Except for the Quality Issues, the Tesla Model S Plaid Has Doug DeMuro's...
It’s easy to slip into fanboyism with the Model S Plaid, the hardest-accelerating Tesla of them all. But when you think about it, all the hyperbole is justified considering that very few vehicles can...
View ArticleAnother Tesla Model S Catches Fire in China, This Time in Guangzhou
A Model S caught fire in April 2019 in Shanghai. A few weeks later, Tesla released an OTA (over-the-air) update that capped the voltage and charging speed of multiple vehicles. Some owners in the U.S....
View Article“Teslamaro ZL1” Blends Model S EV Prowess and Chevy Muscle in Quick Render
Count on the virtual artists of the world to have no respect, neither for the new age nor the old school muscle when it serves their imagination purposes. Case in point, this potentially controversial...
View ArticleTesla Model X Catches Fire in a Tesla Service Center Garage in Luxembourg
Tesla is probably striving to share some good news, but things are not easy for the company lately. Apart from having to wait until 2023 for its 4680 batteries, Autopilot accidents keep happening with...
View ArticleTesla Model S Plaid Beats Every Bugatti and Other Hypercars in Manny...
When certain millionaire celebrities like to get a taste of real life, they usually end up doing awkward stuff like pretending they’re middle class by buying a school bus for their 3-year-old kid...
View ArticleTesla Occupants Killed In Crash Had Alcohol Blood Level Above Legal Limits
When William Varner, 59, and Everette Talbot, 69, died in a fiery crash in Texas back on April 17, 2021, weird details started to emerge. The first responders said no one was at the driver’s seat of...
View ArticleTesla Model S Plaid Is "a Waste of Money" According to Edmunds Review....
If this is your first time on autoevolution, greetings, we hope to see you again in the future. If it's not, then you may already be aware you haven't stumbled upon a nest of Elon Musk and Tesla stans....
View ArticleTesla Model S Plaid Claims New Nurburgring Record for EVs Beating Porsche's...
It was only two days ago when we decided to talk about Edmunds' review of the Tesla Model S Plaid that basically called it a one-trick pony: a car that's only good for one thing, and that is...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Want to Know (and Musk Won't Say) About Plaid's 'Ring...
So, Elon Musk tweeted a tiny bit of the timesheet Tesla got following Plaid's shenanigans at the Nürburgring, and everyone went ballistic one way or the other. Obviously, that was the intention, but a...
View ArticleLOL of the Week: Batmobile Gender Crisis Edition, Hungry Mustang Owner, and More
The tuning world has taken an odd twist in recent years to the point where some builds are simply ridiculous. From squatted vehicles that are about to be banned in North Carolina to cars with too much...
View ArticleTesla Owner Receives $22K Battery Repair Estimate, Electrified Garage Fixes...
This is not the first case of a battery pack issue that almost turns into a death sentence to an EV. Tyler Hoover, from the Hoovie's Garage YouTube channel, bought a 2013 Tesla Model S P85. Soon after...
View ArticleMan Tries to Turn Model S Plaid into Submarine, Things Don't Go as Planned
We can't know for certain what the people who created the Internet had in mind for it, but we're willing to bet it wasn't to provide a platform for anyone to show off the most ridiculous things they...
View ArticleTesla Hacker Says Replacing Battery Pack Modules in Model S Doesn’t Work
Tesla always chooses the easiest path for repair in its cars despite the cost for its customers. That said, it will give them a $16,000 estimate for a repair that could cost $700, as we have already...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Testers Say the Tesla Yoke Causes More Problems Than Offer...
"Why does Tesla insist with the yoke?" is a very good question. So far, the company's answer, if you can talk about "answers" from a company that doesn't really talk to anyone other than through the...
View ArticleTesla Model S Plaid Drag Races Another Plaid, Wheel Size Makes the Difference
Save for million-dollar hypercars that regular people can’t afford to finance, the Plaid is the fastest-acceleration production vehicle on sale today. This variant of the all-electric sedan is...
View ArticleRich Rebuilds Answers Accusations Related to $22K Battery Pack Repair
Rich Benoit did not feel he had to address only Jason Hughes’ remarks about the Electrified Garage’s repair on a Tesla Model S battery pack. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, Tyler Hoover...
View ArticleTesla Is Convicted for Fraud Against Customer in China, Will Pay RMB1.5 Million
Before Han Chao bought his certified used Model S P85 on June 1, 2019, Tesla told him it was never involved in any crashes and that it was approved in 200 tests. Despite that, the Chinese customer had...
View ArticleWant to Drift the Model S Plaid? All You Need to Do Is Give It a Good Rinse...
Whether we love its unique mix of practicality and performance or we just hate it or feel threatened by it, everyone's imagination has definitely been captured by Tesla's Model S Plaid ever since the...
View ArticleElon Musk Knows Just How Ridiculous the Yoke Is, But Tesla Needs It
Can you imagine a world where the updated Tesla Model S doesn't have the yoke, but just a regular steering wheel (maybe with a flat bottom, just to make it look sportier) instead, like all the other...
View ArticleTesla Sues Chinese Customer That Won Lawsuit Against the Company for Defamation
We told you the story of Han Chao last September 21. This Tesla customer won RMB1,518,800 ($234,948 at the current exchange rate) from the company after winning a lawsuit against it. The Chinese courts...
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