The principality of Monaco, an enclave for the rich and famous which houses its fair share of exotic cars, has been a racing mecca for 90 years. But it’s not just gas cars which find a home here – the famous Monaco Grand Prix circuit, sit…
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Formula E races through Paris’ “Les Invalides” park this Saturday
The exciting, close racing of this Formula E season continues this weekend in Paris. Last race in Rome was the seventh race of the season and again we had a new winning driver and new winning team.
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Tesla promises to keep selling $35k Model 3, though claims few are ordering it
Two weeks ago, Tesla removed the $35k Model 3 from their website, making it an “off-menu” item. When asked, they couldn’t answer how long the model would be available – causing many, including Electrek, to assume that this was…
EVs are blowing up on Turo, showing strong organic demand for electric cars
We’ve written before about car sharing platforms being used by EV owners, particularly Tesla owners, to make a little side money with their cars. Turo is the biggest example of this, and they’ve shared some statistics with us about their …
Tesla shorts threaten to cause car accidents to discredit Tesla; restraining order filed
Earlier this week a Model 3 was spotted filming a self-driving demo ahead of Tesla’s autonomy investor event on Monday. Curiously, we heard about this through a TSLA short-seller. As it turns out, discussion following this tweet in the TSLA sh…
Tesla puts new Model 3 inventory online for browsing and ‘immediate’ delivery
Instead of picking options and waiting a few weeks for delivery of a custom-configured Tesla, buyers can now browse Tesla’s inventory of new Model 3s online and find cars available for immediate delivery (within a few days).
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More details on “Tesla Network” autonomous rideshare service coming in April 22 webcast
As Tesla moves towards more autonomous features on its vehicles, it has also been teasing a long-term goal of providing owners the opportunity to provide Uber/Lyft-like rides with their vehicles, letting owners make money in their off-time.
The system…
Drive Electric Earth Day events happen all this month across the US
The annual Drive Electric Week celebration, a week of events where the public can see and drive a variety of electric cars and talk to current owners about their experiences, has been expanded this year with an event that covers the whole month of Apr…
Tesla raises Model Y prices by $1k, will raise inventory car prices April 2
After a couple chaotic weeks of price and option changes from Tesla, another one went into effect today. This time, it was about the recently-unveiled Model Y, which received a $1,000 price increase across the vehicle line.
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Tesla Autopilot now gives red light warnings & right of way for lane changes
Tesla is continuing to improve Autopilot’s abilities in both documented and undocumented ways. Just recently the system has gained two new capabilities: detecting stop lights and detecting lane change intention from other cars.
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