Tesla

Tesla has hit the magical million mark this week

Tesla has reached a notable production landmark this week. If you are a follower of the Californian automotive technology business, you’ll be thrilled to…

Tesla is now the world’s second most valuable car company

With record deliveries in 2019, confidence in Tesla is surging. Those who doubted that Elon Musk could steer the ambitiously disruptive car brand beyond…

Tesla’s Cybertruck could change the bakkie business forever

Tesla has finally revealed the worst nightmare for legacy vehicle brands, a battery-powered bakkie. The Californian company has been disrupting the traditional automotive business…

Tesla breaks 0-100kph record in new test

Tesla’s electric cars are known for extremely nippy acceleration — hell, most electric cars are a kick in the pants. But a test found that…

Tesla ends free charging for life (for new buyers)

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has announced that it will be drastically changing its Supercharging initiative for free public charging. The company’s Supercharger network of…

Tesla warned against Autopilot marketing in Germany

Germany’s transport ministry has called on Tesla to stop using the term “Autopilot” in marketing for their electric vehicles. “It can be confirmed that a…

This team managed to hack a moving Tesla from 19km away

The idea of a connected car sounds like a great idea, but like all newly connected things, they’re vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Now, Chinese security…

Tesla pushed envelope in terms of safety – Mobileye

A tech firm that creates driver assistance systems claims that it ended its relationship with Tesla because the electric carmaker “pushed the envelope in…

Tesla delivers big Autopilot upgrade with new firmware

Tesla saw plenty of bad press thanks to a fatal crash in Autopilot mode earlier this year. However, the latest firmware update is heavily focused on…

Oh Tesla, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways

Raise your hands if you, like me, raced to put in your pre-order when you heard the Tesla 3 would be heading to South…

Tesla wants to build 500k cars a year by 2018

You can’t argue that Tesla doesn’t have serious ambitions. In its Q1 update, the California-based electric car maker announced plans to build 500 000…

Tesla Model 3 heading to South Africa

It’s a big day for Tesla and South African electric car fans, as the company announced that its mass-market Model 3 sedan is making…

Tesla to unveil Model 3 on 31 March

Tesla fans around the world can finally breathe again. The revolutionary electric car company has announced that it will be unveiling the Model 3…

Production problems hamper Tesla’s drive to roll out the Model X

Innovative electric car company, Tesla Motors, the brainchild of tech entrepreneur Elon Musk bid farewell to 2015 in an upbeat way, tweeting this message…

4 rumours about the upcoming Tesla Model 3: which ones are likely true?

Elon Musk once said that developing a long-range, affordable electric vehicle was at the very top of Tesla’s list of long-term goals. And the…

Here’s everything you need to know about the Tesla Model X

It’s been a long time coming, but on Tuesday Tesla finally lifted the lid on the Model X, its six (or seven) seater electric…

Tesla owners can now Beta test its latest Autopilot update

Tesla has begun rolling out an update which will allow drivers of its cars to beta test the latest version of it Autopilot software….

5 things you need to know about the Tesla S 70D

Tesla yesterday announced the launch of the Model S 70D, the entry level model in its all wheel drive D range. Admittedly it’s not…

Elon Musk wants to power your house with Tesla batteries

No one can put a positive spin on a bad set of quarterly results quite like Elon Musk can. While the Tesla CEO was…

Elon Musk gets cryptic, tweets about unveiling the ‘D’ and ‘something else’

Tesla fans, set some time aside on your calendar for 9 October. Why? Well according to a tweet sent out by Elon Musk, the…

Saleen’s Tesla-based Foursixteen punishes tyres like a petrol-burner [video]

Sadly (for petrol lovers, at least), the sound of that tell-tale electric engine whine will become commonplace on roads of the future. With Formula…

Tesla’s looking for hackers to try and break its cars full time

If you wanted evidence of the rapid convergence happening in the tech and car space, you could not have hoped for anything much clearer…

Tesla partners with Panasonic to bring Gigafactory into reality by 2020

Tesla’s proposed Gigafactory promises to revolutionise the electric motoring industry, providing seemingly endless capacity for a huge reduction in cost. But automakers, like Nissan,…

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