The Tesla Model S Plaid officially arrives as Tesla delivers a Model S with 1,020bhp, three motors, and sub-2-second 0-60mph. It’s just a few days ago that Elon Musk announced there won’t be a Tesla Model S Plaid+ as the regular Model S Plaid was just so good. Now it’s here, it’s hard to argue […]

The Tesla Model S Plaid+ – the ultimate Model S – has been cancelled says Elon Musk because the ‘regular Plaid is just so good’. We’re rather used to Elon Musk declaring new product that will move Tesla even further away from the efforts of more traditional car makers to compete. And such is the […]

According to a new survey, the electric Tesla Model S is the world’s most desirable luxury car, beating Rolls-Royce and Bentley. What is a luxury car? Is it the cream on the top of mainstream cars – like Bentley and Rolls-Royce – or does it float down to cars like the Mercedes S Class and […]

Tesla is recalling a large number of Model S and Model X built between 2012 and 2018 to repair faulty touchscreens.  There’s a lot to praise about Tesla’s cars, not least their performance and powertrain expertise, but one thing they’re not noted for is build quality. But it seems it’s not just bad panel gaps […]

The Tesla Model S has received an update with cosmetic tweaks, new interior and Plaid and Plaid+ models with up to 1,100bhp. Although Tesla has incrementally improved the Model S (and Model X) since launch, we now get a proper major update – although exterior cosmetic differences are small – with a new interior and […]

Dany Bahar’s Ares Design reveals a Tesla Model S Convertible built as a one-off for a client with two doors and an OEM look. Dany Bahar may have made a bit of a pigs ear of things when he was at the helm of Lotus, with grandiose plans which came to nothing and ended in […]

The very last of the original Tesla Roadsters – the electric ‘Lotus’ – is up for sale, with the seller asking a not inconsiderable £1.2 million for a piece of Tesla history. The original Tesla Roadster – an electrified Lotus – didn’t have the easiest of rides, especially from Top Gear, but whatever you may […]

Tesla won’t be making electric car batteries at its new Gigafactory in Berlin, perhaps meaning the plan is to have a battery Gigafactory in the UK. Despite a chunk of local objections, and the Covid-19 lockdown, Tesla is making progress with the construction of its first Gigafactory in Berlin. But despite making progress at the […]

An industry report claims the UK Government’s Department for International Trade is searching for a UK site for a new Tesla Gigafactory. All the UK car news in recent months has, unsurprisingly, been pretty negative, with production virtually at zero and even apparently successful companies like McLaren cutting jobs and trying to raise finance as […]

Tesla has applied to the UK’s Gas and Electricity Markets Authority for a license to sell electricity, although beyond that there are no details of Tesla’s plans yet. Is Tesla a car maker that just happens to build batteries and electricity ‘farms’, or is it an electricity provider with a sideline in car making? That […]