Tesla News
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More details on the Tesla Model 3 have emerged ahead of the car’s July debut. Slides comparing the Model 3 with the Model S recently surfaced on a Tesla enthusiast site and are said to have been supplied by a company insider. The slides are allegedly part of a Tesla campaign to train salespeople to upsell customers a Model S over the production-constrained Model 3. Recall, Tesla has racked up hundreds of thousands of pre-orders for the Model 3, and that’s before the car’s even been revealed or had its full specs divulged. From the slides we learn that the Model 3 will be...
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Tesla reinstates free Supercharging for existing owners
Good guy Tesla has had a change of heart. Following news the company would begin charging for Supercharger station use, Elektrek reports Tesla will extend free charging to all existing owners. That means one of the greatest perks of owning a Tesla has once again returned. Tesla's original plan was...
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The Boring Company demonstrates prototype for 125-MPH sled
It was only a couple of weeks ago that Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed just what was in store for his newest startup, The Boring Company. The company hopes to establish a network of tunnels in congested cities, through which cars would travel between fixed points on high-speed, electrically-powered...
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Tesla reveals pricing for solar roof as order books open
Tesla on Thursday started taking orders for its newest energy product, glass roof tiles incorporating solar panels. Tesla has four different designs for the roof tiles, which the company calls Solar Roof tiles, though only two are available for order at present. Tesla is taking a $1,000 deposit and...
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Tesla Model Y to feature new platform, falcon wing doors
It seems a day doesn't go by without Tesla hinting at its next big plans as a company. Most recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a few nuggets of information surrounding the elusive Model Y during an earnings call. We've known about the Model Y for some time, but the rumor mill has subsequently...
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Fully self-driving cars will be ready in 2019, says Elon Musk
It's no secret Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a pretty ambitious guy who likes to look to the future, and his latest prediction keeps pace with those of the past. In only two years, Musk believes, fully self-driving cars will be on the road. Musk made the prediction during a recent TED talk where he also...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed more details on the company’s upcoming electric semi-trailer truck as well as his plans for a separate tunnel boring company aimed at alleviating traffic. During a TED talk held Friday in Vancouver, Musk presented the first image of the new Tesla truck which earlier this month he said will be revealed in September. The image hints at the streamlined look of the new truck that Musk first alluded to last summer in part two of his overarching product strategy known as the Tesla Master Plan. The plan also calls for an electric pickup truck and new mobility...
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Tesla taking a huge risk with Model 3 production
Tesla is often known as an unconventional automaker, which can be traced to many facets of its operations. However, the electric car company's unconventional procedures surrounding the much-hyped Model 3 represents a major gamble. It turns out Tesla will skip the normal production procedure of...
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Tesla issues recall for 53,000 Model S, Model X over parking brake issue
Tesla has issued a voluntary recall of some 53,000 Model S and Model X vehicles because the parking brake may remain stuck and engaged. This marks the electric vehicle automaker's first recall of 2017. Green Car Reports states the vehicles potentially affected by the sticking parking brake were...
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Tesla Model S, Model X 100Ds see price hikes
Customers mulling over the purchase of one of Tesla's performance-oriented 100D and P100D models best act quickly. The automaker has confirmed it will be increasing prices for the Model S and Model X range-toppers. The price shuffling follows Tesla decision to decrease the price for its base Model...
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Tesla Model 3 reveal in July, semi truck in September
The second half of 2017 will be busy for Tesla as the company reveals two new products and starts production of one of them. The first to arrive will be the highly-anticipated Model 3 sedan. It will be revealed in July, the same month the first customer examples are scheduled to roll off the line...
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Tesla is now the second most valuable automaker in the US
The almighty stock valuation reigns supreme for a lot of folks when it comes to determining the value of a company. That's because, well, that's how you can apply an actual monetary value to a company. Gather up all the shares, sell them, and see how much you get. For Tesla, that value is around...
