Tag: tesla motors
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Tesla launches Full Self-Driving subscription service
After much anticipation, Tesla has officially launched its Full Self-Driving subscription package, which is priced at USD199 (RM839) per month for cars with the Basic Autopilot package, or USD99 (RM417) for those with the now discontinued Enhanced Autopilot package. The new subscription service is an alternative to the one-time payment of USD10,000 (RM42,180) that Tesla…
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Tesla Cybertruck and EHang passenger drone a.k.a. flying car are now open for booking in Indonesia
Private car importer Prestige Image Motorcars had the most sci-fi offerings at the just-concluded IIMS Hybrid 2021 event in Jakarta. Known as a Tesla importer, the firm brought a mock-up of the Tesla Cybertruck to the show, opening order books for the futuristic-looking vehicle. According to Autonetmagz, word is that the Cybertruck is expected to…
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Tesla Model Y Standard Range dropped from line-up; CEO Musk previously said range ‘unacceptably low’
Tesla has discontinued the Standard Range variant of the Model Y, reports Inside EVs, with the base variant once again removed from the model line-up. At its debut, the Model Y Standard Range variant was not given power or torque output figures, though the single-motor, RWD version was touted with a 0-96 km/h time of…
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Production ramp-up the cause of poor QC – Elon Musk
Tesla vehicles are notoriously known for their quality control issues, and what does business CEO Elon Musk need to say about it? “Either purchase it right at the beginning or when production reaches a constant state,” that he had been quoted when reacting to automobile engineering adviser Sandy Munro, Autocar reports. This ’s a fairly…
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Tesla registers company in India, RHD CKD possible
Tesla’s plans to set up shop in India requires a step nearer towards reality, following the registration of a company in the entire world ’s most populous nation. Reuters reports that Tesla Motors India and Energy Private Limited were incorporated on January 8, along with their office is located at the southern city of Bengaluru…
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Tesla ‘not a real automaker’ despite valuation: Toyoda
Toyota president Akio Toyoda has said that the Japanese manufacturer is a real automaker while Tesla isn’t, in reply to a query during a briefing, Bloomberg reported. The remark followed Toyoda’s acknowledgement that Tesla’s valuation is greater than that of all seven Japanese automakers combined, Toyoda said, noting that Toyota can learn from Tesla in…
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Tesla Model Y – production of the seven-seater EV to begin in November, deliveries start early December
Almost 18 months after the Tesla Model Y made its world debut, company founder Elon Musk said the seven-seater electric vehicle will eventually be entering production following month, with deliveries to follow in early December. Even the Model Y is developed on exactly the same stage as the Model 3 and shares about 75 percent…
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Tesla adds traffic light, stop sign detection to Autopilot
Starting today Teslas in the US can stop for traffic lights and stop signals. ???????? Where you wish to go Only say. Your Tesla will push you through city streets go about slow automobiles, and depart all on its own. You merely monitor. @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/ryRKiReZqc — Third Row Tesla Podcast (@thirdrowtesla) April 24, 2020 At…
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Tesla cars in China inferior? Govt urges consistency
A number of Tesla’s Chinese customers have complained that they re becoming cars in the car specialist that is electrical along with the China government has stepped in, advocating Tesla to keep its China-made cars consistent, Reuters reports. This ’s the background. Tesla is currently making automobiles in China, and also its Shanghai Gigafactory delivered…
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Tesla Cybertruck to be built at new plant in central US
Tesla is looking for a location in US, probably in Texas, to set a new Gigafactory. Company CEO and founder Elon Musk took to Twitter to announce that, adding that the new manufacturing plant will be utilized to construct the Cybertruck. Musk afterwards added that the Model Y will be fabricated on the east coast,…