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The Tesla Model 3 has been in Australia for about 10 months now and as we approach the 1 year anniversary, the car today is a dramatically different vehicle than it was when it shipped, thanks Tesla’s commitment to deliver OTA software updates. We’ve heard many OEMs promise, but...
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Early this morning Tesla released the financial results for Q2 2020. As we know from the delivery numbers released at the end of June, Tesla had an amazing quarter, given their largest factory was closed for a month or around a third of Q2. Financially the big question was...
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Tesla are pretty great at building cars, but they’re also getting pretty great at building factories. Gigafactories have long been part of the Tesla story, it was really the success of the Shanghai, China Gigafactory that reframed the discussion. Gigafactory Berlin, Germany is currently under construction and until now,...
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The World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2020 is being held right now in China and brings together the best minds in the rapidly expanding industry. With market leading autonomy, which relies increasingly on AI, Elon Musk provided a video during the opening ceremony. During the video, Musk responded to some...
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Most business decisions that Tesla makes are fairly logical, but the company’s recent opening of pre-orders for the Cybertruck in China certainly raises some questions. China is obviously now a key market for Tesla, with their expanding Shanghai Gigafactory, which will soon start producing Model Y’s to add to...
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The Cannonball Run is a very illegal, underground competition to see who can drive from LA to New York in the fastest time possible. Speed limits are completely ignored and a team of spotters positioned across each state, usually help the driver avoid the police. There has just been...
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As expected, the start of July has brought an increase to the price of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) package. While Elon Musk had suggested the price rise would be around $1,000, it was fairly well understood that really referred to the US pricing. Once you take US$1,000 and...
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Tesla’s famous big battery in South Australia is going through the final stage of testing, after an expansion that grows the battery by 50%. Neoen, who owns the Hornsdale Power Reserve, are close finalising testing that will increase the capacity of the battery from 100MW to 150MW. This increase...
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If you’re a Tesla owner, then you need to make a pretty serious decision about your car, and quickly. Most of the upgrades that happen to Tesla’s come for free by way of a software update, but the Full-Self Driving package is functionality Tesla are charging for. When the...
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Elon Musk has just confirmed that the long awaited, high anticipated battery investor day is likely to be held on September 15th. Battery day is expected to be the location where Tesla unveils its million mile+ battery technology, while also announcing the cost of battery production has reached a...
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GM have a feature called Supercruise that uses driver monitoring on known routes, to allow the driver to remove their hands from the wheel for miles (or km) at a time. Now Ford are chasing the same technology with the Mach-E due out later this year. As part of...
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Tesla are activating the Cabin Camera for the first time in a Model 3. Included in the release notes for a new software version for China, is a new feature – Cabin Camera. The full release notes for Cabin Camera are: Help Tesla continue to develop safer vehicles by...
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In a new photo of an upcoming software update, we can see Tesla have added the side cameras to the rear camera view. This is being used while the car is driving, which provides additional visibility down each side of the car and will give drivers more confidence when...
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This morning many Aussie Tesla owners woke up to yet another over the air update to their cars. In the latest update, version 2020.20.13, the car now has the ability to recognise intersections including traffic lights, stop signs, T intersections and even roundabouts. This is the kind of thing...
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Australia, New Zealand and Canada are among the first countries outside the United States to receive a new safety feature from Tesla. In the latest over the air update, software version 2020.20.13, Tesla vehicles can now automatically stop at traffic lights and stop signs. This is a major safety...
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As the US share market closes, Australians are waking up to news that Tesla’s share price increased substantially overnight, leading to them now being the most valuable automaker on the planet. Tesla ($TSLA) reached a new record high of $1,025.05 per share, adding +$84.38, a growth of 8.97% in...
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Tesla’s Model Y has now been added to the referral program. While the Model Y is not yet available for pre-order in Australia, the referral page for existing Tesla owners, now lists the Model Y as an option. If you’re in a market that does have the Model Y...
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Should you buy FSD before the price goes up? ...
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When we shared the news about Tesla’s website account page refresh last month, the new ‘Add Driver’ feature was limited to just 1 additional person. Once people understood how powerful the feature was, Tesla owners started imagining possible use cases for the option. With the capacity to add more...
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Tesla has updated the account page on their website with some neat new functionality. Tesla owners can now give access to their car to additional drivers, simply by adding their email address. Granting people access to your car usually means giving them your keys, like if you were going...
