Tesla News

Taking on Tesla's Fleet
Founded in 2003, Tesla is an American electric vehicle company named after the inventor and electrical engineer, Nikola Tesla. The co-founders of Tesla are Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, Ian Wright, Elon Musk, and J.B. Straubel. Elon Musk is the current...
Consumer Reports Rates Tesla's Safety
Every quarter, EV manufacturer, Tesla publishes statistics on accidents that occurred in its fleet. Tesla monitors the distance driven, per accident, using the Autopilot feature enabled and disabled as well as the use of other accident prevention features. The results are...
Tesla pushes back on China's recall
Tesla is challenging a recall of nearly 30,000 of its American-made Model S and Model X that were imported into China. There were claims about faulty vehicle suspensions cars produced between September 2013 and January 2018, that were then imported into...
Mystery Modifications to Tesla's Policies
Tesla has been making some quiet changes to their policies. The EV company recently removed their risky return policy where Tesla owners could return their new car within 7 days or before exceeding 1,000 miles – whichever came first. However,...
The Bad Views vs. The Good News
Trefis, a research and data company published a “what-if” downside scenario on how Tesla might lose its lead in the EV industry. A lot of this is based on the assumption that the other companies will shift into gear and...
Tesla Armed to Fight a Price War
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the quirky joker has stirred up the pot again. Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla is reducing the price of its flagship sedan – the Model S, but it's no joke: "The gauntlet has been thrown...
Swift Install of a Tesla Solar Roof
Weddle and Sons Roofing is a certified solar roof installation company based in American that recently created a time-lapse video on the speed at which it was able to replace a 4,000 square foot roof (approximately 372 sq.m) with Tesla...
FSD Beta is Finally Finished (Almost)
Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced this week that the beta version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature will be released next week Tuesday. At Tesla’s Battery Day in September, Musk spoke about how the EV company has done a...
Tesla is Phasing Out Public Relations
EV manufacturer, Tesla is not known for its conventional by-the-book strategies. The carmaker has always been a bit quiet with its media engagement and recently, it was reported that the company has completely dissolved its public relations (PR) department, leaving...
Tesla Targeted Again
This week, news surfaced that Tesla’s Fremont factory in California was the target of a malicious sabotage plot and this time, by an employee. Tesla’s Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, Al Prescott, notified staff in an email...
Showing The Love
The Tesla community is a beautiful mix of Tesla owners, shareholders, and fans from all around the world. They support and believe in Elon Musk’s mission transition to sustainable energy. The reason behind the growth of the Tesla community is because...
What's New and What's Due
The latest Tesla software update has been released in 2020.40. It’s a minor release but includes two useful features, the Priority Bluetooth Device and Glovebox PIN. The Priority Bluetooth Device enables you to assign a preferred device to the driver...
Battle of the Patent
In a twist of irony, Tesla and Nikola, two EV car manufacturers who are named after inventor, Nikola Tesla, are not getting along with their relationship is turning into a battle over the patent of the Tesla Semi. Trevor Milton,...
Takeaways from Tesla's Battery Day
Tesla’s 2020 Annual Shareholders Meeting and Battery Day arrived, giving investors and fans long-awaited news. The event had a twist with all attendees sitting in their cars. As Tesla CEO Elon Musk graced the stage to give an update on...
A Passage to India
Recent reports indicate that Tesla is looking at building a Research and Development Center in Bangalore, India. Up until now, the EV manufacturer experienced some difficulty penetrating the South Asian market. With the increasing carbon emissions from the country’s growing economy,...
The Changing Landscape of the EV Industry
If you were living in the United States five years ago and you wanted to buy an electric car, you had 3 options: the Tesla Model X crossover SUV, the Tesla Model S luxury sedan, and the Nissan Leaf compact...
China's Champions
Tesla’s Weibo account has confirmed that Tesla has hit the number one spot as Hong Kong’s most popular brand of car. According to Hong Kong’s Transportation Department, it receive 912 new Tesla vehicle registrations in August 2020. Over and above...
Tesla in Turbo in Texas
A few weeks ago, we reported on the rapid progress at Giga Berlin, and because Tesla personifies progress, we can now report on how Giga Texas is going. In July, Tesla confirmed the site near Austin as the next Gigafactory...
A Burger and a Battery Charge
EV automaker, Tesla is in the process of building a new Supercharger station but it's not just a standard charging station. It is set to become the world’s largest on Tesla’s global Supercharger network. The Supercharger station in Firebaugh, California...
Imagine a More Advanced Autopilot?
Earlier in August, Tesla CEO, Elon Musk got Tesla fans excited about a complete rewrite coming of the Autopilot feature. Using Twitter to set a date, he said a limited public release would be out within 6 to 10 weeks....
Tesla Needs More Nickel
A new Giga noun has surfaced. It wasn’t made up to attract Tesla and it is in no way related to the EV manufacturer. Giga Metals is in fact a Canadian mining company and its core asset is the Turnagain...