Tesla’s electric cars are noted for their quickness. Over the years, it has become a fun pastime for electric car fans to watch videos of Teslas dominating gas-powered vehicles on the drag strip. Equally entertaining is watching two Teslas battle against each other in a quick race. Earlier this month, a Model S and a […]
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Tesla’s Summon is an Autopilot convenience feature that allows owners of the electric car to command the vehicle from an app to move forward and backward, including parking itself into spaces that are quite narrow. As this Model S Summon video shows, the feature can still park like a champ even in ridiculously narrow areas. […]
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When Elon Musk announced the specs of the Tesla Model 3 Performance, he stated that the electric car would be able to beat a BMW M3 on the track. With instant torque from its dual electric motors, the Model 3 Performance has the potential to be the Model S P100D’s smaller, more track-capable sibling. Earlier […]
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With Tesla ramping the production of its residential battery and solar products, Solar Roof installations are bound to become more commonplace. Being a new type of PV system, Tesla’s solar shingles could provide challenges to emergency personnel and first responders who are not trained to handle the glass tiles. The California Department of Forestry and […]
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The Boring Company recently shared an image of a section of its test tunnel under Hawthorne, CA, giving fans its clearest look yet. With “rings on rings“, The Boring Company’s tunnels are anything but boring. In a request for tax exclusion submitted to the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority last December, the […]
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The island nation of Samoa is continuing its effort to convert from diesel-reliant powerplants to 100% renewable energy with the help of Tesla’s scalable Powerpack battery storage solution. Over the past year, the California-based electric car and energy company had been hard at work installing and launching two Tesla Powerpack sites in the country, both of […]
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One can argue that the simplicity in design of the Tesla Model 3 drivetrain and subframe assembly is a key to Tesla’s future. Used in both the Model 3 and the Tesla Semi, while also serving as a platform for Tesla’s upcoming Model Y, the powerful and efficient drivetrains are designed with versatility in mind, […]
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WARR Hyperloop, a team of students from the Technical University of Munich, has been dubbed as the overall winner of the 2018 Hyperloop Pod Competition. During its winning runs, Team WARR’s sleek, aerodynamic pod was able to propel itself to speeds of 290 mph, breaking the record set last December by Virgin Hyperloop One’s pod, […]
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A Tesla Model 3 equipped with range-saving Aero Wheels recently battled an all-American muscle car — the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. In a standing quarter-mile race, the Long Range RWD Model 3 proved that while it does not have the brutal acceleration of the Model S P100D or the optimized setup of the Model 3 […]
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Utah-based Armormax, the lightweight armoring division of International Armoring Corporation (IAC), has created a bulletproof Tesla Model S P100D using its proprietary synthetic fiber laminate armor. Tesla owner Dan of YouTube’s What’s Inside channel; yes, the same Dan who recently ripped open his Model X’s tires to see what’s inside, managed to get some hands-on experience with […]
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