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Tesla Model 3 battles Toyota Supra, Audi e-tron, and Jaguar I-PACE in 4-way bout
A Tesla Model 3 was recently involved in a four-way battle that featured two premium electric vehicles and one of the most interesting sports cars to come out of Japan in years — the Toyota Supra. Through a drag race, a rolling race, and a braking test, the Model 3 proved that it takes far more than a bigger battery pack and a lighter overall weight to take down a four-door family sedan from Silicon Valley.
The four-way battle was conducted by UK-based auto group carwow, which previously listed the Model 3 as the best EV buyers can purchase today due to its tech, quality, and driving dynamics. As noted by carwow host Mat Watson, each vehicle in the test brings something interesting to the table.
The Jaguar I-PACE EV400, a premium crossover SUV, is a very quick vehicle, with a 90 kWh battery pack, 400 hp, 700 Nm of torque, and dual motor AWD. For its size, the Jaguar I-PACE is quite heavy at around 2.2 tons (4,400 lbs). The Audi e-tron 55 is the largest car of the bunch, with its 95 kWh battery, 406 hp, 664 Nm of torque, dual motors AWD, and a weight of about 2.5 tons (5,000 lbs).
In comparison, the Tesla Model 3 Performance is equipped with a 75 kWh battery pack, 450 hp, 640 Nm of torque, dual-motor AWD, and a pretty balanced weight of about 1.8 tons (3,600 lbs). The Toyota Supra, the only vehicle in the group equipped with an internal combustion engine, is fitted with 3.0-liter straight-six turbo from BMW with 340 hp and 500 Nm of torque. Unlike its electric challengers, the Supra is Rear-Wheel Drive. It’s also the lightest at just around 1,560 kg (3,400 lbs).
The four vehicles were subjected to three tests: a classic quarter-mile drag race, a rolling race from 50 mph, and a brake test from 70 mph. The results of the quarter-mile race proved favorable to the Model 3 Performance, as the vehicle was able to cross the finish line in 11.8 seconds. The Tesla was followed by the Jaguar I-PACE, which finished the quarter-mile in 12.6 seconds; the Toyota Supra, which completed the race in 12.8 seconds; and finally, the Audi e-tron, which took 13.5 seconds to finish the run.
The Tesla Model 3 almost seemed a class above its competitors in the 50 mph rolling race. The Model 3 Performance simply pulled ahead, followed by the Jaguar I-PACE. Unfortunately for the Jaguar, the Supra eventually caught it at 128mph, though the Japanese sports car still couldn’t catch the Tesla. Similar to the previous race, the Audi e-tron came last.
Perhaps most surprising were the results of the braking test. Despite being the lightest car in the group, the Toyota Supra only came second to the Tesla Model 3 Performance. Quite surprisingly, the Audi e-tron performed very well in the braking test despite its heft, beating the lighter Jaguar I-PACE and stopping only a few feet beyond the Supra.
What’s impressive about the results of carwow‘s test is that the Tesla Model 3 Performance is actually the most affordable car of the bunch at just around GBP 50,000 ($61,400 in the UK). For comparison, the Toyota Supra is sold in the UK at around GBP 52,000 ($65,000), the Jaguar I-PACE is priced at around GBP 64,000 ($78,600), and the Audi e-tron is priced at a premium GBP 70,000 ($85,900).
Watch carwow‘s four-way battle featuring the Tesla Model 3, the Toyota Supra, the Jaguar I-PACE, and the Audi e-tron in the video below.
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Tesla saves its passengers again – This time after a 300-foot cliff fall in Malibu
A Tesla Model 3 fell 300 feet off a Malibu cliff and both passengers survived.
A Tesla Model 3 plunged roughly 300 feet off a cliff on Mulholland Highway in Malibu on Friday morning, May 29, 2026, and both occupants survived. The crash was reported at approximately 7:30 a.m. near the 2500 block of Mulholland Highway, triggering a multi-agency rescue operation involving Malibu Search and Rescue, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the California Highway Patrol, and McCormick Ambulance.
When first responders arrived, the male driver was outside the vehicle shouting for help while the female passenger remained pinned inside the Tesla. Rescue crews rappelled down the cliffside on ropes to reach the wreckage. A flight medic was lowered by helicopter to begin treating both victims, and the driver was hoisted up to the roadway before crews used the Jaws of Life to free the trapped passenger. Both were airlifted to a local trauma center with moderate injuries despite a remarkable result for a fall that steep.
The outcome is not surprising, considering Model 3 earned an overall 5-star rating from NHTSA in every category and sub-category, and recorded the lowest probability of injury of any car ever evaluated by the U.S. New Car Assessment Program. The absence of a traditional engine in the front of the vehicle creates a longer crumple zone that absorbs impact energy before it reaches occupants, and the battery pack running along the floor gives the car an unusually low center of gravity that reinforces structural rigidity.
