Tesla’s decision to sell cars in Tesla-owned stores, instead of through franchised car dealerships, has been under fire since the company first came to market. In fact, states such as New Jersey temporarily banned the sales of Tesla cars in favor of dealerships. Now an association of dealers in Virginia is targeting Tesla. Discovered by the Washington Post and covered by Electrek, Don...
A couple weeks ago, Elon Musk held a special Tesla event to announce a solar roof that would come in the form of solar tiles, seamlessly blending into the structure of a home. The announcement came as a surprise, given there were no whispers about it. Tesla is claiming its new solar glass tile is more durable than regular roof tile and will serve as solar panels to charge your home and...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter on Wednesday that version 8.0 of Tesla’s software for the Model X and Model S will begin rolling out gradually tonight. The software will includes several changes, the most prominent of which is improvements to Autopilot to make the system safer for drivers. As Tesla noted back in September, version 8 of its software will include “more advanced...
Back in August 2006, nearly ten years ago, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled his Master Plan, wherein he dreamed of one day offering consumers a high-volume affordable electric car. With pre-orders for the Model 3 through the roof, Musk’s vision is almost complete. Now, it’s time for Musk to move on to Part 2. After leaving a trail of breadcrumbs over the past few days, Musk...
The Falcon Wing doors that come with Tesla’s Model X are pretty awesome, even if they’re also proving to be a little buggy in early models. But have you ever wondered how they actually work? Now we know thanks to a fun new video from Tesla-focused YouTube channel Trev Page. The video offers a quick breakdown of the technology inside the Falcon Wings doors using a simplified Lego model...
Tesla’s Model X hasn’t had the smoothest launch, with plenty of early customers reporting buggy software and hardware issues for the electric SUV, but here’s one accident that probably can’t be blamed on the company. A Tesla customer recently did some serious damage to their Model X’s flashy Falcon Wing doors after attempting to drive out of the garage with the doors still up. You can...
A deadly crash that killed the driver of a Model S is being investigated by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), Tesla announced on Thursday. At the time of the accident, Tesla’s autopilot software was engaged. This is the first such incident in over 130 million miles where Autopilot was activated, the company said. Tesla described how the accident...
The Model 3 is Tesla’s most important electric car yet, promising a sleek design and high-tech features at an affordable price. But the company could have something even better coming in the future, assuming its current plans work out. Speaking in Norway during a recent transportation conference, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted at plans for a fourth-generation car that anyone can afford to...
This is awesome – a hacker recently installed Gentoo Linux on the computer inside of his or her Tesla Model S,. all in the hopes of making the 17-inch screen the perfect media player. And perfect it is – the tinkerer recently published the project to Su-Tesla.Space with screenshots of the installation. “Some details, this is running a Gentoo arm system, cross-compiled using a qemu-user...
Tesla unveiled the Model 3 last week, a car I like to refer to as the “poor man’s Tesla.” Technically, it’s the Tesla for everyone, a futuristic and attractive-looking car that’s within most people’s budgets, which hasn’t been true for earlier Tesla models. The company began accepting pre-orders immediately and has continued, on places like Twitter, to highlight that figure as it...