Image credit: @BLKMDL3 Customers picking up a Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery tonight appear to be getting a special freebie: a bottle of Tesla Tequila. As spotted by @BLKMDL3, a box of Tesla Tequila is seen inside a Model S Plaid with white interior and a ‘yoke’ steering wheel. So far, ahead of Tesla’s special […]
Image credit: @klwtts With just under half an hour to go before Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event, we now have our very first look at the unique ‘Plaid’ badge of the new electric sedan. Images shared by The Kilowatts (@klwtts) attending the Model S Plaid delivery event showcase the unique badge—check it out below: […]
Tonight Tesla is holding its Model S Plaid delivery event, with the livestream set to start at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT. Presentation starts at 8:15pm Pacific https://t.co/tGZJUMralo pic.twitter.com/xw1s6ATqus — Tesla (@Tesla) June 10, 2021 While the livestream will being at 7pm PDT, Tesla has clarified the presentation will being at 8:15pm PDT/11:15pm EDT. So this means […]
Charging time remains a major part of electric vehicles (EVs), and Tesla has already made its ambitions to make those times as entertaining as possible clear, with a future in the video games sector, and a new update on its games reportedly set to arrive Friday. Tesla follower Sawyer Merritt reported on Wednesday night Tesla […]
On the eve of Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event, set for Thursday, June 10, the price of the vehicle has increased by $10,000 USD, to now start at $129,990 USD (previously it was at $119,990 USD in the U.S.). BREAKING: Tesla has increased the price of the Plaid Model S by $10,000 to $129,990. […]
After Elon Musk‘s remarks last year that deep crimson from the upcoming Gigafactory Berlin was his favorite car color, a Model S has been spotted at Tesla’s Fremont Factory sporting the very same deep crimson shade in a drone flyover video taken Saturday (via Teslarati). A Model S featuring the same crimson shade was also […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday the Model S Plaid+ was canceled, citing there was ‘no need’ for the high-end sedan with 520-mile range. Some non-believers on the web believed Musk might have been joking, but according to the Tesla website, the Plaid+ has been officially removed, confirming what the Tesla leader had to […]
Ahead of Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event this week, Elon Musk has announced on Sunday the company has apparently canceled its Model S Plaid+ with higher range of 520 miles. Plaid+ is canceled. No need, as Plaid is just so good. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2021 Musk added, “no need, as Plaid […]
Comedian and car enthusiast Jay Leno revealed on the Spike’s Car Radio podcast Tesla’s Model S Plaid hit an insane quarter-mile time at Famoso Raceway, just north of Bakersfield, California. “I’ll tell you what I did. I went up to Famosa dragway in Bakersfield…in a Tesla [Model S] Plaid. I made one pass…I drove up […]
Following last year’s rumors that Tesla was considering AMD for its next Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), AMD has now confirmed the news, according to a new report. On Tuesday, during AMD’s Computex keynote, CEO Lisa Su confirmed that new Tesla Model S and X refresh will include the company’s AMD APU, a Ryzen processing chip […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday evening the company’s Model S Plaid delivery will be pushed to June 10, 2021, instead of June 3, 2021. “Model S Plaid delivery pushed to June 10. Needs one more week of tweak,” said Musk. “This car feels like a spaceship. Words cannot describe the limbic resonance,” he […]
Tesla is facing lawsuits around the world, and in a recent update, the company will now have to compensate Norwegian Tesla owners for past blunders. A conciliation court in Norway ordered Tesla to pay Model S owners 136,000 kroner ($16,000 USD) each, after finding that a given software update negatively impacted charging times, according to […]
With Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event just a few weeks away now, the company has made some new additions to its online order configurator. Tesla now lets you select either ebony or carbon fiber trim on the interior of the Model S, both of which cover the middle piece of the center console, the […]
Image credit: Motortrend The Village of Gates Mills in Northeast Ohio has received a donation for its police department—in the form of a 2019 Tesla Model S. According to a council meeting on May 11, 2021, Gates Mills Police Chief Gregg Minichello detailed the donation from a resident, a grey metallic 2019 Tesla Model S […]
Tesla appears to be limiting new sales of its Model S Plaid+, as the option has been greyed out on the company’s American website (via @SawyerMerritt). “I’ve been told by a source that Model S Plaid+ deliveries are estimated to begin in Mid-2022, not end of 2021,” said Merritt on late Thursday night. “Also, Tesla […]
