After Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent remarks about expanding into India, new reports say the electric vehicle (EV) company is looking to move into another Asian country soon. Tesla is doing early talks with the Indonesian government about a potential investment in the country’s nickel production, according to Reuters. Indonesia is a primary producer of […]
A user on Reddit has just reported an unfortunate and truly-newsworthy low in quality control for a new Tesla Model Y. User u/Indescribables was driving home from the Tesla dealership in their dad’s new Model Y, when the glass roof came off in its entirety on the freeway. In the original post, the user wrote, […]
Tesla is currently building new factories in Austin, Texas and Berlin, Germany, and both are set to be done by mid-2021. In a new video, YouTube channel the_wolfpack_berlin shows a 4K drone footage of Tesla’s Giga Berlin factory, and its progress is coming along quite nicely. The video depicts many of the same new walls […]
According to Bloomberg, David Blitzer, former chair of the committee that decides which stocks are admitted to the S&P Dow Jones Indices, has said that Tesla’s induction into the index may take some time, even though the electric vehicle company more than meets the usual criteria for admission. After an immensely successful Q2 that came as […]
A currently under-development luxury housing project by the name of EVE Park in London, Ontario will also include parking towers fully equipped with a number of Tesla electric vehicles and EV chargers (via Reddit) in the Canadian province. The developers behind the project want to provide residents with a parking structure for their vehicles, but […]
Tesla cameras will soon get a highly-requested feature: bird’s eye view. This is according to CEO Elon Musk on Friday evening. Responding to a customer’s request for bird’s eye view, Musk replied, “Vector-space bird’s eye view coming with [Full Self-Driving].” Vector-space bird’s eye view coming with FSD — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2020 Bird’s […]
Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y have selfie cameras built into the cabin, located above the rearview mirror mount. Back in April, Tesla hackers were able to share the view of just what this camera can see and its angle of view. Why is this selfie camera there? Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter […]
Tesla recently offered an in-app purchase acceleration boost for the Model Y, bringing the feature to its latest compact SUV (it is also available on Model 3). For a cool $2,000 USD, you can tap a few buttons and instantly make your Tesla Model Y faster by half a second. Is it worth it? A […]
Tesla opened new Superchargers this week in Florida, Colorado and California, again extending the reach of its charging network, as noted by Supercharge.info. Fort Pierce, Florida In Florida, a new Supercharger opened in Fort Pierce at the Wawa convenience store, located at 5575 Okeechobee Road. There are 8 stalls here being the latest V3 chargers, capable […]
Mark Travers, Executive Director of base metals at Brazilian mining company Vale SA, told Reuters that the company is currently talking to Tesla and its competitors in the EV industry to try and strike deals with them for the nickel it is currently mining in Canada. Nickel is the biggest challenge for high-volume, long-range batteries! […]
According to a report from Reuters, Tesla has struck a deal to acquire ATW Automation, a German manufacturer of production lines, mostly for battery packs and battery modules for the automotive industry. The report cites an individual privy to the details of this agreement as the source of the information. ATW Automation, a subsidiary of Canada’s […]
Tesla’s improvements to the car battery last month offer a slew of new possibilities, including improved affordability and design of its cars. In addition, the Model S Plaid announcement set the internet ablaze, the anticipated performance car bearing some exciting specs to come. In a response on Twitter, Elon Musk confirmed that the Model S […]
Tesla is making waves globally, as usual. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now made it clear that the company will make its entry into India in 2021, according to Reuters. In a Twitter response to a picture of a T-shirt with the message “India wants Tesla,” Musk wrote, “Next year for sure.” He followed up […]
New features are always coming to new Tesla models, and the company will soon add an exciting new feature to the backup camera. In a response on Twitter Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that a tap-to-enlarge feature on camera views when backing up will be coming to future Teslas. A Twitter user tweeted at […]
The sale of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) are both on the rise, in spite of some setbacks due to the pandemic. A new report by EV Sales shows us that while Tesla Model Y saw a major global sales increase in August, the Tesla Model 3 remained the most-sold EV by […]
