrol Car, Says Michigan State Police
Image via WLNS Car accidents happen daily but when it’s a Tesla, it makes headlines, especially if the latter was on Autopilot, the company’s driver-assist software. According to Michigan State Police (MSP), they say a Tesla on Autopilot hit a Lansing area patrol car, on Wednesday morning, reports WLNS. Image via WLNS A state trooper […]
Tesla Lobbied the UK to Increase Gas and Diesel Taxes, Decrease EV Costs
Municipalities around the world have elected to push gas car sales bans by date targets as early as 2035, and a new report suggests that Tesla has had a hand in pushing the UK to increase its petroleum and diesel taxes. The Guardian reports that Tesla lobbied the UK government to raise gas and diesel […]
Man Loses $500,000 in Fake Elon Musk Bitcoin Scam
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made his support of Bitcoin clear, though he’s also been known to be hacked and impersonated from time to time, with a recent victim, Sebastian, losing over £400,000 ($555,572 USD) to a scammer. How it works is scammers will steal verified Twitter accounts and try to mimic the profile and […]
Tesla Taxi Company in Canada Saves Over 32,000 kg of C02 Emissions in February
Current Taxi, which operates a Tesla-only fleet in two cities in British Columbia, Canada, shared on Tuesday morning its C02 emissions savings from February 2021. According to Current Taxi, which operates in Victoria and Kelowna, it saved 32,349 kilograms of C02 emissions entering our atmosphere last month, equivalent to 535 trees saved, explains the company. […]