The Tesla Model 3 has been in Australia for about 10 months now and as we approach the 1 year anniversary, the car today is a dramatically different vehicle than it was when it shipped, thanks Tesla’s commitment to deliver OTA software updates. We’ve heard many OEMs promise, but...
Early this morning Tesla released the financial results for Q2 2020. As we know from the delivery numbers released at the end of June, Tesla had an amazing quarter, given their largest factory was closed for a month or around a third of Q2. Financially the big question was...
Tesla are pretty great at building cars, but they’re also getting pretty great at building factories. Gigafactories have long been part of the Tesla story, it was really the success of the Shanghai, China Gigafactory that reframed the discussion. Gigafactory Berlin, Germany is currently under construction and until now,...
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2020 is being held right now in China and brings together the best minds in the rapidly expanding industry. With market leading autonomy, which relies increasingly on AI, Elon Musk provided a video during the opening ceremony. During the video, Musk responded to some...
Most business decisions that Tesla makes are fairly logical, but the company’s recent opening of pre-orders for the Cybertruck in China certainly raises some questions. China is obviously now a key market for Tesla, with their expanding Shanghai Gigafactory, which will soon start producing Model Y’s to add to...
The Cannonball Run is a very illegal, underground competition to see who can drive from LA to New York in the fastest time possible. Speed limits are completely ignored and a team of spotters positioned across each state, usually help the driver avoid the police. There has just been...
As expected, the start of July has brought an increase to the price of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) package. While Elon Musk had suggested the price rise would be around $1,000, it was fairly well understood that really referred to the US pricing. Once you take US$1,000 and...
Tesla’s famous big battery in South Australia is going through the final stage of testing, after an expansion that grows the battery by 50%. Neoen, who owns the Hornsdale Power Reserve, are close finalising testing that will increase the capacity of the battery from 100MW to 150MW. This increase...
If you’re a Tesla owner, then you need to make a pretty serious decision about your car, and quickly. Most of the upgrades that happen to Tesla’s come for free by way of a software update, but the Full-Self Driving package is functionality Tesla are charging for. When the...
Elon Musk has just confirmed that the long awaited, high anticipated battery investor day is likely to be held on September 15th. Battery day is expected to be the location where Tesla unveils its million mile+ battery technology, while also announcing the cost of battery production has reached a...
GM have a feature called Supercruise that uses driver monitoring on known routes, to allow the driver to remove their hands from the wheel for miles (or km) at a time. Now Ford are chasing the same technology with the Mach-E due out later this year. As part of...
Tesla are activating the Cabin Camera for the first time in a Model 3. Included in the release notes for a new software version for China, is a new feature – Cabin Camera. The full release notes for Cabin Camera are: Help Tesla continue to develop safer vehicles by...
In a new photo of an upcoming software update, we can see Tesla have added the side cameras to the rear camera view. This is being used while the car is driving, which provides additional visibility down each side of the car and will give drivers more confidence when...
This morning many Aussie Tesla owners woke up to yet another over the air update to their cars. In the latest update, version 2020.20.13, the car now has the ability to recognise intersections including traffic lights, stop signs, T intersections and even roundabouts. This is the kind of thing...
Australia, New Zealand and Canada are among the first countries outside the United States to receive a new safety feature from Tesla. In the latest over the air update, software version 2020.20.13, Tesla vehicles can now automatically stop at traffic lights and stop signs. This is a major safety...
As the US share market closes, Australians are waking up to news that Tesla’s share price increased substantially overnight, leading to them now being the most valuable automaker on the planet. Tesla ($TSLA) reached a new record high of $1,025.05 per share, adding +$84.38, a growth of 8.97% in...
Tesla’s Model Y has now been added to the referral program. While the Model Y is not yet available for pre-order in Australia, the referral page for existing Tesla owners, now lists the Model Y as an option. If you’re in a market that does have the Model Y...
Should you buy FSD before the price goes up? ...
When we shared the news about Tesla’s website account page refresh last month, the new ‘Add Driver’ feature was limited to just 1 additional person. Once people understood how powerful the feature was, Tesla owners started imagining possible use cases for the option. With the capacity to add more...
Tesla has updated the account page on their website with some neat new functionality. Tesla owners can now give access to their car to additional drivers, simply by adding their email address. Granting people access to your car usually means giving them your keys, like if you were going...
