Tesla Model 3 Tops Global EV Sales in October
The Tesla Model 3 is currently the world’s top-selling electric vehicle (EV), though with more EVs on the market in general than in years before, other brands are starting to climb their way up Tesla’s ladder. Tesla’s Model 3 sold 22,755 units globally in October, with a total of 260,927 sold in the entire year […]
Drone Films the Inside of Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin [VIDEO]
As Tesla races towards 2021 factory completions in both Berlin, Germany, and Austin, Texas, its construction sites are actually coming together and starting to look like Tesla plants. A new video uploaded Saturday by YouTube channel Teslair shares an inside look at Tesla’s under-construction Giga Berlin site. The video shares drone footage from within and […]
China Gives Tesla Approval to Sell Shanghai-Made Model Y
Tesla can now officially sell its Model Y SUV made in Shanghai, as the Chinese government has given approval to the American automaker to proceed, reports Reuters. Tesla applied for approval to sell Shanghai-made Model Y vehicles earlier in November and on Monday, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the approval on […]
Tesla 2020.44.15.4 FSD Beta 6 Update Released: What’s New
Tesla has just pushed out its 2020.44.15.4 Full Self-Driving beta update to testers. This release comes just four days after 2020.44.15.3 was released for FSD beta testers. As for what’s new in this Tesla 2020.44.15.4 software update? According to @brandonee916, the release notes “appear identical to previous”, meaning it is just for bug fixes and […]
Tesla Cyber Monday 2020 Deals [Roundup]
If you’re looking for Tesla Cyber Monday 2020 deals, look no further as we have you covered with some great deals available for your precious Tesla Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y. Yes, your wallet probably hates you right about now (damn you Black Friday!), but let’s have some fun in 2020, […]
Tesla FSD Beta 5 ‘Rainbow Road’ Easter Egg Test [VIDEO]
Tesla launched an Easter egg back in April 2016, aptly dubbed ‘rainbow road’, paying tribute to the famed course in Nintendo’s Mario Kart. To enable the rainbow road Easter egg, all you need to do is activate Autopilot four times in a row. As CEO Elon Musk put it at the time, “Activate autopilot 4X […]
Tesla Giga Shanghai Update Shows Model Y Track Testing [4K VIDEO]
Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai continues its construction for its Model Y factory, as seen in a 4K drone update filmed by Jason Yang. What makes this video shot on November 26, 2020 interesting, is the fact again see Tesla testing its Model Y at the site, explains Yang. “I have seen Tesla Model Y […]
Tesla ‘Model B’ E-Bike Concept Shared by Industrial Designer [VIDEO]
In a recent YouTube video, Torque News takes a look at a brand new Tesla E-Bike concept developed by industrial designer Kendall Toerner. Veteran motorcycle manufacturers Ducatti and Harley Davidson (and even BMW) have E-Bikes out in the market right now, but Toerner’s concept imagines what an E-Bike from EV pioneer Tesla would look like. After all, […]
Maserati All-Electric Vehicles Coming by 2025 Says Executive
Chief Operating Officer of Fiat Chrysler’s Italian luxury vehicle brand Maserati, Davide Grasso, said on Thursday that the manufacturer hopes to establish an all-electric catalog consisting of hybrid and/or fully-electric vehicles in the next five years — reports Reuters. “The new Gran Turismo and Gran Cabrio models will be electrified too, all our line-up will […]
Couple’s Porsche Taycan Fiasco Shows Advantage of Tesla Supercharger Network
According to The Guardian, a Kent couple’s 130-mile (209 km) drive home from Bournemouth, England, took over nine hours as Linda Barnes and her husband met with a multitude of non-functional or sub-par chargers for their Porsche Taycan 4S. “We left Bournemouth with 45 miles of range left and followed the car’s navigation system to […]
Tesla Mobile App May Livestream Sentry Mode Video Soon
Back in September, Amazon’s Ring launched Car Connect, to allow Tesla owners to watch and record Sentry Mode from their mobile devices. The add-on device is priced at $199 USD and isn’t slated to launch until 2021. But now it appears Tesla may soon allow owners to perform a similar function, natively—and for free. According […]
Tesla Surpasses Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, Becomes Sixth-Largest U.S. Company
On Friday, Tesla hit yet another all-time high, reaching $598.78 per share, before closing at $585 per share, resulting in a market cap of $555 billion. Tesla’s recent surge has resulted in the company surpassing investment mogul Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, which has a market cap of $542 billion. Tesla’s rally has made it become […]
Starlink Internet to Connect Indigenous Community in Canada
The combined efforts of SpaceX and FSET Information Technology are set to bring internet access, via the Starlink satellite network, to the people of Pikangikum First Nation — an indigenous Canadian community, according to a Reddit thread and a recent tweet by FSET IT. Pikangikum First Nation will be the first indigenous community in Canada […]
New Tesla Superchargers in the U.S. Overview [Nov. 22-27]
Let’s take a look at all the new Superchargers in the U.S. that have become operational since our last update, courtesy of data from Supercharge and information gathered by patrons of the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 22, 2020 Garage #4 of the Jack London Square Market at 255 2nd […]
Volkswagen CEO Mentions Tesla 31 Times at Annual Spending Update
According to Bloomberg Opinion, Volkswagen’s annual spending update for investors quickly turned into a display of how the veteran automaker plans on measuring up to Tesla. Despite Tesla having only a fraction of the sales VW does, Elon Musk’s company boasts over four times the German automaker’s market cap. VW appears to be obsessed with […]