The Tesla Model 3 Performance might be the most affordable among the company’s performance-branded vehicles, but it is still a very quick driving machine in straight line races. This was recently proven on the drag strip, where the electric sedan battled a series of opponents including a Dodge Challenger R/T, a Tesla Model X 100D, […]
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GERMAN AUTOMAKERS FACE AN ‘EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGE’ FIGHTING TESLA Congratulations are in order. Finally. Plans are starting to surface for German electric cars. But some are disappointed. Germany’s Handlesblatt reports, “Mercedes, Audi and BMW will present new electric cars… none of the models, however, is expected to be the much-hoped-for ‘Tesla killer.’” Why? Evercore ISI analyst, Arndt Ellinghorst says, […]
Raise the roof. Or rather, pop the top off of that tent. In both May and June, Tesla Model 3 sales exceeded 6,000 units, but that’s tiny compared to the explosion of sales in July, which amounted to 14,250. Think that’s a big number? Think again. The moment of electric car lift-off has arrived with the Model 3 obliterating […]
Will August EV deliveries raise our confidence about a whopping 300K U.S. electric car sales for 2018? ***UPDATE #2: September 4, 2018 @ 2:30 PM EST – A few other automakers have also released sales charts ahead of the official U.S. reporting date. We’ve added them to the monthly sales scorecard. Stay tuned for GM and Tesla […]
A sneak peek featuring the first images of Tesla’s upcoming Software Version 9 have emerged online, providing a brief teaser of some design elements and features that can be expected in the upcoming update. The sneak peek images were recently shared on Twitter by Jason Hughes, a notable member of the Tesla community. The uploaded […]
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Tesla service centers continue to be overwhelmed, but improvements are reportedly on the way. As we reported last month, the Tesla Model 3 has begun to strain resources for the all electric automaker. U.S. deliveries this quarter will be massively increased over 2017. However, the numbers of employees and service centers have not grown at the […]
Thanks to Tesla’s over-the-air updates, features like security upgrades can be initiated fleet wide. Tesla’s newest update is a “PIN to drive” setting. This will allow owners to program a personal identification number that will have to be entered in order to drive the car. As we recently reported, Tesla vehicles are not impossible to […]
OWNING A TESLA IS A ‘CHAUFFEUR’S DREAM’ By Jimmy Magahern* It’s 11:30 on a Thursday morning and David Lucht is recharging – both himself, with a cold brew at Press Coffee Roasters, and his 2014 Tesla Model S, which is currently hooked up to one of the 16 charging stations in the parking lot at Scottsdale […]
Big win for a short period of time for Tesla, a little consolation prize for EV buyers in Ontario Earlier this summer, the Ontario government decided to exclude Tesla from the phase-out period of the removal of the province’s EV incentives. The exclusion was done by a few carefully chosen words within the document that effectively […]
The Jaguar I-Pace does another drag race, this time against some fierce competition The Jaguar I‑PACE is the first pure electric car made by the British car company. It promises a thrilling experience to look at and drive, and is dubbed by the carmaker as “the ultimate all-electric performance SUV”. Powered by two electric motors with […]
