Tesla

I had the chance to get up close and personal with the Tesla Cybertruck. This is probably the most controversial vehicle in decades and people are very divided, you either love it or you hate it, there's very few in between. Having watched the vehicle be reveal 4 years ago, I remember my feeling watching the car drive out on stage. Initially, like many, I thought...

Elon Musk has confirmed that Shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour for his record 2018 compensation package. Tesla Shareholders have again voted to approve the compensation plan after a Delaware judge ruled the compensation package was not entirely valid in 2023. The judge found that the process leading to its approval was flawed and that the potential payout was excessive and not in the best interests...

This afternoon has been full of news in the Tesla community, chiefly among them is the confirmation that Tesla's new halo vehicle, Cybertruck, will be getting the Autopilot and FSD in June. Tesla offers Autopilot on all new vehicles, but for thousands of early buyers of the Cybertruck, they got an IOU, with no concrete timeline of when they would get it. The trucks lacked anything...

Tesla's Full Self Driving is improving rapidly since the company moved to Version 12 of their software which is a significant shift in architecture. At a high level, the car's computer can take video in from the cameras, understand the environment, plot a safe path through it and output the controls to make it happen. As each point release rolls out (currently 12.3.5), the system...

Tesla's Cybertruck has been on somewhat of a global tour recently despite only being delivered to customers in North America. When Cybertruck was announced back in November 2019, the Cybertruck was available to reserve in Australia and even today still has an AU page on Tesla's website, strongly suggesting the company will offer it here. Last night, the Tesla Australia New Zealand Instagram account...

Coming to Australian roads in July, the new Tesla Model 3 Performance was officially announced yesterday and is now available to order. The new car features many new upgrades over the first Model 3 Performance offered in Australia in late 2019. The Model 3 Performance, All-Wheel Drive features a 528km range (WLPT), a top speed of 262 km/h and faster 0-100 km/h time of...

Over the weekend, the official Tesla account published information about the upcoming Spring Release software update. While we're still waiting for that to reach customer cars, we've now got our first look at the new update running on a vehicle. X user @The_Alfather has shared a photo of the latest 2024.14 build that shows for the first time, a full-screen visualisation of Autopilot. For...

I recently had the chance to spend a week with the 2024 Tesla Model 3 Highland Refresh and now it's time to detail my thoughts in a full review. The first major update to the Model 3 since its inception more than 5 years ago is a big one, while the car shares the same nameplate, the car features changes to almost every part of...