On Friday, SpaceX’s fully reusable Starship SN20 spacecraft successfully achieved static fire, with thrust, on all six of its engines in a multi-engine test that will prove instrumental in getting the rocket company the regulatory approval it needs to attempt Starship’s first orbital launch (via @NASASpaceflight). Good static fire with all six engines! — Elon […]

After picking up their 2022 Model 3, Reddit user CalligrapherNo4617 made a peculiar discovery — the car had no wireless charging functionality, and the two USB-C ports in the front center console were outright missing. Upon calling Tesla support, CalligrapherNo4617 was informed that Tesla is aware of the problem. Both wireless charging and the front center […]

General Motors announced on Friday it will launch 10 electric vehicles in South Korea by 2025, according to Steven Kiefer, the head of GM’s international operations, reports Automotive News. Despite the launch of new EVs in South Korea, GM has no plans to build cars in the Asian nation yet, said Kiefer at a media […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Brent Ely documented his Model S Plaid’s performance at an Autocross event. Autocross, also known as AutoX or Autoslalom, is a timed competition in which drivers are required to navigate a course, defined by traffic cones, that consists of several turns, twists, lane change maneuvers, slaloms, and more. Participants […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has handily scored the top spot in Bloomberg‘s recently published list of the wealthiest ‘green billionaires’ — billionaires who have amassed a significant portion of their fortune from businesses that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in the world. As of the list’s publication, Musk’s total net worth weighs in at a whopping […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.5.8 software update, as noted by @Teslascope and detected in Pennsylvania in the United States. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.36.5.8 on a Model S Performance (2020) in Pennsylvania, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/j8vlma3rfO — Teslascope (@teslascope) November 12, 2021 The 2020 […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provided Canadians with an update on when Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta will release in Canada. On Thursday evening, Musk responded to the question with, “no guarantees, but maybe next month. Requires quite a lot of incremental testing & code tweaks for different road system in Canada.” No guarantees, but maybe […]

According to Tesla enthusiast Tesla_Adri (@tesla_adri) the company has just launched leasing options for its all-electric Model Y CUV in a number of European countries. BREAKING NEWS: Model Y leasing in Europe is now available! pic.twitter.com/OXC3hMOuZR — Tesla_Adri (@tesla_adri) November 12, 2021   Leasing mostly makes sense for businesses and enterprise customers. It is unclear […]

According to Reddit user deeebug, Tesla is proactively recalling certain Model S and Model X units over a minor issue with driver airbags. The company is notifying Model S/X owners subject to the recall via email. The recall only applies to specific Model S/X units produced in 2021 at a certain manufacturing location where a […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another 639,737 shares of the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer for around $687 million USD through his trust on Thursday, according to regulatory filings discovered earlier today (via CNBC). Last week, Musk asked the masses whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock in a Twitter poll. With nearly 58% of […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday the next Full Self-Driving beta 10.5 release date will happen “in about 10 days”, which means it’ll likely happen the week of November 21, 2021. “Hoping to start releasing to 98 scores with V10.5 in about 10 days,” said Musk on Thursday evening, when asked about the release. […]

Germany has quickly risen to the top of Tesla’s European car sales, becoming the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s biggest market in the region — reports The Driven. According to sales figures, one in every four car sales Tesla makes in Europe comes from Germany. In the first three quarters of 2021, Tesla sold a total […]

Tesla continues to make updates across its vehicles on Thursday evening. So far we’ve seen the Model Y get a $1,000 USD price increase in the U.S., while the same car in China gets updated with more range but slower acceleration. Now, the entry Model 3 gets its own update, as it finally gets a […]

Tesla increased the price of its Model Y in the U.S. on Thursday evening, raising the price by $1,000 USD. The automaker also made some updates to the Model Y in China. According to CnEVPost, the Model Y rear-wheel drive, the entry version, drops the ‘Standard Range’ moniker. This entry model also now shows a […]

Tesla has again raised prices of its Model Y in the United States, with both entry Long Range and Performance versions going up in price by $1,000 USD. Check out the changes below: Long Range – $58,990 USD (+$1,000); estimated delivery date: October 2022 Performance – $63,990 USD (+$1,000);  estimated delivery date: January 2022 Looks […]