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Tesla holds Model 3 Performance media event ahead of debut
Tesla is getting close to finally launching the new Model 3 Performance/Ludicrous as the company hosted a media event for the new electric sedan on Monday. Tesla launched the new Model 3 last October, first […]
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Rivian’s Q1 2024 production and delivery numbers exceed expectations, but dip from Q4 2023
Rivian has reported its first quarter results for 2024, and while the automaker was able to surpass Wall Street’s expectations by posting a significant increase in both production and delivery numbers year-over-year (YoY), their numbers […]
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Tesla production and deliveries drop in Q1 2024
Tesla has reported its production and delivery figures for the first quarter of 2023, and for the first time in a long time, the figures are down quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and year-over-year (YoY). Tesla has been […]
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Tesla trims referral program awards and credits
Tesla has updated its referral program, and this time the awards for owners and buyers have been reduced, as the amount of credits you earn have gone down, and you can no longer get free […]
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Tesla is now Austin’s largest private employer
Tesla has established itself as the city of Austin’s largest private employer, with the automaker’s workforce expanding 86% in 2023. According to a new report from the Travis County economic development program, Tesla’s workforce stood […]
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Tesla working to bring FSD v12 to legacy Model S and Model X
Tesla is actively working to develop a version of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v12 that will work for the company’s earliest FSD adopters, owners of legacy Model S and Model X vehicles. Tesla released the latest […]
Cybertruck News
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Tesla Cybertruck sales surpass combined totals of Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T in May
Tesla’s Cybertruck has already made up significant ground in the electric pickup truck market. We already know it was the best-selling electric pickup in Q2, despite deliveries only starting in earnest in Q1. Now new […]
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Hot Wheels 1:10 scale RC Tesla Cybertrucks finally arrive more than a year after orders were placed
The long wait is finally over, the first shipments of Hot Wheels RC Tesla Cybertrucks have started arriving on doorsteps in the US. Canadians should expect to see them arrive early next week. Drive Tesla […]
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Mattel begins charging credits cards ahead of 1:10 scale Hot Wheels RC Tesla Cybertruck deliveries [Update]
More than a year after first taking orders, Mattel should begin deliveries of the 1:10 scale Hot Wheels RC Tesla Cybertruck this week. Several or our readers have notified us that their credits cards have […]
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Elon Musk tours Giga Texas in Tesla Cybertruck [Photos & Videos]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bit of a splash today in Austin, Texas, driving around the Giga Texas construction site in the Cybertruck. A photo of the dirty Cybertruck was first posted to Reddit. […]
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Tesla Cybertruck reservations surpass 1 million based on crowdsourced tracker
The Tesla Cybertruck was first revealed to the world on November 21, 2019. Even with its unique design, reservations for the all-electric pickup truck took off, with one Cybertruck reservation being placed every two second […]
Model 3 News
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Tesla Model Y tops California car market in Q2 2024, but market share declines
The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling car in California for the second quarter of 2024. However, the data shows that Tesla’s overall market share and sales have declined over the past three quarters. According […]
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Tesla tops EV sales in Canada in 2021, Model 3 the fifth best selling car overall
In a year where most automakers saw double digit declines in sales, Tesla was able to buck the trend and grow sales to nearly 1 million units in 2021. We saw earlier today that a […]
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Tesla Model 3 sold out in Europe until Q2 2022
Just 10 days into the new year, Tesla has already sold out their entire Model 3 production supply destined for Europe in the first quarter of 2022. According to the online Design Studio, the earliest […]
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Tesla Model 3 with LFP battery impresses in range test in sub-zero temperatures [Video]
In the Q3 2021 shareholder deck Tesla confirmed they were shifting all Standard Range vehicles to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery packs. The change came over a year after they first introduced LFP battery packs […]
Tesla owner supposedly mining $800 a month in crypto from his Model 3
As per a report on CNBC, Siraj Raval is one of the latest Tesla owners to use the vehicle as a conduit to mine for cryptocurrencies. Raval is running free mining software on his Apple […]
Model Y News
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Tesla Model Y tops California car market in Q2 2024, but market share declines
The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling car in California for the second quarter of 2024. However, the data shows that Tesla’s overall market share and sales have declined over the past three quarters. According […]
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4680 Tesla Model Y Usable Battery is 67.5 kWh [Video]
In his latest video, a YouTuber took a deep dive into all the data on his new 4680 Tesla Model Y and the battery’s usable capacity. The Spoken Reviews video detailed the Tesla Model Y’s […]
