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Model 3 · Supercharging

Tesla Lets You Flee a Supercharger Mid-Charge After Idaho Shooting

Emergency Drive Away lets a plugged-in Tesla shift into Drive after the Twin Falls shooting. It wrecks the charge port, and repairs can hit $25,000.

Haye KestelooOct 35 min read

Front view of a blue BMW i3 50 xDrive electric sedan with its lights on

BMW i3 Reservations Open With a 468-Mile Estimate and No Price

BMW now takes $1,000 deposits on the electric i3 50 xDrive, rated at 446 to 468 miles by BMW's estimate, with no U.S. price and deliveries in early 2027.

Damien KestelooSep 30

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Tesla FSD v14 Lite Lands In South Korea, But Only US-Built Model 3 And Y Owners Get It

Tesla's FSD v14 Lite reaches South Korea, its first international HW3 rollout. Only US-built Model 3 and Model Y qualify; Shanghai-built cars stay locked out.

Haye KestelooJul 10

Rentals

Tesla's Rental Program Is Expanding to Maryland and Kansas, Job Listings Show

New Tesla job postings for Owings Mills, Maryland and Lenexa, Kansas point to the automaker's $60-a-day rental program spreading well past its original coastal pilot cities.

Haye KestelooJul 10

Tesla

Tesla Posts Its Best June Ever In The UK As Electric Cars Take 30% Of The Market

Tesla registered 12,173 new cars in the United Kingdom in June, the brand’s best June on record there and a 58% jump over the 7,719 it managed a year earlier, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data published Monday, July 6, 2026. That volume handed Tesla 5.7% of the entire British new…

Haye KestelooJul 6

Tesla's Charging Empire Might Expand with Hyundai

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EV Batteries Post A 0.3% Failure Rate While Buyers Keep Pricing In A Repair Bill That Rarely Comes

The average electric vehicle still delivers up to 95% of its original range after five years on the road, according to battery-data firm Recurrent, and the highest-mileage cars are making the point hard to ignore. Richard Symons, who runs a used-EV dealership in southern England, has logged 247,000 miles on his five-year-old Tesla Model 3…

Haye KestelooJul 5

Model Y

Tesla Model Y Long Wheelbase Arrives In The US At $61,990, The Six-Seater Answer To The Cramped 7-Seater

Tesla launched the Model Y Long Wheelbase in the US and Puerto Rico today, a stretched, three-row, six-seat version of its best-seller with 325 miles of range and a 4.4-second 0-60 time. Tesla’s configurator lists it as the Model Y L Premium at $61,990, in Launch Series trim with all-wheel drive, sitting above the $57,990…

Haye KestelooJul 2

Tesla

Tesla Smashes Q2 Delivery Expectations With 480,126 Vehicles, And BYD Still Won The Quarter

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up 25% from a year ago and its fourth-best delivery quarter ever. Wall Street expected 406,024. Tesla beat its own compiled analyst consensus by 74,102 vehicles, an 18% overshoot that nobody on the sell side saw coming. The company also produced 451,758 vehicles and deployed…

Haye KestelooJul 2

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