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Tesla's cheapest current offering topped the charts. When it comes to premium cars, no other electric vehicle could quite meet the demands and satisfy quite as well as the Tesla Model 3 sedan. This is according to Automotive News, the ...

Tesla patents sunroof with electric tinting and integrated lighting

SAN FRANCISCO: Electrek spotted on Monday a recently published patent by Tesla that outlines the company’s potential plans to develop a sunroof with “electrically controllable” tinting and an integrated lighting system. While both sunroof features are not new technologies, ...

Watch: The Tesla Model Y Shows Off Its Bioweapon Defense Mode

The Tesla Model Y is one of Tesla’s best-selling vehicles. The electric SUV model is a hit among consumers because of its practicality and many features. The Model Y has one feature that’s particularly mind-blowing: Bioweapon Defense Mode. Check out ...

Tesla car catches fire in HK parking lot, say media

HONG KONG: A Tesla Inc electric car caught fire in a parking lot in a Hong Kong shopping mall, the Apple Daily newspaper said on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the blaze, whose cause was not immediately ...

Panasonic to exit solar production at Tesla's New York plant as partnership frays

TOKYO/LOS ANGELES: Panasonic Corp said it would exit solar cell production at Tesla Inc’s New York plant, the latest sign of strain in a partnership where Panasonic’s status as the US electric vehicle (EV) maker’s exclusive battery supplier is ...

Tesla owner lawsuit claims software update fraudulently cut battery capacity

SAN FRANCISCO: A Tesla Inc owner has filed a lawsuit against the electric vehicle maker, claiming the company limited the battery range of older vehicles via a software update to avoid a costly recall to fix what plaintiffs allege ...

Rental firm walks away from Tesla order after quality dispute

FRANKFURT: Car rental company Nextmove has walked away from a 5 million euros (RM23.2mil) order for 85 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles following a dispute over how to fix quality issues, the German company said on Friday. Nextmove said ...

Toyota using Tesla-style Panasonic batteries for China hybrids, say sources

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp has started using the same type of battery that Panasonic Corp designed for Tesla Inc in some of its plug-in hybrids sold in China, sources familiar with the matter said. Toyota is using Panasonic’s cylindrical ...

Tesla's Model 3 earns insurance industry's top safety rating

SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc’s Model 3 electric sedan has earned the top safety rating from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS), becoming the first Tesla to do so. The IIHS has given the Model 3 its highest rating, ...

Tesla unveils electric pickup truck, futuristic design ignites controversy

Musk gesturing while wrapping up his presentation of the Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California on Nov 21. — AFP LOS ANGELES: Tesla Inc on Thursday unveiled its first electric pickup truck that looked like a futuristic ...

Musk suggests Tesla has 250,000 orders for Cybertruck

SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc has received 250,000 orders for its electric pickup truck unveiled five days ago, chief executive officer Elon Musk suggested in a tweet on Tuesday. Musk has been promoting the Cybertruck on Twitter and cryptically tweeting ...

Tesla cuts starting price for Model 3 by 9% in China

A China-made Model 3 vehicle is seen at a delivery ceremony in the Shanghai Gigafactory on Dec 30. — Reuters SHANGHAI: Tesla cut the starting price of its China-built Model 3 sedans by 9%, as it steps up efforts ...

Tesla’s Model 3 is the only EV doing real volume in the US

DETROIT: If automakers learned anything from 2019, it’s that the have and have-nots of the US electric-vehicle market are Tesla Inc.’s Model 3 — and everything else. The Model 3 sold in serious volume, with website InsideEVs.com estimating almost ...

Tesla’s U-shaped steering wheel is legal in the UK, confirms DFT

Tesla has always been popular for releasing vehicles that have something stunning to blow the mind of any car driver. It has always been famous for surprising people with some incredible features. Now, the automaker has come up with a ...

Mattel's Hot Wheels Tesla Cybertruck coming in December

NEW YORK: Mattel’s Hot Wheels brand recently announced at the New York Toy Fair that it is introducing two radio-control toy versions of the Tesla Cybertruck. The Hot Wheels Cybertruck is offered in the 1:64 scale priced at US$20 ...

