Unplugged Performance driver @Craig Coker set a new Tesla Model 3 lap record at Laguna Seca Raceway on August 1, with an impressive time of 1:35.670. The Model 3 was outfitted with a Tesla Corsa body kit build, as modified by the Unplugged Performance team. He is 👑. But I did take away his model […]

As construction on Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin nears completion, the first glimpses of the inside of the Grünheide factory are beginning to surface – showing the interior nearly intact and ready to start producing cars. Tesla hosted its first-ever camera team at Gigafactory Berlin in an exclusive insider episode released by German show Galileo (via Reddit). […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.24.2 software update, which appears to be replacing its previously released 2024.24.1 update, which was later pulled due to the typo of ‘2024’ (we’re truly living in the future with Tesla!). We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.24.2 on a Model 3 AWD LR (2018) in California, United […]

Image credit: @AustinTeslaClub Tesla has opened a new Supercharger in Kyle, Texas, located at 151 Evans Drive, at Kyle Crossing Shopping Mall, south of Austin. The V3 Superchargers went online on Sunday, with 16 stalls available for charging across from the Five Guys restaurant (8 facing Five Guys, 8 on the other side), according to […]

Update: Looks like this update has been pulled and replaced with 2021.24.2. Tesla has released its 2024.24.1 software update for owners, as noted by @TeslaFi. Yes, this is showing as 2024 in 2021, we truly are living in the future. Software version 2024.24.1 was just detected on a Tesla Model 3 Long Range DM in […]

Aside from being a technology leader in today’s auto market, Tesla is also leading in the sheer amount of patents it has filed – a number that’s increasing rapidly year-to-year. Tesla is dominating in more than just its technology, with 580 independent patents filed from its 2003 founding through March of this year, according to […]

As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to take the world by storm, one investment firm sees Tesla’s earnings and capital allocation continuing to improve, and it has even upgraded its rating and price target for Tesla’s stock (TSLA). Tesla’s expected to rise 22 percent over the next year, according to a new report from Jefferies in […]

After India Junior Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said Tesla won’t see lowered import duties last week, two senior government executives have reportedly said otherwise. India’s government is seriously talking about the potential to cut import taxes from 60 percent to 40 percent on cars under $40,000, according to two senior government officials, and as reported […]

Amidst rapidly rising COVID-19 cases in the U.S., Tesla is reportedly planning to add some precautions back to at least one of its factories, as detailed in a new report. Tesla will again require employees to wear masks indoors at its Sparks, Nevada Gigafactory, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar […]

As Tesla helps to accelerate the worldwide adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) it will also be important to evaluate how the company’s actual manufacturing and supply chain processes affect the world – even as its cars reduce transportation emissions. Tesla shared its 2020 impact report on Monday, which showed that the company avoided the use […]

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s underground tunnelling operation, The Boring Company, has already built its first underground loop in Las Vegas, Nevada, and following an accepted proposal in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, another city is reportedly talking with the company about building an underground loop. The San Antonio Economic Development Foundation (SATX) has been in talks with […]

Comedian and car enthusiast Jay Leno recently purchased a Tesla Model S Plaid, and now he’s sold off his other electric car from Elon Musk’s company. According to Florida resident Nathan D., he purchased Leno’s 2015 Model S P90D on the weekend. “Jay Leno’s 2015 Model S P90D w/ Ludicrous Mode has a new garage. […]

The Tesla Model Y has finally made landfall in Europe — reports Teslarati. Tesla’s all-electric CUV has been available in the U.S. since March 2020, and in China since January of this year, but European deliveries kept facing delays due to backlogs in other regions. The Model Y was originally expected to arrive in Europe during […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Grind Hard Plumbing Co documents their experience modifying a Tesla Model 3 into a proper off-road vehicle. While the Model Y is an admittedly better candidate for an off-road vehicle than a Model 3, the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing Co were up for the challenge of turning the safest […]

According to a recent FCC filing, SpaceX is buying Swarm Technologies, Inc., an operator of small communications satellites in the Internet of Things (IoT) space (via Reddit). Swarm Technologies provides low bandwidth, low power, and relatively inexpensive satellite communications for things like agricultural sensors, GPS trackers, and weather stations to enterprise customers. SpaceX is almost […]