Connect with us

News

Tesla showcases Model S and Model 3’s stellar handling in Winter Experience event

(Credit: Danni Efraim/YouTube)

Published

7 years ago

on

Tesla has awarded a few lucky owners with a trip to Kemi, Finland to experience the high-performance capabilities of the Model S and Model 3 vehicles for its “Winter Experience 2019” event. A video shared by one of the winners gives a first look at the perks enjoyed by the event’s attendees.

Several Model S and Model 3 in the video are seen parked outside what may be the Kemi SnowCastle, a hotel built from snow and ice annually in Finland, where Tesla’s guests were treated to a special dinner as part of their Winter Experience package. The all-electric sedans are also seen swerving through obstacle courses and taking laps around an ice track with a professional driver.

The winners of Tesla’s winter event were provided with complimentary travel, accommodation, and food during their trip. The main event, however, was the ice track demonstration of the vehicles’ all-wheel-drive handling in winter conditions and Tesla’s Track Mode feature exclusive to the Model 3 Performance.

Tesla’s all-wheel-drive electric cars are equipped with several features to enhance overall winter driving performance, primarily due to the enhanced traction provided by digital torque control in the front and rear wheels. This is prominent in the Model 3 Performance’s Track Mode, which features increased regenerative braking, track-focused powertrain cooling, and enhanced cornering to provide a full track-centered experience that maximizes the driver’s control during high-speed maneuvers.

The Winter Experience 2019 event comes amid Tesla’s continuous push to saturate the European midsize sedan market with the Model 3. Recent activity indicates the California-based car maker is anticipating a massive influx for the Model 3 Standard and Standard Plus versions which were launched earlier this month in the US. The $35,000 version of the electric vehicle is estimated to reach European markets in about 6 months.

Advertisement
-->

Model 3 owners who didn’t make it to Tesla’s Winter Experience 2019 event can still find other events for Model 3 Track Mode experience. A Tesla-exclusive racetrack event called Tesla Corsa is currently on its third round and is set to take place on March 31st at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in California. The event’s organizers aim to give Tesla owners the opportunity to experience the all-electric performance benefits of their vehicles in a safe, controlled environment.

Tesla recently set a personal record for total number of combined vehicle sales in Norway, a country that could definitely benefit from the company’s vehicles’ winter features. Over 2,500 Model S, Model X, and Model 3 sold in the first three weeks of March this year, topping a previous record set in December 2017 when the electric car maker registered 2,461 Model S and Model X after a strong year-end push. Around 88% of all Tesla March registrations in Norway have been for the Model 3, a stat that certainly looks to be a nod to its winter capabilities.

Watch the video shared by Danni Efraim below for highlights from Tesla’s Winter Experience 2019 below.

Advertisement
-->
Related Topics:

Accidental computer geek, fascinated by most history and the multiplanetary future on its way. Quite keen on the democratization of space. | It's pronounced day-sha, but I answer to almost any variation thereof.

Advertisement
Comments

News

Tesla adds 15th automaker to Supercharger access in 2025

Published

3 hours ago

on

December 10, 2025

By

tesla supercharger
Credit: Tesla

Tesla has added the 15th automaker to the growing list of companies whose EVs can utilize the Supercharger Network this year, as BMW is the latest company to gain access to the largest charging infrastructure in the world.

BMW became the 15th company in 2025 to gain Tesla Supercharger access, after the company confirmed to its EV owners that they could use any of the more than 25,000 Supercharging stalls in North America.

Advertisement
-->

Newer BMW all-electric cars, like the i4, i5, i7, and iX, are able to utilize Tesla’s V3 and V4 Superchargers. These are the exact model years, via the BMW Blog:

  • i4: 2022-2026 model years
  • i5: 2024-2025 model years
    • 2026 i5 (eDrive40 and xDrive40) after software update in Spring 2026
  • i7: 2023-2026 model years
  • iX: 2022-2025 model years
    • 2026 iX (all versions) after software update in Spring 2026

With the expansion of the companies that gained access in 2025 to the Tesla Supercharger Network, a vast majority of non-Tesla EVs are able to use the charging stalls to gain range in their cars.

