We’ve been sharing news about Tesla’s Model S and Model X Plaid launching Europe, but now the automaker has officially shared a video detailing the debut. On Thursday, Tesla shared a video saying, “Deliveries of the new Model S and Model X have started in Europe.” The video shows customers reacting to the acceleration of […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, hit a milestone today as it reached 3,000 Model Y builds per week. That milestone means Tesla’s Giga Texas factory is on pace to produce over 150,000 Model Y vehicles annually. A picture of employees surrounding a Midnight Silver Metallic Model Y and also celebratory balloons “3K” was shared by […]
SpaceX has reached a milestone with its Starlink satellite internet constellation, now hitting 3,000 satellites in operational orbit, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell’s tracking page (via @VirtuallyNathan). There are now 3,230 “working” satellites out of 3,267. The tracking page shows SpaceX has launched a total of 3,558 Starlink satellites to date. Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation […]
This morning we reported on Tesla offering 10,000 km of free Supercharging for those in Europe, to incentivize December deliveries. Now, Tesla North can confirm the automaker is offering up the same promo for the United States. A text message from Tesla was sent to prospective customers today, urging them to take delivery from now […]
Tesla has launched Tesla Electric in Texas, a retail electricity offering for retail Powerwall customers. Tesla Electric is an “electric plan designed for Powerwall,” says the company. It offers real-time pricing for Solar and Powerwall exports. According to Alex Guichet from Tesla’s Mobile App Product team, he says “It’s a pretty competitive rate offer. It […]
Image: Lucid Motors Hagerty shared a stunning video on Thursday pitting the world’s quickest cars against each other in a drag race, featuring the Tesla Model S Plaid, the Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, the Lucid Air Sapphire, and as a bonus, a Ducati Panigale V4 SP2 motorcycle. The video’s host, Jason Cammisa, talks through the […]
Starlink is set to begin rolling out to households in the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada in 2023, according to a press release from the First Nation’s leadership body (via @SpaceX). The agreement will oversee the rollout of Starlink to 127 occupied housing units on the reserve areas, across the Qu’Appelle Valley where […]
A new deal is available for Tesla buyers across Europe who will take delivery in 2022, as was shared with one German outlet on Thursday. Tesla is offering a new incentive for buyers in Europe, this time with a bonus of up to 10,000km of free Supercharging on orders delivered in 2022, according to a […]
Tesla plans to announce a factory in the Mexican state of Nuevo León in early 2023, according to a report from local outlet Milenio shared earlier this week. The factory will reportedly be headed for a location to the west of the state’s Santa Catarina municipality, and the parties are apparently refining the last details […]
Electric vehicle (EV) rebates are one way government bodies are trying to accelerate consumer electrification, and Canada’s rebate program has largely been dominated by Hyundai over the past few months. Hyundai is leading Canada’s federal EV rebates through the first 11 months of this year, according to data reported by Automotive News Canada. The Hyundai […]
Popular tech reviewer Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) took Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) for a ride through New Jersey in a video shared on Wednesday. In the video, Brownlee is running the FSD beta version 2022.36.20 in his Model S Plaid. Brownlee starts the video by driving through some downtown areas with the FSD beta system, saying […]
Just when Tesla investors thought CEO Elon Musk was done selling shares, he caught them off guard again. In filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed on Wednesday, Musk sold about 22 million shares worth $3.58 billion. The share sales took place sometime between Monday and Wednesday of this week. It’s unclear what […]
The Tesla Semi debuted earlier this month with a delivery event for PepsiCo, and the automaker has since shared some footage of the electric semi truck’s rigorous testing, as a way to help encourage engineers to apply. Tesla engineers tested the Semi in a range of harsh conditions, as seen in a video posted on […]
SpaceX is now selling limited edition art prints commemorating its inaugural stacking of Starship 20 atop Booster 4 on its online store, available for $499 (via @Owen Sparks). The commemorative art print was made using aerospace-grade hardened stainless steel and was printed with an ultraviolet laser. In addition, SpaceX has coated the limited edition prints […]
Many Tesla owners have waited a long time for the popular gaming platform Steam to become available in their vehicles, and now that it is available in the Model S and Model X with a recent update, Tesla is launching a new storage device for the vehicles. Tesla has added a one-terabyte solid-state drive to […]
