From January till March this year, Tesla has posted its best quarter delivery figures ever. During the first quarter of 2021, the electric car manufacturer delivered 184,800 vehicles, beating Wall Street analysts’ estimates of 177,822 vehicles. Tesla’s delivery numbers for Q1 also exceeded its previous quarterly record of 180,570 deliveries achieved in Q4 2020. “We […]
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Earlier this year, Tesla announced that they would be releasing a redesigned Model S and Model X. While most people were expecting major cosmetic upgrades, the fundamental changes were a little more usability-related. Instead, Tesla has decided that gear selectors are a thing of the past. Gone is the gear selector stalk that used to […]
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Good morning and welcome to our daily digest of automotive news from around the globe, starting with… Mystery BMW M2 Test Mule Spotted With An Electric Powertrain Is BMW working on its first electric M car? The battery warning sticker on the trunk and total lack of tailpipes on this mule we caught testing in […]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has provided an update on the legality of Tesla’s intriguing steering yoke that debuted with the facelifted Model S and Model X. Tesla took off the covers to the facelifted Model S and Model X in January and at the time, the NHTSA released a statement revealing it […]
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Germany’s KBA vehicle authority has announced a recall for Tesla Model Xs built between 2015 and 2016. The recall concerns a certain trim adhesive used in the electric SUV which could come loose, causing a piece of trim on the vehicle’s roof to detach. The KBA estimates that the issue affects 195 vehicles in Germany, […]
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Much like there is no rule saying a dog can’t play basketball, there’s no law saying a steering wheel has to be round in the UK. And that’s good news for Tesla because this Air Bud law, which argues that something is legal as long as it is not explicitly illegal, means the Model S […]
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Tesla is recalling 134,951 Model S sedans and Model X SUVs built at its Fremont California plant as a result of an infotainment screen that will “inevitably” fail, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The issue goes further than simply the infotainment system, though. When it fails, the screen bricks, which prevents drivers […]
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Last week, Tesla revealed a comprehensive update for the Model S and Model X and if you can look past all the insane performance specifications of the Plaid and Plaid Plus models, it is the revamped interiors of the duo that have triggered the most headlines. The highlight is the yoke-style steering wheel of the […]
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Many questions were raised by Tesla’s decision to give the updated 2021 Model S and Model X a steering yoke and whether that’s legal and safe, but apparently, the carmaker also had another option hidden inside their website’s code. And we say “had” because shortly after the discovery of a normal, round steering wheel option, […]
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Tesla has shared the first information and images of the updated Model S and Model X and unlike previous updates, this one introduces a whole new interior as well as the mind-bending fast Plaid variants. The new Plaid version of the Tesla Model S features three electric motors with a combined output of 1,020 HP, […]
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