This is not the first time a Tesla has kept passengers alive after going off a cliff. A Tesla Model Y carrying a family of four survived a plunge off a cliff at Devil’s Slide near San Francisco in January 2023, with two adults and two children walking away from a 250-foot fall. That incident drew widespread attention to how the structural integrity of Tesla’s electric platform performs in extreme crash scenarios that most vehicles would not survive.
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NASA’s first human outpost on the Moon starts now – SpaceX on deck
NASA named the rovers, landers, and vendors that will build America’s first Moon Base.
NASA has laid out its most detailed Moon Base plan to date, describing a permanent outpost near the Moon’s south pole that the agency intends to build over the coming decade as a direct stepping stone to Mars. “The Moon Base will be America’s and humanity’s first outpost on another celestial world,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said, adding that every mission crewed and uncrewed “will be a learning opportunity as we return to the lunar surface, build the infrastructure to stay, and master the skills required to live and operate in one of the most demanding and dangerous environments imaginable.”
The plan is structured in three phases involving both uncrewed and crewed missions to deliver equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure to the surface, with the first three moon base missions targeted to launch before the end of 2026.
Moon Base I, targeting fall 2026, will use Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander to deliver scientific instruments to the Shackleton Connecting Ridge, the same region where Artemis astronauts will land. Moon Base II will send Astrobotic’s Griffin lander carrying more than 1,100 pounds of cargo including Astrolab’s FLIP rover to begin developing mobility systems on the surface. Moon Base III will carry the Lunar Vertex science mission on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Trinity lander to study lunar swirls near the south pole, with ESA and Korean science payloads aboard.
On the rover side, NASA awarded Astrolab $219 million and Lunar Outpost $220 million to build the first phase of Lunar Terrain Vehicles, with both rovers targeted for deployment to the lunar surface by 2028. Astrolab’s crewed rover weighs roughly 2,000 pounds and can reach over 6 mph. Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover can operate autonomously or via remote control at over 9 mph. Blue Origin separately received $188 million with an option worth $280.4 million to deliver cargo landers for rover transport.
NASA also confirmed that MoonFall, a mission deploying four survey drones to scout Artemis landing sites, has selected Firefly Aerospace to build the transport spacecraft, with a 2028 launch target.
SpaceX sits at the center of that commercial layer. SpaceX holds the NASA Human Landing System contract for the Starship-derived lander that will put astronauts on the surface under Artemis IV, currently targeting 2028. Before that can happen, SpaceX must demonstrate in-orbit propellant transfer at scale, a process requiring multiple Starship tanker launches to fuel a single mission. Water ice at the lunar south pole is central to the base’s long-term viability, as it can be converted into drinking water, breathable oxygen, and rocket fuel, directly reducing dependence on Earth resupply. That resource loop becomes far more practical if Starship can land and be refueled on or near the Moon itself.
Elon Musk has publicly stated that Starship V3, which recently completed its first flight, should be capable enough for initial Mars missions. The Moon Base plan announced Tuesday is the infrastructure layer that connects everything between those two ambitions, and SpaceX is the only American company currently contracted to build the rocket that gets humans to either destination.
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Tesla ditches India after years of broken promises
Tesla has ditched its plans to build a factory in India after years of failed negotiations.
Tesla’s long-running effort to establish a manufacturing presence in India is officially over. India’s Minister of Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy confirmed on May 19, 2026 that Tesla has informed authorities it will not proceed with a manufacturing facility in the country.
Tesla first signaled serious interest in India around 2021, when it began hiring local staff and lobbying the Indian government for lower import tariffs. The ask was straightforward: reduce duties enough for Tesla to test the market with imported vehicles before committing capital to a local factory. India’s position was equally firm, with an ask of Tesla to commit to manufacturing first, then receive tariff relief. Neither side moved, and the talks quietly collapsed.
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India had offered a policy that would reduce import duties from 110% down to 15% on EVs priced above $35,000, provided companies committed at least $500 million toward local manufacturing investment within three years. Tesla declined to participate. The tariff standoff was only part of the problem. Analysts pointed to significant gaps in India’s local supply chain, inadequate industrial infrastructure, and a mismatch between Tesla’s premium pricing and the purchasing power of India’s automotive market as additional factors that made the investment difficult to justify.
First signs of an unraveling relationship came in April 2024, when Musk abruptly cancelled a planned trip to India where he was set to meet Prime Minister Modi and announce Tesla’s market entry. By July 2024, Fortune reported that Tesla executives had stopped contacting Indian government officials entirely. The government at that point understood Tesla had capital constraints and no plans to invest.
The more fundamental issue is that Tesla’s existing factories are currently operating at approximately 60% capacity, making a commitment to building new manufacturing capacity in a new market difficult to defend to investors. Tesla will continue selling imported Model Y vehicles through its existing showrooms in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram, and Bengaluru, but local production is no longer part of the plan.
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