Tesla Model 3

The Tesla subtrunk is already a great place to store a cooler. But Tesla owners like taking things to another level technologically speaking, which explains the success of a new powered cooler racking up the pledges on Kickstarter.

After claiming victory in the Unlimited Class last year in a 900-horsepower turbocharged Toyota 86 sportscar, Daijiro Yoshihara is swapping petroleum for electrons in a bid for back to back triumphs at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Tesla has shared its production results for the third quarter, claiming yet another delivery record for the period.

Tesla is a machine with a lot of moving parts, but the company has come up short in its latest earnings report, posting a loss of US$408 million despite delivering a record amount of vehicles in the same quarter. ​

​Tesla has shaken off an eventful first few months of the year to produce and deliver a record number of cars in the second quarter. The company is optimistic it can put in an even greater performance in the coming months on the back of growing demand for its electric cars.

​In what environmentalists will hope is a harbinger of things to come, sales of electric cars have reached record levels in Norway, thanks largely to friendly tax incentives and the arrival of Tesla’s Model 3.

​​After years of promises and setbacks, Tesla appears to finally be delivering on its long-awaited $35,000 mass market sedan, with the Palo Alto automaker today putting its Model 3 up for sale at its lowest price point yet. ​

The latest survey data gathered on the Tesla Model 3 by the nonprofit group Consumer Reports includes owner reports of issues with the build, leading it to withdraw its revered recommended status for the car. ​

Tesla's long-promised US$35,000 electric car still remains somewhere down the road, but little by little the company is edging towards this kind of mass market pricing for its increasingly popular Model 3.

​​Tesla has rounded out a rather eventful 2018 with another profit, its second in as many quarters, with revenue almost doubling year-on-year. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows for the electric carmaker heading into 2019.

​Tesla is set to see how its mass market sedan fares on the roads of Europe, with the Model 3 earning approval from the relevant authorities and the first batch of higher-priced variants now headed for its shores.

​​Since 2007, the Pwn2Own computer hacking contest has tasked security researchers with finding new holes in common software and devices, but never before has a car been up for grabs. Tesla will be offering a Model 3 as a target for hackers at this year’s event.