Tesla can now officially sell its Model Y SUV made in Shanghai, as the Chinese government has given approval to the American automaker to proceed, reports Reuters. Tesla applied for approval to sell Shanghai-made Model Y vehicles earlier in November and on Monday, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the approval on […]
Tesla has just pushed out its 2020.44.15.4 Full Self-Driving beta update to testers. This release comes just four days after 2020.44.15.3 was released for FSD beta testers. As for what’s new in this Tesla 2020.44.15.4 software update? According to @brandonee916, the release notes “appear identical to previous”, meaning it is just for bug fixes and […]
Tesla launched an Easter egg back in April 2016, aptly dubbed ‘rainbow road’, paying tribute to the famed course in Nintendo’s Mario Kart. To enable the rainbow road Easter egg, all you need to do is activate Autopilot four times in a row. As CEO Elon Musk put it at the time, “Activate autopilot 4X […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai continues its construction for its Model Y factory, as seen in a 4K drone update filmed by Jason Yang. What makes this video shot on November 26, 2020 interesting, is the fact again see Tesla testing its Model Y at the site, explains Yang. “I have seen Tesla Model Y […]
In a recent YouTube video, Torque News takes a look at a brand new Tesla E-Bike concept developed by industrial designer Kendall Toerner. Veteran motorcycle manufacturers Ducatti and Harley Davidson (and even BMW) have E-Bikes out in the market right now, but Toerner’s concept imagines what an E-Bike from EV pioneer Tesla would look like. After all, […]
Back in September, Amazon’s Ring launched Car Connect, to allow Tesla owners to watch and record Sentry Mode from their mobile devices. The add-on device is priced at $199 USD and isn’t slated to launch until 2021. But now it appears Tesla may soon allow owners to perform a similar function, natively—and for free. According […]
On Friday, Tesla hit yet another all-time high, reaching $598.78 per share, before closing at $585 per share, resulting in a market cap of $555 billion. Tesla’s recent surge has resulted in the company surpassing investment mogul Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, which has a market cap of $542 billion. Tesla’s rally has made it become […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Superchargers in the U.S. that have become operational since our last update, courtesy of data from Supercharge and information gathered by patrons of the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 22, 2020 Garage #4 of the Jack London Square Market at 255 2nd […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reaffirmed the expansion of its current Full Self-Driving beta program, noting on Friday evening, “Probably going to a wider beta in ~2 weeks.” Probably going to a wider beta in ~2 weeks — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2020 Musk previously confirmed the FSD beta program would “hopefully” expand to […]
In a video released Thursday, YouTube host and Tesla owner Chuck Cook shares a sample of the newly-released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 5 and Smart Summon. The video shows a moderately-successful Smart Summon, with some problems showing up more regularly than others. The first couple of tests show the Smart Summon feature making it […]
Tesla is no stranger to bugs and flaws with its cars, and a new investigation may even expand the number of cars that Tesla will need to address. On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it has opened an investigation into about 115,000 Tesla vehicles, as reported by Reuters. The newest […]
We’ve now seen a number of videos showing off Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta and the impressive demonstrations keep coming. In a new video uploaded on Thursday by YouTube channel AIDRIVR, the driver of a Tesla with Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta (2020.44.15.3) drives with the autonomous-driving system engaged, while talking about what makes […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has already stated that Giga Berlin will have “the world’s most advanced paint shop.” However, it looks like some Tesla owners couldn’t wait, and have already taken their paint needs into their own hands. A Tesla Model 3 with a colorful rainbow holographic wrap was spotted and shared on Reddit by […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been beating traditional petrol vehicles left and right this year, and the trend is likely to stop anytime soon. Still, it seems like there must be a match for Tesla and other EVs which are currently dominating the racing space, right? In a video uploaded Wednesday by YouTube channel Auto Trader, […]
Ask and ye shall receive, right? That’s what it has come down to when responding to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. You never know who he will reply to and what he will say. When a request was made to have voice commands available to control air suspension ride height, available currently on the […]