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The Chevrolet Bolt EV has a range of 238 miles and can be bought today for $37,500. Later this year, Tesla will launch its Model 3 which is promised to deliver at least 215 miles of range for $35,000. However, in a Twitter post on Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted that the Model 3 will have more range than the Bolt EV. The hint came from Musk’s post “Oh so little faith,” which was made in response to a fan pleading for the Model 3 to have more range than the Bolt EV. Though it isn’t outright confirmation that the Model 3 will have more range than a Bolt EV...
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Tesla: What’s new for 2017
Tesla is gearing up for its highly-anticipated Model 3 which is scheduled to enter production this July. The car, expected to arrive as a 2018 model, has already racked up hundreds of thousands of pre-orders and will keep the company extremely busy for the next several years. Tesla's existing...
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Tesla slashes most affordable Model S variant from lineup
So long, Tesla Model S 60, we hardly knew ye. The Silicon Valley automaker has announced its most-affordable Model S variant will be discontinued after less than a year on the market. The rear-drive Model S 60 and the all-wheel-drive 60D will both officially be discontinued by April 16, 2017. The...
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This is how you tear down a Tesla battery pack
When a Tesla is in an accident, it has a battery pack that's built to survive that crash as well as it possibly can. Those battery packs are then sent off to a recycler. They can be scrapped and used to create the components needed for new batteries, or they can be sold. That's what we have in the...
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Tesla says Model 3 production starting July, more Gigafactories, Superchargers coming
Since the reveal of its Model 3 prototype a year ago, Tesla has been adamant deliveries will start no later than the end of 2017. By all accounts things appear to be on track as Tesla in a letter sent to shareholders on Wednesday said the first customer examples of the Model 3 will start rolling...
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No, the Tesla Model S P100D doesn't do 0-60 in 2.28 seconds
It's all about math and physics, folks. At least that's the soup that fills the head of Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske, which is why he's so easily able to explain scientific concepts to the average YouTube viewer. Recently, he posted a video going over the numbers produced by Motor Trend...
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The 0-60 mph times for the Tesla Model S keep getting lower and lower. The new P100D package really helps put all of the horsepower to the ground efficiently, and makes the electric sedan rocket away from a standstill. Recently, we saw a drag racer in a stock P100D record a time of 2.38 seconds. Soon thereafter, Motor Trend pushed the car even harder and recorded an astounding 2.28-second 0-60 mph blast. How is this heavy machine able to achieve such numbers? According to Engineering Explained, it's all about horsepower and grip. We're going to warn you now: There's a whole lot of number...
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Tesla announces Model S 100D with 335-mile range
Ever since last August’s introduction of a 100-kilowatt-hour battery in its Model S P100D, it was known that Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] would eventually offer a 100D minus the larger and more powerful rear motor of the P100D to boost range even further. Tesla has now finally added the 100D to its...
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Tesla Model S P100D blasts to 60 in under 2.39 seconds
For the last few years, the Tesla Model S has been, well, ludicrous when it comes to moving off the line from a standstill. The Ludicrous and Insane driving modes are just that, with Tesla owners reporting incredibly low times for the jaunt from 0 to 60 mph. Now one Tesla fan who also happens to...
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778-hp Tesla Model S Electric GT racer does 0-62 mph in 2.1 seconds
Organizers of the Electric GT Championship on Thursday at the 2017 Autosport International in the United Kingdom confirmed some of the specs for the series’ race car based on the Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S P100D. Among the specs is a 0-62 mph acceleration time of just 2.1 seconds. To put that...
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Tesla ‘Ludicrous Plus’ mode slashes Model S P100D 0-60 mph time to below 2.5 s
Tesla’s [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S P100D was already the quickest car to 60 mph currently on sale, but the Californian company has released a software tweak that unleashes even more performance. The software tweak is part of Tesla’s most recent over-the-air software update and, when the...
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Can a big enough hill recharge a Tesla?
Like most other electric and hybrid vehicles on the market, the Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S and Model X are both fitted with a system that allows them to recapture energy and put it back into the battery pack. The most common manner in which this is done is through a regenerative braking system...
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