Articles tagged "tesla"

In case you were wondering about Tesla's much-hyped, constantly delayed Roadster, the company's Chief Designer, Franz von Holzhausen, has two words for you: "very soon". Well, technically, the full quote is "Yes, very soon". That's it. Seriously....

Standing under the blazing Austin sun outside Gigafactory Texas, a gold-painted Tesla Cybercab caught my eye in a set of newly released photos, its butterfly door propped skyward beside the Lone Star flag. At first glance, it looks like a sleek,...

There is something wonderfully absurd about a 6,634 lb wedge of cold-rolled stainless steel tearing up the black stuff with up to 845 ponies going wild. Yes, it does look like it was drawn on a napkin during a late-night sci-fi marathon and...

Remember the big declarations made when Tesla broke ground on the muddy outskirts of Lingang back in 2019? Elon Musk stood before local dignitaries and promised that Gigafactory Shanghai would exist purely to build electric cars for Chinese drivers....

How times have changed - modern motoring anxiety arrives quietly on a display in the form of a bright red steering wheel icon, a disengagement chime, and a notification declaring self-driving unavailable. You are cruising down the motorway, letting...

Have you ever visited a modern automotive assembly plant? They all have this specific rhythm - a deep, mechanical thud of stamping presses accompanied by the synchronized dance of robotic arms sparking welds into the air. It is the industrial...

We've been watching the automotive landscape go from burning fossil fuels to humming on electrons over the last couple of decades. It has been quite a journey, and you'd think we've seen it all. As it turns out, nothing can prepare you for the...

I spent the last couple of days dissecting the news of a Tesla Robotaxi ending its journey abruptly against a tree stump, but it turns out the real story isn't a lonely not-so-autonomous prototype bending metal in a quiet cul-de-sac. The true...

Tesla is preparing to roll out its summer 2026 software update. It should become available shortly. The company has published the full list of new features that will be part of the update. Grok will be able to make phone calls, search for and...

Here at Arena EV, we've been tracking the chaotic evolution of the electric vehicle market for a while now, watching automakers swap between wild electrification pledges and panicked U-turns. But nothing quite prepared us for the bureaucratic poetry...

Tesla just released a balance bike for toddlers, and as all balance bikes do, this one has no pedals, no motor, no brakes - the legs do all the things. However, it has a nice, clean design and a lightweight magnesium frame. The catch? It's priced at...

Back in mid-April, Elon Musk celebrated on X that Tesla's next-generation AI5 chip had completed the tape-out, meaning the design was finalized. But that tape-out was on Tesla's side, so now we have confirmation that Samsung has also finalized the...

Tesla wants to bring back one of its fastest electric cars to the world's biggest automotive market. Government documents show that the American automaker registered a new version of its popular crossover in China. Based on the official technical...

Developers of electric cars and autonomous systems can't seem to agree on how driverless vehicles should see the world. Tesla stands on one side of this debate, betting billions of dollars that digital cameras and artificial intelligence can fully...

The longer version of the Premium Model Y is finally launching in the US. The Model Y L was first introduced for the Chinese market and is now ready to roll on the streets of the US as well. This version has a slightly longer wheelbase, more...

Tesla turned its falling sales around in the second quarter of 2026, breaking a long dry spell. The American manufacturer delivered 480,126 electric cars globally between April and June. This is a 25% increase compared to the same period in 2025,...

Tesla has officially started to release the Full Self-Driving update for older vehicles. The automaker is deploying firmware version 2026.20.5.1, known as FSD v14 Lite, to vehicles with Hardware 3 technology. Tesla AI software executive Ashok...

The family of the 76-year-old woman who passed away in her house after a Tesla Model 3 crashed into the front room at 73 mph is now suing Tesla and the driver. The suit is filed by the woman's daughter and son-in-law and argues that the reason for...

UPDATE 23 June 2026: The article has been updated with Tesla's official statement and new information from the federal investigation. Tesla with allegedly active FSD crashed into a Texas home a few days ago and killed one resident, adding to the...

Tesla is facing a serious legal challenge in Europe regarding its automated driving claims. A collective action in the Netherlands is focusing on older Tesla models equipped with Hardware 3, and alleges that Tesla made promises about its autonomous...