Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 9: First Impressions [VIDEOS]
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 9 has now been released for a couple of days, and it’s already shown to be quite the improvement from the system’s last update (note, he incorrectly refers to this build as version 8). In a video uploaded Wednesday by YouTube host Dave Mac, Dave shared the second part […]
BMW Fan Shares First EV Experience in a Tesla Model 3 [VIDEO]
In a new video uploaded Wednesday by YouTube channel BIMMER ZEIT, the host and BMW fanatic, Rich, shares his first experience with an EV using a base model Tesla Model 3, as borrowed from a generous Tesla employee, Allen, one of the viewers of his channel. Rich says that he wasn’t even sure how to […]
SpaceX to Build 1,000 Starships for Mars Mission Says Elon Musk
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has shared interesting tidbits on Twitter a time or two, and this time he’s sharing valuable information about the Starship SN9’s landing procedures, or the next rocket planned for takeoff. After a successful aerial flip maneuver with the SN8, fans are praising Musk for his rocket company. And yet, Musk seems […]
Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta: San Francisco to L.A. with Zero Interventions [VIDEO]
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta has made its way from San Francisco to Los Angeles—without any interventions. That’s according to the latest video shared today by Whole Mars Catalog, also known as Omar Qazi. The journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles is a 381 mile drive (613 km) and according to Qazi, he was […]
Tesla App Expands Service Messaging to Canada and Australia
Image via @kkvr2823 Tesla appears to have expanded its in-app messaging to owners in Canada and Australia. The messaging feature allows Tesla owners to chat with the company’s service team at a specific Service Center. Unread messages are indicated with a red dot under the Service category in the Tesla app. You can see the […]
Tesla Model Y Owner Invents ‘Snow Plow Mode’ with Trailer Hitch [VIDEO]
Do you have a hitch on your Tesla? Well then if you’re the creative type, like Model Y owner Mo Suraj, you can turn your electric vehicle into a variant of Homer Simpson’s Mr. Plow. https://twitter.com/moosuraj/status/1344352546312208384?s=21 As you can see in the video above, @moosuraj shares a quick clip of his Model Y and tow […]
World’s Largest Tesla V2 Supercharger Opens in China with 72 Stalls
Image via @JayinShanghai Tesla has opened the world’s largest Supercharger in China, located at the Jing’An International Center in Shanghai. This new Tesla Supercharger has 72 stalls, capable of up to 120 kW max charging rates. Tesla sent out an email to notify its customers in China of the new Supercharger’s opening, as noted by […]
Tesla Hits New All-Time High, Market Cap Nears $660 Billion
Tesla touched an all-time high during intra-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $696.60 per share. The company’s shares closed at $694.78, up 4.32% for the day, with its market cap now at $658 billion. .@RiskReversal says he’s never seen a frenzy like Tesla’s rally this year. He breaks down the rising trend and warns investors to […]
Tesla 2020.48.30 Software Update Rolling Out: What’s New
Image via @SCMountainDad Tesla has started rolling out its 2020.48.30 software update to the fleet. You can check out what’s new thanks to the excellent preview from @SCMountainDad. There are Sentry Mode Improvements, which note, “Sentry Mode footage of the last panic event will now be saved to onboard memory. To view or save the […]
Tesla Owner Redesigns “Cheap Looking” User Interface in Holiday Update
Tesla’s latest 2020 holiday update brought some goodies, such as a redesigned user interface, boombox feature and more. This latest update appears to be receiving mixed reviews, specifically the slightly reduced map screen and larger visualizations screen on the left. Reddit user u/jentheunicorns has done a complete redesign of Tesla’s new user interface (UI) update, […]
Plug-In EVs Were Up 198% Year-Over-Year in Europe: November 2020
It was a rough November for Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) market, with the total market at -14% year-over-year. However, the continent’s plug-in market was up 198% from the prior November, with 166,000 plug-in registrations, making up a total of 16% of the market share, according to EV Sales Blogspot. November also saw increases in battery […]
Tesla to ‘Handily Exceed’ 500,000 Delivery Goal Says Wedbush Analyst
Tesla (TSLA) has a real shot at reaching its goal of 500,000 deliveries in 2020, and with only a couple of days left, we’ll know shortly enough whether it did or not. According to a note published Wednesday by Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, Tesla will likely reach its goal of half a million 2020 deliveries, […]
Tesla Threatens Lawsuit Over ‘Giga-Sweatshop’ Hit Piece in China, Defends Build Quality
Tesla has been defending itself in China lately, after tech site PingWest posted a misinformation article detailing Gigafactory Shanghai as a “Giga-sweatshop”. A tit-for-tat online spread on Chinese social media site Weibo between Tesla and PingWest, with the latter partially owned by UCWeb. As for UCWeb? It’s owned by Alibaba Group Holding, which is backing […]
Viasat Asks FCC to Review SpaceX’s Starlink, Musk Fires Back
Viasat has announced a petition against Tesla, filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking the commission to re-evaluate Starlink’s environmental habits. The report, according to Space News, argues Starlink satellites pose environmental hazards both on Earth and in space. In response to the filing, which was posted on Twitter, SpaceX head Elon Musk claimed […]
Tesla Model 3 Unlikely to See More Price Cuts in China Says Exec
Tesla has been announcing a number of price cuts to China’s Model 3 since 2019, though it appears that this pattern may have ended this holiday season. A new report by Yahoo Finance posits that Tesla, after reaching its goal for the proportion of its parts made in China, will not reduce the cost of […]