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Phantom braking, where the vehicle suddenly brakes aggressively without apparent reason, remains a persistent problem for Tesla drivers according to NHTSA reports. Tesla drivers have filed a growing number of complaints about their electric vehicles ‘phantom braking’ with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) over the past three months, the Washington Post reports. In…
With the version 4.5.1 update of the Mobile App, Tesla added the Charge Stats feature to help Tesla drivers estimate their charging costs and savings compared to the costs of gas. Interestingly, this latest Tesla Mobile App update was not an automatic update. I had to go to the app store to trigger the update.…
Tesla expands its Non-Tesla Supercharger pilot, which was first started in November 2021, to new locations and countries. In a tweet this morning, the carmaker announced that it opens its Supercharger network to EVs from other brands in both France, the Netherlands, and Norway. France, The Netherlands and Norway added to Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot In…
In a bold move, 19-year-old Jack Sweeney asked Elon Musk for $50,000 to stop tracking the billionaire’s private jet. Sweeney manages several Twitter bots that track the movements of private jets from people such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk. The Twitter account Elon Musk’s Jet is hugely popular and now has close…
We know that Elon Musk took the Cybertruck for a spin around the Gigafactory Texas before the earnings call yesterday. Today we find out that podcast host Joe Rogan got a sneak preview of the plant, the Cybertruck but reportedly also was allowed to take it for a spin. This morning on Instagram, Rogan shared…
Tesla added a new feature called the ‘Blind Spot Camera’ in their latest software update, v11.0 (2021.44.30.11). Of course, this wasn’t the only improvement made to my Tesla Model 3, but it was one that I thought might be particularly useful. According to TeslaScope this software update is in the process of being rolled out…
Over the weekend, new Tesla Cybertruck video and photos were leaked, showing some changes compared to the original design. It is exciting to see that the carmaker is trying to stay as true as possible to the all-electric truck it unveiled a few years ago. Let’s take a closer look. A couple of things are…
This morning, Tesla tweeted the following two photos, showing some of the new graffiti art that decorates the exterior of the Giga Berlin factory. The works of art were already visible in some of the drone videos that were recently uploaded to Youtube. Back in May of 2021, Tesla had asked artists to submit their…
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