Tesla’s Model S Plaid has added yet another notch to its belt this week, breaking the lap record for all vehicles — electric or otherwise — at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California (via InsideEVs). The Model S Plaid, modified by Unplugged Performance, posted a lap time of 1:13.51. It handily toppled the previous […]

Tesla has hit the ground running in Thailand, racking up more than 5,000 Model 3 and Model Y orders within just three days of launching the two electric vehicles (EVs) in the country (via The Nation Thailand). The automaker touted the warm welcome it has received on its Thai website. According to executives at Tesla’s […]

Autogefühl‘s Thomas Majchrzak recently posted his in-depth review of the 2023 Tesla Model S Plaid — or as he calls it, the “hypercar from stock.” The first customer deliveries of the Model S/X Plaid in Germany were only just confirmed this week. Majchrzak, a journalist and car enthusiast from Germany, took the Model S Plaid […]

NIO on Friday opened its first showroom in Sweden, a little over a couple of weeks after the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker opened its first battery swap station in the European country (via CnEVPost). The “NIO Space,” as the company calls it, is located at the Westfield Täby Mall Centrum in the Swedish capital of […]

Volkswagen on Friday announced that its ID. Buzz all-electric van has received the highest possible five-star safety score and “very good” rating from the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP). a road safety evaluation organization. “As the Volkswagen bus of a new era, the ID. Buzz has already received many national prizes and awards […]

Tesla Model S/X Plaid units have started arriving in Germany, with the first Model X Plaid orders being delivered to customers in the country on Friday (via @Berlinergy). Model S/X Plaid arriving in 🇩🇪🤩-Trailer on Autobahn 8 (A8) near Pforzheim today Source TFF Forum -Model S Plaid tested on the Autobahn near Berlin Source https://t.co/viR6QwWH5E […]

Tesla’s Cybertruck is slated to start production soon and what appears to be the first image of a Cybertruck frame has popped up on the web. The image was shared with Kim Java by an anonymous source and what we see is the Cybertruck frame and casting parts at the back. The truck’s frame sits […]

A recent blog post spotted on the South Korean blog Naver appears to confirm that Tesla’s much-anticipated 2022 holiday update will roll out as software version 2022.44.25. Every year, Tesla releases a holiday update with significant improvements and some fun new features meant to spread holiday cheer. We reported earlier this week that this year’s […]

The dearMoon project to fly a crew of civilians around the moon has revealed its team members, ahead of the planned 2023 launch. SpaceX on Friday announced plans to launch the dearMoon mission, which includes ten crewmembers led by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa (via Twitter). The crew is made up of artists, content creators, and […]

General Motors (GM) workers are unionizing at a joint battery venture with LG after voting in favor of being represented by one of the country’s largest auto unions. Employees at GM’s battery plant in northeast Ohio voted to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union on Friday, according to statements from the union […]

Following JSX’s announcement of plans to use Starlink internet for in-flight Wi-Fi, the flight carrier has officially begun offering the service. @SpaceX began providing its Starlink internet on JSX flights this week, according to a post on Twitter from the company. Elon Musk previously said in-flight Wi-Fi speeds would hit 300 Mbps, and the service […]

A new end-of-the-year deal has surfaced for some subscribers of SpaceX’s Starlink service, offering discounts on upgrades to the all-new Flat High Performance dish. SpaceX is offering a special $600 discount to customers upgrading to the Flat High Performance dish option, as spotted in an email sent to customers and shared on Reddit on Friday […]

Tesla’s sales in China remain a crucial piece of the automaker’s global market share, and new data shows that the company’s flagship electric SUV is absolutely crushing the competition in the world’s largest automotive market. The Tesla Model Y landed the title of China’s best-selling premium SUV in November, with the second-place BMW X3 falling […]

Tesla plans to suspend Model Y production at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, between December 25 and January 1, according to an internal memo and two people familiar with the matter, as detailed in a report from Reuters. The sources said that the planned suspension is part of an overarching goal to cut Giga Shanghai’s […]

Tesla’s upcoming holiday software update is said to include MyQ garage integration, allowing the latter to seamlessly open and close your garage door at home. We now have some more details on how Tesla MyQ integration will work, based on a since-deleted webpage from Chamberlain, thanks to the Wayback Machine. These images were first shared […]