Tesla has now added ‘Active Road Noise Reduction’ to the latest Model S and Model X electric cars. The new feature is available now via a software update and uses very similar technology found in headphones that have ANC built in to reduce the surrounding noise. Tesla say that Active Road Noise Reduction uses two microphones in the front seats that measures the interior noise, then the speakers will push […]
The Tesla Model 3 might have been the best selling electric car in Europe and the UK last year, with around 112,000 sales between January 2021 and November. The figures for December should come in soon but it does look like Tesla has had the best selling car last year. In comparison, Volkswagen sold 62,467 ID3 cars in those eleven months, which is an 124% increase compared to 2020. Not […]
With its latest update, which was released this week – Tesla has now stopped allowing users to play games whilst the car is in motion. This update follows on from a new feature that Tesla released called Passenger Play, which allowed basically anyone to play games on the screen in the car, while the car was moving. The issue with Passenger Play was that, well it relied on someones good […]
Tesla has today released its big update for owners, just in the for the Christmas holiday. The update this time around is quite large, with a lot to dig into. First of all, Tesla has added some new entrainment apps, such as TikTok and a new Sonic the Hedgehog game. The TikTok app can be found under the Tesla Theatre and will allow users to watch any video from that […]
Already, some Tesla owners are dealing with issues of overcrowding at Supercharger stations and Tesla is looking to help solve some of these issues, as a lot of people in the US embarks on travels for Christmas. According to a report from Electrek, the company is looking to offer free charging at its locations in the US between 23rd December and 26th December, but at off peak hours such as 7pm through […]
Tesla has announced this week that it has now stopped taking any new orders for the Model S and Model X for countries outside of North America. For those areas, the company is saying that deliveries for existing orders should be fulfilled in the second half of next year. Tesla has been sending out communications to this customers who have ordered the Model S and Model X in the UK […]
It has been recently reported, that some new Tesla Model 3 and Model Y cars that are being delivered are arriving without any USB-C ports in the centre console or in the back seats. Tesla has said the cause is the ongoing chip shortages and it will be rectifying the issue in December, that is if the company can get the necessary parts. With this issue, some customers were notified […]
Tesla has recently increased the price of the Model S and Model X, as current demand is delaying some orders until 2022. Both models have been bumped in price by $5,000, around £3,600. Both models were heavily refreshed earlier this year, with light retouches on the outside and full interior revamps. Earlier last week too, the entry level cars, the Model 3 and Model Y also saw price increases by […]
Throughout the US, the CCS charging socket is proving popular, even though for Tesla vehicles they use a propriety connector. Here in the UK and Europe, the CCS standard is prevalent and Tesla even switched to using it by default on the Model 3 when it was launched here. However, as many third party chargers that are not on the Supercharger network have switched or are switching to CCS, Tesla […]
Starting today here in the UK, Tesla has made its new Model Y small SUV available to pre-order, with shipments estimated for early 2022. Initially, the company was going to build them at the Gigafactory in Berlin, however for some markets in Europe, Tesla has been shipping some over from Shanghai. It is unclear where Tesla is going to import the Model Y cars destined for the UK from, as […]
