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Tesla showed off a cool seat testing robot today, in a video demonstrating the machine on what look to be seats from the company’s upcoming Cybertruck. “Our seat testing robot performs [50,000] ingress/egress cycles, equivalent to a lifetime of use,” said Tesla. The robot is seen pressing down and up and rotating on a seat, […]

Tesla has stolen the spotlight with the introduction of its Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) in South Korea, from Giga Shanghai. The vehicle’s price at 40 million won ($31,600 USD) after state and local government subsidies, has resulted in a surge of orders, since launching back on July 13. That’s according to the credit card […]

Here’s a list of all the new locations Tesla added to its global Supercharging network this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing July 10, 2023 220-0012 Yokohama Minatomirai, Nishi-ku4-2, Tokyo, Japan 6 250 kW Tesla July 11, 2023 The Shell Station by […]

Tesla marked a significant milestone as the first Cybertruck, its much-anticipated electric pickup truck, was assembled at its Giga Texas factory, with a picture shared on Saturday morning. Known for its unconventional design, the Cybertruck promises to deliver a blend of performance comparable to a sports car and the utility of a truck. Featuring a […]

You can now order Tesla’s popular Model Y in Malaysia on the company’s website, with RWD, Long Range and Performance versions available. Tesla launched Model Y orders in Malaysia on Friday, with estimated delivery dates noted as “early 2024”. Pricing is as follows: RWD: RM 199,000 ($44,055 USD) Long Range: RM 246,000 ($54,460 USD) Performance: […]

Tesla Korea has launched the sale of Model Y Rear-Wheel-Drive (RWD) vehicles, which are being manufactured at Tesla’s Giga Shanghai factory in China, according to a tweet by @Tslachan. This move marks a significant development in Tesla’s expansion plans in the Korean market. The Model Y RWD is priced around $45,000 and qualifies for both […]

Tesla hacker, ‘green’ (@greentheonly), has released the first teardown images of Tesla’s Model Y Hardware 4 (HW4). Until now, the inner workings of this latest hardware iteration have remained largely unseen from the Model Y, whereas similar hardware for Model S/X have already been shared (also by ‘green’). ‘Green’ confirmed earlier this week HW4 boasts […]

Tesla has taken its lineup of vehicles including its upcoming Cybertruck down to New Zealand for winter testing. The vehicles are are the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds (SHPG), an international automotive facility based in New Zealand’s Cardrona area. The Cybertruck in stainless steel and another in a camo wrap were seen driving around in the […]

Tesla continues to test its Cybertruck prototype wrapped in camouflage on the streets of California. The latest picture taken by u/14rrexj on Reddit shows Cybertruck stopped beside a Model X at an intersection, giving us some scale of how large the futuristic truck is. This was spotted at Standard, near Tesla’s engineering headquarters. The Cybertruck […]

Tesla has announced a reduction in the prices of its Model 3 and Y electric vehicles in Japan starting this month, marking the vehicles’ most affordable pricing in the country yet. According to the company, prices have been cut by about 3% for all variants of the lower-priced Model 3, while all Model Y variants […]

The Tesla Model Y has emerged as a prominent contender, securing the position of the second highest-selling car during June 2023 in Australia. According to the latest data, a total of 124,926 new vehicles were sold in Australia during this period, marking a substantial increase of 25.0% from June 2022 and 8.2% from the first […]

Tesla tweaked its paint colours for Model Y beyond the U.S. and Canada tonight, as the entry RWD version from Giga Berlin now has two more colors (via @Tslachan). The Model Y RWD previously only had options of white, black and blue, but now Midnight Cherry Red and Quicksilver are now available. These two colors […]

Tesla has made changes again to its free colours for Model 3 and Model Y customers in the U.S. and Canada. Midnight Silver Metallic is now included for free, whereas previously it was a $1,000 USD upgrade. The free color before was Pearl White Multi-Coat, which is now $1,000. The change comes after Tesla announced […]

Check out a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing June 26, 2023 Tesla Center, Dongqi Road, Nanjing, No. 18, Linqi Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 3 250 kW Unavailable […]

The Norwegian Automobile Association (NAF) conducted the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) test on June 6, 2023, revealing significant improvements in the average range of electric cars. Since NAF initiated these tests in winter 2020, the average range of test vehicles has increased by a substantial 130 kilometres. Among the 32 cars put to the […]