So far in 2025, Tesla has enabled Supercharger access to:

  • Audi
  • BMW
  • Genesis
  • Honda
  • Hyundai
  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • Kia
  • Lucid
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Nissan
  • Polestar
  • Subaru
  • Toyota
  • Volkswagen
  • Volvo

Drivers with BMW EVs who wish to charge at Tesla Superchargers must use an NACS-to-CCS1 adapter. In Q2 2026, BMW plans to release its official adapter, but there are third-party options available in the meantime.

They will also have to use the Tesla App to enable Supercharging access to determine rates and availability. It is a relatively seamless process.

Continue Reading

News

Tesla adds new feature that will be great for crowded parking situations

This is the most recent iteration of the app and was priming owners for the slowly-released Holiday Update.

Published

7 hours ago

on

December 10, 2025

By

Credit: Grok

Tesla has added a new feature that will be great for crowded parking lots, congested parking garages, or other confusing times when you cannot seem to pinpoint where your car went.

Tesla has added a new Vehicle Locator feature to the Tesla App with App Update v4.51.5.

This is the most recent iteration of the app and was priming owners for the slowly-released Holiday Update.

While there are several new features, which we will reveal later in this article, perhaps one of the coolest is that of the Vehicle Locator, which will now point you in the direction of your car using a directional arrow on the home screen. This is similar to what Apple uses to find devices:

In real time, the arrow gives an accurate depiction of which direction you should walk in to find your car. This seems extremely helpful in large parking lots or unfamiliar shopping centers.

Getting to your car after a sporting event is an event all in itself; this feature will undoubtedly help with it:

Tesla’s previous app versions revealed the address at which you could locate your car, which was great if you parked on the street in a city setting. It was also possible to use the map within the app to locate your car.

However, this new feature gives a more definitive location for your car and helps with the navigation to it, instead of potentially walking randomly.

It also reveals the distance you are from your car, which is a big plus.

Advertisement
-->

Along with this new addition, Tesla added Photobooth features, Dog Mode Live Activity, Custom Wraps and Tints for Colorizer, and Dashcam Clip details.

All in all, this App update was pretty robust.

Advertisement
-->
Continue Reading

Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shades Waymo: ‘Never really had a chance’

Published

8 hours ago

on

December 10, 2025

By

Credit: Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shaded Waymo in a post on X on Wednesday, stating the company “never really had a chance” and that it “will be obvious in hindsight.”

Tesla and Waymo are the two primary contributors to the self-driving efforts in the United States, with both operating driverless ride-hailing services in the country. Tesla does have a Safety Monitor present in its vehicles in Austin, Texas, and someone in the driver’s seat in its Bay Area operation.

Musk says the Austin operation will be completely void of any Safety Monitors by the end of the year.

Advertisement
-->

With the two companies being the main members of the driverless movement in the U.S., there is certainly a rivalry. The two have sparred back and forth with their geofences, or service areas, in both Austin and the Bay Area.

While that is a metric for comparison now, ultimately, it will not matter in the coming years, as the two companies will likely operate in a similar fashion.

Waymo has geared its business toward larger cities, and Tesla has said that its self-driving efforts will expand to every single one of its vehicles in any location globally. This is where the true difference between the two lies, along with the fact that Tesla uses its own vehicles, while Waymo has several models in its lineup from different manufacturers.

The two also have different ideas on how to solve self-driving, as Tesla uses a vision-only approach. Waymo relies on several things, including LiDAR, which Musk once called “a fool’s errand.”

This is where Tesla sets itself apart from the competition, and Musk highlighted the company’s position against Waymo.

Advertisement
-->

Jeff Dean, the Chief Scientist for Google DeepMind, said on X:

“I don’t think Tesla has anywhere near the volume of rider-only autonomous miles that Waymo has (96M for Waymo, as of today). The safety data is quite compelling for Waymo, as well.”

Musk replied:

“Waymo never really had a chance against Tesla. This will be obvious in hindsight.”

Tesla stands to have a much larger fleet of vehicles in the coming years if it chooses to activate Robotaxi services with all passenger vehicles. A simple Over-the-Air update will activate this capability, while Waymo would likely be confined to the vehicles it commissions as Robotaxis.

Continue Reading