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This might be an event that will mark the history of the automobile. Tesla’s Gigafactory battery plant is now operational. Even if the five-billion-dollar plant isn’t 100% completed, and far from it, it can nonetheless start producing battery packs. The gigantic complex will practically double the world’s lithium battery production …

Back when Tesla Motors was founded, Elon Musk had a four-part plan: Create a low-volume car, which would necessarily be expensive Use that money to develop a medium-volume car at a lower price Use that money to create an affordable, high-volume car Provide solar power. That was 10 years ago.

Tesla just launched a more affordable version of its new SUV, the Model X. From now on, buyers that want to drive around in one of the Californian automaker's SUVs without spending the $106,000 for the 75D model can now opt for the 60D, which is on sale for "only" …

On May 7, Joshua D. Brown died when his Tesla Model S collided with a tractor-trailer. The manufacturer declared today that when the accident occurred, the Autopilot system was activated. This is the first time this semi-autonomous driving aid is directly associated with a deadly crash. Here’s how it supposedly …

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has started to look into a peculiar suspension problem that affected a vehicle from electric-car manufacturer Tesla. During a low-speed drive, the wheel hub of a 2013 Model S separated from the suspension arm. During the inspection, the engineers saw that the part showed …

One of Tesla's vehicles' main attractions, both the Model S sedan and Model X SUV, is the fact they have their very own charging station network. These Superchargers can only be accessed by Teslas and can recharge the electric vehicle’s battery in a short time. For the next car in …

To prove that their Bioweapon Defense system is more than a marketing scheme, Tesla decided to put it to the test. The automaker placed its Model X in a plastic bubble full of polluted air, 83 times more than what the EPA considers "good-quality air". Tesla says that you could …

Slowly but surely, progress marches on: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just published the range for the 2016 Tesla Model S 90D, which just received some upgrades. With highway range of 487.93 kilometres (303.2 miles), the sedan from California just became the first production electric vehicle that can go over …

Tesla just updated their website, and a tab for configuring the Model S has been added. Thanks to this, we can now see the sedan’s new nose. It looks similar to the Model 3 which has been unveiled a few days ago. This is the first cosmetic update for the …

Bad news for Tesla: a few short weeks after starting to deliver its much-awaited Model X SUV, the Californian manufacturer will have to recall pretty much every single SUV they sold. Every Model X built between September 2015 and March 26, 2016 were built with a defect in the third …