China’s Global Times, a newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party’s main newspaper People’s Daily, recently published an op-ed that says Tesla’s intention to invest in India will struggle to succeed because of the South Asian country’s poor charging infrastructure, adding that its weak supplier base cannot support Tesla cars. Since the article was published by a government-owned newspaper, the article is a reflection of China’s opinion on Tesla’s attempt to forge closer ties with India, a c

Mentioned in passing at today’s announcement of the new 2023 Tesla Model 3 Highland for Thailand are the revised pricing for the bigger Tesla Model Y. The Model Y was launched in Thailand December 2022, with prices starting from THB 1,959,000 for the base rear-wheel drive variant, going up to THB 2,509,000 for the all-wheel drive Performance variant. Effective today, the new prices for the Thailand market Tesla Model Y are: Base rear-wheel drive: THB 1,699,000 (~RM 217k, cheaper by 13.2%) Long R

Previously, we reported that an owner of a Tesla Model Y took it to Twitter saying that his steering wheel fell off while driving. As the story continues to develop, Tesla has decided to replace the entire car. Just a quick recap of the story - the owner, named Prerak Patel, tweeted that he was driving the car on a highway when the steering wheel suddenly detached from the column. Prerak had the vehicle towed to a Tesla service centre to have it checked and was billed USD 103.96 for the repair.

While it’s common to hear of people queuing overnight to purchase the latest iPhone, the same doesn’t apply to buying a car. But that was what happened last week leading up to the launch of the BYD Atto 3, the news left the internet in disbelief. Now, authorised distributor BYD Rever Thailand has an explanation for why Thais were so eager to get their hands on the Atto 3. At first, the news that car buyers lined up overnight to put in a booking for the Atto 3 was touted as fake news, but when im

Flux has now added the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y EVs to its growing list of model offerings under the company's all-inclusive monthly car subscription service. You can drive home the Telsa Model 3 Long Range starting from RM 7,200 / month and the Model Y Long Range for RM 8,500 / month. All Tesla subscriptions under Flux crucially include comprehensive insurance, road tax, maintenance and wear & tear as part of its service. The Tesla Model 3 and Y are offered with a choice of Pearl White, Red an

Samsung SDI, the battery manufacturing arm of Samsung, might soon upgrade its plant in Seremban to produce 4680-type batteries for Tesla, claims Korean publication TheElec. Samsung has yet to make any official announcement on the matter but according to the Korean publication, Samsung SDI is preparing pilot production of 4680-type cylindrical batteries at the company’s Cheonan plant in Korea. It also said that once the pilot trial and the necessary technology verification is complete, mass produ