Tesla

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Donald Trump has had a resurgent year. Tesla? Not so much. The Cybertruck sales aren’t tracking initial reservation demand and full autonomous self-driving functionality…

Pick-up trucks and Tesla-Trump politics

EVs have never been a core issue in American elections. The American auto industry’s Big Three make profits from large pick-up trucks and ladder-frame…

Supercharger network loses its leadership

Tesla and its Supercharger network is adored and revered by technologists and disrupters, with good reason. Legacy American and German car companies, the traditional…

Why Tesla is offering huge discounts on its cars

Tesla is offering up to R120 000 off its electric cars, but why? Car prices don’t come down. Especially in the luxury market. Amid the…

Model Y integral to Tesla’s surging success

Model Y has been an enormous success for the world’s most valuable car company. As Tesla continues to grow apace and scale its global…

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…

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