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Giga Texas Model Y AWD gets $2,000 price increase
The all-new Model Y made at Giga Texas may not yet be available to order on the Tesla’s Design Studio, but it has not been able to escape the company’s recent price increases. Shortly after […]
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Tesla Model Y and Model 3 named most American-made cars in 2022 by Cars.com
The Tesla Model Y and the Model 3 have been named the “most American-made” vehicles in the United States by Cars.com. Previously, the Tesla Model 3 held the title, but the Tesla Model Y overtook […]
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4680 Tesla Model Y gets Acceleration Boost
Tesla has now enabled the 4680 Model Y to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph faster than before with the addition of the Acceleration Boost upgrade, as reported by Spoken Reviews on YouTube. The Model Y […]
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Model S News
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Tesla increases Long Range Model S and Model X prices in Europe
Tesla has updated its online configurator in Europe and increased the price of the Long Range (LR) variants of the Model S and Model X vehicles. The change took place Thursday evening, with prices in […]
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Tesla Model S vehicles without LTE-capable modem will lose connectivity features next year as AT&T shuts down 3G network
Some Tesla Model S vehicles will lose connectivity features early next year as AT&T has announced it will be shutting down its 3G network in February 2022. The shutdown affects vehicles in both Canada and […]
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Tesla’s sales and profits soar as Model 3 becomes third best-selling EV in Ireland
In a year impacted by a global pandemic, Tesla’s popularity surged in Ireland, helping the automaker report record sales and profits in 2020. According to newly released data, Tesla sold a total of 780 cars […]
Model X News
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Tesla also increases price for Model S, Model X, and Long Range and Performance Model 3 in Canada
Tesla has been busy. On the plus side they recently added the tow hitch as an option for the Model Y. On the negative side they also increased the price of the Model Y in […]
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New Launch Mode coming to Model S and Model X with adaptive suspension
According to a recent dive by Tesla hacker @greentheonly into an upcoming software release, Tesla is planning on introducing a new Launch Mode for the Model S and Model X Raven vehicles. The new feature, […]
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First look at the new Dashcam Viewer coming soon to your Tesla [Video]
Just yesterday we told you about a new feature, the integrated Dashcam Viewer, that was leaked from a Tesla owner in the Early Access Program (EAP). The new feature allows you to view your Sentry […]
SpaceX News
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SpaceX Now Has Over 400,000 Starlink Customers in Canada
SpaceX has announced that Starlink is now providing high-speed satellite internet to more than 400,000 active customers across Canada, just three and a half years after the company first launched its service in Canada. This […]
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US military testing Starlink service in the Arctic
Starlink does not have problems adding new clients, except in China and Iran. However, some customers need a bit of convincing, like the US military, which is currently testing SpaceX’s satellite internet service in the Arctic. The US […]
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SpaceX applies for Starlink license in Tanzania
SpaceX has applied for a license to provide Starlink service in Tanzania. If approved Tanzania would become the third country to provide Starlink with a license to operate its satellite internet service in Africa. According […]
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Starlink expands service coverage to include all of Canada, Alaska, Sweden, and Norway, now also available in Finland
SpaceX has announced that Starlink is now available across all of Canada, just a few weeks after expanding coverage of their satellite internet service to include the far northern reaches of the country. Earlier this […]
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SpaceX postpones Starlink launch after Falcon 9 static fire test
SpaceX performed a static fire test on one of its Falcon 9 rockets on Thursday. While the company initially announced the next Starlink satellite launch would take place on the 18th, it has now postponed […]
Supercharger News
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Tesla installs 2,000th Supercharger stall in Norway
Tesla has reached another milestone in the expansion of its Supercharger network, this time in Norway, with the company celebrating the recent installation the 2,000th stall in the Nordic country. Tesla announced the milestone on […]
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New Minas Supercharger now open [Nova Scotia]
The long wait is finally over. The Tesla Supercharger station in New Minas, Nova Scotia has been turned on and is finally active. The story of the New Minas Supercharger began all the way back […]
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Tesla opened more than one new Supercharger station every day in China in June
Tesla has said they want to triple the size of their already expansive Supercharger network to around 10,000 stations by 2023. If the automaker is able to achieve that goal it will be thanks in […]
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Here’s how Tesla plans to allow other EVs to plug in at North American Superchargers – Magic Dock
Elon Musk said Tesla would open up its Supercharger network to owners of other electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States, after opening up their network in several European countries with the launch of the […]