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Tesla officially started paid advertisements for the first time

Tesla is an all-electric car manufacturer whose CEO Elon Musk has always been against advertising their models, but now that has changed as well. On the social network X, it was announced that Tesla officially started paid advertisements on Instagram for the first time.

Instagram has over 2 billion monthly active users, or ~25% of the global population, and Tesla’s first advertisement was announced with a short video of Model Y. The car is offered at a special price of 36,490 USD.

For some, this may come as a surprise because Tesla has operated successfully for years without advertising its cars. At every event organized by the company, the focus was on Elon Musk.

Instagram is not the only social network where Tesla advertises. They did the same on TikTok and YouTube. The company did not reveal further plans, but it can be sensed that the personality of Elon Musk is not giving the expected results and the focus is slowly shifting to advertising.

Source: Sawyer Merritt via X

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Tesla Model Y as a two-seater

France has about 6.5 million commercial vehicles, so Tesla decided to offer French businessmen a car that offers an additional alternative for transporting goods or as an emergency vehicle, the Tesla Model Y.

Some European countries have different taxes that apply to different types of vehicles, so manufacturers try to adapt and offer a car that will fall into the category of commercial vehicles with zero emissions. The new version of the Model Y, without the rear seats, does just that. “Tesla has developed the Model Y as a two-seater with a cargo volume of 2,158 liters and a range of 565 kilometers. This model meets the requirements for commercial vehicle taxation. This ecological and efficient solution offers an additional alternative to professional mobility, either for the transport of goods or as an intervention vehicle,” Clement Maguet posted on LinkedIn.

Tesla is not the first brand to turn a four-seater into a commercial vehicle. Other manufacturers do the same to avoid higher taxes. It is not known how much the vehicle will cost.

Source: Clement Maguet via LinkedIn

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Owners report corrosion on Tesla Cybertruck

At the end of 2023, Tesla began delivering the first copies of its Cybertruck, which premiered in 2019 and for which Tesla received over 2 million orders. However, on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum, owners are already reporting problems with corrosion that has appeared on the body, which Tesla says is made of stainless steel.

Of course, a stainless steel body will show imperfections over time, and Tesla also states in the Cybertruck user manual that steel panels are susceptible to corrosive substances when not washed regularly.

One of the owners said that the corrosion appeared a few days after he bought the car. Another said that he bought the Cybertruck on February 1st and that the corrosion appeared after 11 days and 613 kilometers driven. He also posted the photos attached in the gallery and contacted his service advisor. He was told that Tesla had a procedure in place to fix the problem, but that the facility did not have the tools on hand and had not previously performed repairs of this type.

The owners took the vehicles to a service facility where they were told that they had a procedure to fix the rust but that they did not have the tools on hand to immediately fix it.

It will be interesting to see how Tesla will solve this problem as more and more owners are reporting rust on their Cybertruck.

Source: Cybertruck Owners Club forum

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Owners report corrosion on Tesla Cybertruck