Tesla's Musk suggests turning Berlin car plant into 'mega rave cave'

The land outside Berlin is being cleared to build the Tesla battery plant. — dpa BERLIN: In what would likely be a world first for a car factory, Tesla’s newest plant may end up doubling as a massive nightclub. ...

Tesla engineers show ventilator prototype on YouTube

NEW YORK: Engineers at Tesla showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company’s YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country overwhelmed by coronavirus patients face device showrtages. The design for the ...

Owning a Tesla Model Y – Truth no one wants to talk about

Owning a Tesla Design Y – Reality no just one demands to converse about. Appears a tiny bit added ominous than it is attainable it need to have to. We adore the automobile but there is a couple of ...

Toyota to Tesla nearing plant reopenings, putting pressure on Detroit

DETROIT: Automakers are cautiously coalescing around plans to reopen North American assembly plants early next month following what will be a roughly six-week shutdown for virtually the entire industry. Toyota Motor Corp., Tesla Inc., Hyundai Motor Co. and Volkswagen ...

Toy Tesla Model S is 'fastest' gaming PC on wheels

LOS ANGELES: Modified by Origin PC, this rideable Tesla Model S toy car for children from Radio Flyer now has a fully functional high-powered control processing unit (CPU) under the front hood. Dubbed the Ludicrous PC (listed under its Gaming Desktop ...

Tesla approaches milestone of world’s most valuable carmaker

TOKYO: The surge in Tesla Inc.’s shares so far this month moved Elon Musk’s company even closer to displacing Toyota Motor Corp. as the world’s most valuable carmaker. With a market capitalisation of more than US$190 billion, Tesla still ...

S. Korea launches safety probe into Tesla vehicles

SEOUL: South Korea said it is investigating suspected safety issues with vehicles made by US automaker Tesla Inc, which is competing strongly with Hyundai Motor Co in the South Korean electric vehicle market. Braking and steering systems including the ...

Tesla's Musk says open to supplying batteries to other automakers

SEOUL: Tesla Inc chief executive officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the company is open to licensing software and supplying powertrains and batteries. Tesla has previously supplied batteries to Mercedes and Toyota Motor under separate partnership deals. Battery ...

Panasonic to boost energy density in Tesla batteries by 20%, says exec

Panasonic recently lost its status as Tesla’s exclusive battery supplier. — Reuters TOKYO: Panasonic Corp plans to boost the energy density of “2170” battery cells it supplies to Tesla Inc by 20% in five years and commercialise a cobalt-free ...

Will Polestar 1 challenge Tesla in the top e-car class?

HAMBURG: A newcomer has arrived in the upper class of electric cars. The Polestar 1, a futuristic-looking coupe from Volvo subsidiary Polestar, looks to be aimed at e-car makers such as Tesla and Nio, whildpa not completely losing sight ...

Ssslow down! Sleeping snakes stall Tesla's German gigafactory

The site outside Berlin where the Tesla plant will be built. — dpa FRANKFURT/BERLIN: Hibernating snakes are complicating Elon Musk’s plans for a gigafactory near Berlin. A German court has told the US billionaire’s electric vehicle company Tesla to ...

Tesla expanding to India in 2021, says daily

NEW DELHI: Tesla Inc will come to India early next year, country’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari told national daily the Indian Express on Monday. The electric-car maker will start with sales and then might look at assembly and manufacturing ...

Tesla to deliver China-made Model Y SUVs this month

BEIJING: Tesla Inc said today it has started selling China-made Model Y sport-utility vehicles (SUV) and will deliver them to customers this month, as the US electric vehicle maker expands sales in the world’s biggest car market. China, which ...

Tesla hunts for design chief to create cars for China, say sources

A potential buyer checking the inside of a China-made Tesla Model Y SUV at the Tesla showroom in Beijing last week. — Reuters BEIJING: Tesla Inc is searching for a design director in China, part of efforts to open ...

Tesla China rival Nio ups competition with ET7 electric sedan, 150 kWh solid state battery coming

SHANGHAI: Chinese electric-car maker Nio Inc. is pitting itself further against market leader Tesla Inc., unveiling its first sedan in direct competition with the US company’s most popular model and other international rivals. The all-electric sedan ET7, released by ...

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