The Tesla Model 3 gets a facelift with cosmetic tweaks, improved tech and more range to tackle competition from newer EVs. It’s more than seven years since we first saw the electric Tesla Model 3, as Tesla downsized the Model S to enter a whole new market with its smaller – BMW 3 Series-sized – […]
Tesla Cybertruck FINALLY goes into production
The Tesla Cybertruck – Tesla’s electric Pickup – finally goes into production in Texas four years after it debuted. It’s getting on for four years since Tesla revealed its Cybertruck Pickup, with a promise it would go in to production by 2021. But, as with many Tesla promises, the 2021 on-sale expectation was just wishful […]
Ford SLASHES price of electric Mustang Mach-E in the US – will the UK follow?
Ford reduces the price of the electric Mustang Mach-E in the US by up to £4,800 in response to Tesla’s price cuts. Will the UK get reduced prices too? It’s only a couple of weeks since Tesla reduced its prices significantly in the UK, pleasing yet-to-buy customers in the process, but antagonising those who’d recently […]
Hertz to provide 10,000 Tesla Model 3 and Polestar 2 for Uber rent in London
Hertz is expanding its EV rental for Uber drivers, making 10,000 Tesla Model 3 and Polestar 2 available for Uber drivers in London. Whatever your take on the headlong rush into EVs is, there’s no question that EVs are perfect for relatively modest-length journies in cities and towns, reducing pollution at the point of use […]
Tesla SLASHES prices of Model 3 and Model Y in the UK by £7,000
Following recent price cuts in other parts of the world, Tesla has cut the price of the Model Y and Model 3 in the UK by £7,000. We’ve complained endlessly about the unaffordability of EVs – and the constant rise and rise in the price of EVs (and ICE cars too) – with it looking […]
Tesla Model Y, Genesis GV60 and China’s Great Wall get 5 STAR Euro NCAP ratings
The latest round of Euro NCAP crash test results sees the Tesla Model Y shine, with five-star awards for the Genesis GV60 and two Great Wall models too. Tesla may be facing growing competition in the EV market, but although mainstream makers’ EV efforts promise more involvement and better build quality, Tesla continues to shine […]
Tesla Model Y gets CHEAPER in the UK – but you do lose a motor
A new entry-level model for the Tesla Model Y electric SUV goes on sale in the UK, offering a RWD single motor Model Y from £51,990. If you’re in the market for an electric, compact-ish, electric family SUV, you may well have been looking at the Tesla Model Y. But it isn’t cheap (what EVs […]
Part of Tesla’s UK Supercharger network now OPEN to non-Tesla EVs
Tesla has expanded its pilot scheme opening Supercharger access to non-Tesla EVs to 15 sites in the UK, with prices around £0.60 kWh. If you’re going down the EV route, the best place to charge your car is at home, even with the massive increases in electricity prices making EV motoring costs not quite the […]
Tesla delivered 936,172 electric cars in 2021 – up almost 90% on 2020
Tesla delivered a record-breaking 936,172 electric cars in 2021, up by 87 per cent on 2021, the vast majority the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. Volkswagen may be on a mission to be the world’s most prolific maker of electric cars, but it’s got a way to go to challenge Tesla as the US […]
Tesla gets order for 100,000 Model 3 from Hertz – and tops European sales
Tesla has received an order for 100,000 Model 3 EVs from Hertz – said to be worth £3 billion – and tops the sales charts in Europe in September. The Covid pandemic has turned the world upside down in the last eighteen months, with one of the big winners Tesla as it continues to roll […]