Tag: Tesla

Tesla Model 3 is the first electric NYC yellow cab

The Tesla Model 3 is now the first ever electric vehicle to be officially approved as a yellow cab in New York City. The car was approved for use as a yellow cab over a year ago in October 2019. The Model 3 is also in use in the Netherlands where 100 are in use at the moment at the airport in Amsterdam. This is certainly good to see at […]

Tesla now has 20,000 chargers on the Supercharger network

Yesterday, Tesla announced that it now has 20,000 Superchargers world wide and quite a lot of expansion has come in the last few months, for example in September of this year Tesla had 17,500 chargers with a lot of new ones being the new V3 which is capable of adding 1,000 miles of range to a car per hour. 20k Superchargers and counting pic.twitter.com/urudyt9Eui — Tesla (@Tesla) November 8, 2020 […]

Tesla Model 3 updated with more range and interior changes

Tesla has recently updated the Model 3 in the UK to now have more range, as well as some minor revisions and updates to the interior. Tesla has ‘de-chromed’ the Model 3, which was a common thing people wanted to change and changed them to satin black on the door handles, indicator housing and around the windows. Also new are the Überturbine wheels (pictured) which come in 18-inch and 19-inch […]

Tesla will start production of 7 seat Model Y next month

The Tesla Model Y has been on sale for a while now and when it was announced, a seven seat version was promised with three rows and so far this hasn’t been an option until now. Someone on Twitter asked Elon Musk when the seven seat version would be available and Elon replied stating that production will start in November and then the earliest deliveries will be in December. Starting […]

Tesla accounts now support 2FA

Considering how important your Tesla account is and what can be controlled if someone had access to it, the fact that Tesla hasn’t support two factor authentication (2FA) until now isn’t great, but at least they have it now. Even Elon Musk said Tesla is “embarrassingly late” to have support for it. Musk said back in August that 2FA would be coming soon and today we have it. At the […]

Tesla announces Model S Plaid, with 1,100bhp

Today, Tesla has announced the new high end Model S Plaid, which has over 1000bhp and can do 0-60mph in sub 2.0 seconds. The Model S Plaid has been talked about for over a year now, and Tesla shared a clip of the car lapping Laguna Seca in 1 min 36 seconds last year and just over the weekend, the car lapped it in 1 min 30 seconds. Video In-car […]

Tesla’s can now detect and react to speed limit signs

Tesla’s have always been one of the most advanced cars on the market, in terms of electronics and on board assistance system and now the company is pushing further ahead with recent enhancements to the way Autopilot detects signs. Last week, Tesla starting releasing a new update which would allow any Tesla with Autopilot to detect and react to speed limit signs, using the onboard cameras. This is an improvement […]

Elon Musk says Tesla account 2FA is coming soon

Tesla has long not offered two factor authentication on its online accounts for managing the company’s cars, solar and powerwall installations. Despite the need for an account such as a Tesla account to be pretty secure this feature has never been an option, from the Tesla app you have access to unlock a car, summon and much more. A few days ago on Twitter, Elon Musk (Tesla CEO) said that […]

Tesla has eight new Service Centres marked as “Coming soon” in the UK

Tesla currently has nine service centres here in the UK, which up until the popularity increase of the Model 3 lately has probably been enough to sustain the current level of Tesla owners here. However, Tesla is looking to nearly double that with eight new service centres marked as “coming soon” at various locations around the country. Tesla currently has service centres in the following locations – Birmingham – Bristol […]

Tesla Model 3 now has wireless phone charging as standard

The Tesla Model 3 was actually announced quite a while ago now, just over four years ago Elon Musk unveiled the car in 2016 and since July 2017 it has been in production. During that time Tesla has made enormous advancements with the software, as usual but Tesla hasn’t made many external and physical changes to the Model 3 until now, as a reader from Electrek has said that new […]