Tesla Owner Builds Awesome DIY Outdoor Charger [PICS]
Tesla fans have been known to get crafty surrounding their at-home charging setups, but a new DIY charger project takes this idea to the next level. One Tesla owner built a custom outdoor charging station at their home, according to a post on Reddit. The charger features a wood post on top of a concrete […]
Tesla Model 3: Britain’s Best-Selling Car in June
Tesla’s Model 3 has remained the most popular electric car in a number of countries around the world, and in the United Kingdom, the car has clinched the title of June’s top-selling vehicle. The Tesla Model 3 was named Britain’s top-selling vehicle in June with 5,468 units sold, according to Yahoo Finance. The electric vehicle […]
Tesla Owner Drives 248,000 Miles on One Set of Brake Pads
Tesla’s regenerative braking automatically uses the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) motor to convert kinetic energy into electricity to both charge the battery and reduce wear on a person’s brakes – and it’s also one of Tesla’s most popular features. In a new update, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that regenerative braking “means brake pads almost […]
Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Now Using SpaceX Starlink Internet
Starlink, a satellite-based internet company from SpaceX, offers the greatest connectivity improvements to rural and remote communities, and in a recent update, the company is now offering better speeds to the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma has started installing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet to help increase connectivity throughout the region, according to a […]
Tesla Model Y Pure Vision Autopilot Impresses in Rainy Test Drive [VIDEO]
In a recently published YouTube video, Kevin Smith shares part two of his experience driving his camera-dependent, radar-less 2021 Model Y in the rain to see how Autopilot holds up with changing weather conditions. Tesla removed radar from the 2021 Model Y and Model 3 with units delivered in May, replacing it with the camera-based Pure […]
California Driver Ticketed for Attaching SpaceX Starlink Terminal to Car’s Hood
According to The Verge, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer stopped and ticketed a driver on Friday for sticking a Starlink user terminal, lovingly known as Dishy McFlatface, right onto the middle of their car’s hood, which constitutes a “visual obstruction”. “Sir I stopped you today for that visual obstruction on your hood. Does it […]
Porsche Recalls Taycan EV Globally, Over Sudden Power Loss Issue
Porsche has announced a recall of all 43,000 units of its Taycan electric vehicles (EVs) across the globe over a confirmed issue involving sudden, unexpected power loss to the entire vehicle — reports Autoblog. The recall covers all Taycan units produced and delivered by June 2021. According to Porsche, each of the recalled cars will […]
Tesla FSD 9 Beta is ‘Shipping Soon’ Says Elon Musk, Again
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta 9 is supposed to come out soon, as promised numerous times by CEO Elon Musk. On Saturday morning, Musk responded to a tweet from Zack (@BLKMDL3), to say, “Haha, FSD 9 beta is shipping soon, I swear!”. Zack shared a picture of his renamed Tesla Model 3 to “two weeks”, a […]
GM to Source U.S.-Based Lithium for Next-Gen EV Batteries
General Motors announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment in and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to source locally extracted, low-cost lithium in a press release on Friday. At its Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, located in Imperial, California, CTR is working on a closed-loop process to […]
New Tesla Superchargers in the U.S., Canada Overview: June 26-July 2
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger stations that went live in the U.S. this week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing June 28, 2021 The Mountain Mile at 2655 Teaster Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN 12 250 kW Tesla June 28, 2021 […]
Tesla Cybertruck Will Have Rear Wheel Steering, Confirms Elon Musk
In response to a tweet congratulating Tesla and CEO Elon Musk on yet another record-breaking quarter while also probing for information on the Cybertruck, Musk said that the highly anticipated all-electric pickup truck will feature 4-wheel steering for increased maneuverability. Friday afternoons are usually Tesla design studio time. Cybertruck will be almost exactly what was […]
Tesla Model S Plaid Owner Review: “Best Car Ever Created” [VIDEO]
The Tesla Model S Plaid has been getting rave reviews since its release in early June, and in a recent review, the host says nothing less of the electric sedan. In a new review of the Tesla Model S Plaid shared Tuesday by The Pollard Family, tRoland Pollard called the electric vehicle (EV) the “best […]
Tesla Model S Plaid with Stealth Matte Black Wrap Looks Unreal [VIDEO]
A number of awesome custom Tesla paint jobs and wraps have popped up from third parties over the years, including this Model 3 holographic wrap spotted last year, but a recent stealth paint protection film offers one of the coolest looks we’ve witnessed so far. A new video from OCDetailing shared on Wednesday shows a […]
China’s Li Auto Delivers 7,713 Cars in June, Up 320% Year-Over-Year
Automakers in China are releasing their sales numbers for Q2 this week, and new updates from Li Auto show that the company is reaching new all-time highs, even coming out of the global chip shortage. On Friday, Li Auto said that its June deliveries of the Li One hit a monthly high of 7,713 deliveries, […]
Tesla Model Y Standard Range Comes Back to Life–in Hong Kong
Following reports that the Tesla Model Y was set to become available to Hong Kong buyers on Friday, the company has stayed true to its word with the return of the Model Y to the region. According to Tesla’s website, the Model Y Standard Range can now be purchased by Tesla buyers in Hong Kong, […]