Tesla is utilizing a red-painted caliper cover, not totally unlike the cheap ones you’ll find at your local AutoZone, to make the brakes look bigger. To its credit, Tesla said last year that it ...

ZEVcentric, an EV motorsports company based in California, is accusing the EV giant of hiding smaller, less capable brakes behind fancy red caliper covers on the Model Y Performance. In a video ...

Take down the red caliper covers, and beneath, you’d find smaller calipers and smaller rotors, identical to the ones on the Model Y Long Range. Well, almost, because the rear rotors are indeed 0 ...

Nevertheless, people have discovered that the EV maker replaced the previous performance brakes with regular brakes and installed a fancy red caliper cover to make them look like they mean business.

Tesla has started offering upgraded brake pad kits for the Model S and Model X Plaid in the United States. According to emails Tesla sent to Model S and Model X customers, owners of eligible ...