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Close-up of the Tesla Roadster's rear drive unit on a lit display stand, with orange high-voltage cables running across the top

Model S · Roadster

Tesla Roadster Drops AWD and Claims 1 MW From Two Rear Motors

Tesla says the Roadster's battery and drive unit make 1 MW, a third more than the Model S Plaid, at half the mass. Two rear motors do all the work.

Haye KestelooOct 163 min read

Black Tesla Model 3 Performance plugged in at a Tesla Supercharger stall

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 3

Tesla Faces Q2 Delivery Shortfall but Retains Deutsche Bank’s Buy Rating

Model Y

Tesla’s Current Offers: Free Supercharging, 0% Model Y Financing, and a $99 FSD Subscription

Tesla launches a wave of US promotions, including 0% APR financing on the Model Y, a year of free Supercharging for Model 3 buyers, and $99 FSD subscriptions. See the full breakdown of lease deals and tax incentives.

Haye KestelooJun 5

Taycan

Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door EV Brings 1,153 HP and a Fake V8, But Its Design Is Splitting the Internet

Mercedes-AMG has priced its first dedicated electric car, the all-electric GT 4-Door Coupe, starting at €154,700 for the GT 55 and €196,350 for the GT 63 in Germany. Order books opened this week in Europe, and U.S. deliveries are expected to begin late this year. The GT 63 is the most powerful road-going Mercedes-AMG yet.…

Haye KestelooMay 28

Tesla

Tesla FSD v14.3.2 Cannonball Claim Cuts Roy’s Zero-Intervention Record By Eight Hours

A team led by Dan Burkland posted on X early Sunday that they completed a Cannonball Run from the Red Ball Garage in Manhattan to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach in 49 hours and 55 minutes, with their Tesla Model 3 running Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14.3.2 the entire way and zero driver disengagements. If…

Haye KestelooMay 10

BMW

BMW i7 Facelift Debuts In Beijing With Rimac Gen6 Battery, But Stays On 400-Volt Architecture

BMW peeled the covers off the facelifted 7 Series and i7 today, April 22, 2026, at Auto China 2026 in Beijing, and the headline is buried underneath the usual grille-and-screen noise. The electric i7 now runs a jointly developed battery pack from Rimac Technology, using BMW’s Gen6 4695 cylindrical cells inside the outgoing car’s Gen5…

Haye KestelooApr 22

Tesla

Tesla Sets May 12 Fremont Send-Off For 350 Signature Edition Model S And Model X Buyers

Tesla will hold the Signature Edition delivery event for the final Model S and Model X ever built on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at its Fremont, California factory, according to the official invitation shared by Sawyer Merritt on X. The invitation has started going out to the 350 buyers who ordered one of the Plaid-only…

Haye KestelooApr 21

Florida

Tesla Settles Florida Teen Wrongful Death Case Hours Before Trial, Dodging Jury on Disabled Speed Limiter

Tesla has settled the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Edgar Monserratt Martinez, an 18-year-old killed in a 2018 crash involving a 2014 Model S whose owner-requested 85 mph (137 kph) speed limiter had been disabled before the fatal high-speed impact, court records show. The automaker was removed as a defendant Sunday, with…

Haye KestelooApr 20

Model S

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