tesla

  • Video: Dumb stuff people do in autonomous cars

    What’s the craziest thing you’ve done in an autonomous car? A facebook post, Tinder profiling or snap a few selfies? Here’s a  collection of Tesla owners doing slightly more outrageous acts, ranging from playing Jenga to sleeping. Not all go to plan and we could be witnessing the most irresponsible period...
  • Video: Gigafactory will accelerate lithium-ion production

    Aerial shots revealthe enormity of Tesla’s new gigafactory, set to begin business in two months’ time. “We are excited to announce that the Gigafactory Grand Opening event will take place on the evening of Friday, July 29, at our facility outside Reno, Nevada“, Tesla wrote. The 5-billion dollar facility built in...
  • Model 4 could be Tesla’s new affordable car

    A more affordable Tesla is on the way, Elon Musk has hinted in a recent conference. This statement of intent comes off the back of the Tesla Model 3 – the company’s first mid-level premium sedan competing against BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C Class. The Model 3 has...
  • Video: Tesla Model 3 takes to the streets

    From the launch of Tesla’s Model 3 we got horribly dark footage from awfully contrived demonstrations and shaky in-car clips. Not to mention that Elon has since confirmed these models were not representative of the finished product – largely from an interior perspective. This video catches the Model 3 out on...
  • Video: Can Tesla’s P90D be controlled by the mind?

    Colour us skeptical since there are numerous ways this can be faked but our inner child wants to believe that if it can be done, Tesla’s P90D would pack the sort of brain power required by Touch Titans’ Mind Control. Time to cleanse your thoughts and avoid a colossal accident from miscommunication....
  • Thrust vs Electricity in Tesla’s latest stunt

    The classic car vs plane has been taken to its broadest extremes but getting Qantas to agree to a race between one of its 737 Boeings and your Tesla P90D will have required some pullings of strings. The Tesla with its sub 3-second 0-100km/h time gets the jump as...
  • Tesla coming to South Africa with new Model 3

    California: Last night Elon Musk pulled the covers off the long-awaited Tesla Model 3 and went on to confirm new markets to carry out the the brand’s expansion… Tesla is coming to South Africa, but probably not before 2018. The Model 3 is Tesla’s fourth model. It follows the Roadster,...
  • Porsche close to naming battery supplier for Mission E

    If there’s one memory we take from being at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show it is that Porsche’s Mission E succinctly summed up the show’s underlying message about efficiency and performance while others nibbled at imaginative technologies. And unlike other hollow concept cars dotted around the halls, you got...
  • Brabus claims to improve handling of Model S

    Elon Musk has the controlling persona that would usually prevent tuning houses from interfering with one of his cars. With or without Elon’s consent, Brabus has developed an exterior kit for the Model S but has wisely chosen not to try and improve the electronics that underpin the car’s...