Dan O’Dowd, CEO of Green Hills Software and the founder of The Dawn Project, today shared a Super Bowl ad demonstrating alleged “critical safety defects” in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta and said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “must turn off FSD until Tesla fixes all safety defects.” O’Dowd’s advertisement claims that FSD […]
Tesla’s Hardware 4.0, the much-anticipated successor to the Hardware 3.0 computing system that currently powers the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features in the company’s electric vehicles (EVs), was recently referenced in type approvals for the Model S and Model X in Europe. References to FSD Hardware 4.0 were originally discovered in documents Tesla filed […]
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that went online across the globe between January 25 and February 5, 2023, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing January 25, 2023 The Restaurant Row at 11604 Amargosa Rd, Victorville, CA, USA 16 […]
Veteran Japanese automaker Nissan plans to debut the first electric vehicle (EV) with its proprietary solid-state battery technology by 2028 (via Autocar). “We think we have something quite special and are in a group leading the technology,” said David Moss, Nissan’s Senior VP for research and development in Europe. “We want to get the cost […]
Lexus’ 2023 RZ 450e SUV, unveiled in April 2022 as the Toyota-owned luxury car brand’s first electric vehicle (EV), is now available to pre-order. The all-electric SUV starts at $59,650 USD, with sales beginning in early 2023. Lexus built the RZ 450e on the same platform as Toyota’s bZ4X (here’s to hoping it doesn’t share […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a Saturday tweet that the company’s long-anticipated Cybertruck will definitely have a red taillight bar. “Production will have red light bar,” Musk said, responding to an inquiry about the taillight from @teslaownersSV. Production will have red light bar — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2023 The Tesla CEO’s remarks came […]
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said in a recent interview with the BBC that buying measles vaccines would be a better use of fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s money than trying to colonize Mars (via CNBC). When asked if he believed the Tesla CEO counts as a philanthropist, Gates said he didn’t think so — but […]
Electrify America has announced price hikes for its electric vehicle (EV) charging network that will take effect starting in March (via @klwtts). Here’s a summary of the price changes: Electrify America Pass+ Members: $0.36/kWh (+$0.05/kWh) Non-Members: 0.48/kWh (+$0.05/kWh) Per-minute billing: $0.15/min (+$0.03/min) up to 90 kW, $0.29/min (+$0.05/min) up to 350 kW Electrify America won’t […]
A nine-person jury in Northern California on Friday found Elon Musk not guilty of fraud in a trial over his 2018 tweets about having “funding secured” to take Tesla private (via NBC News). The Tesla CEO was being sued for allegedly costing shareholders millions of dollars due to the share price fluctuations that came after his […]
Tesla has left Volkswagen in a tough spot on the veteran automaker’s home turf after recently dropping the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles (EVs) by up to 16.8% in Germany. The discounts, which Tesla said were a result of “normalizing” inflation, have led to increased demand for and interest in […]
Transportation officials in San Francisco are trying to slow the rollout of robotaxis in the city, arguing that they can pose a road hazard to other drivers and that more data is needed before they can be allowed to freely roam the streets — reports NBC News. San Francisco has become a bit of a […]
The launch of SpaceX’s Starlink service in Nigeria has helped achieve full broadband coverage across the country — reports Nairametrics (via @DimaZeniuk). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said that Nigeria has achieved 100% broadband coverage following the licensing and operation of SpaceX’s Starlink. 🇳🇬🛰️ Source: @Nairametrics@elonmusk @SpaceXStarlink pic.twitter.com/Oy5KBsxSVI — Dima Zeniuk […]
Lucid Motors saw its stock price jump by as much as 98% on Friday, closing at $12.87 per share (up 43%), as rumors of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) considering a full takeover of the luxury electric automaker made the rounds — reports the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The news represents a breath of […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe into Elon Musk for his role in directing the branding around Tesla’s self-driving car ambitions — reports Bloomberg. According to the publication, the efforts are part of the regulator’s ongoing investigation into Tesla’s claims surrounding its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features. SEC officials […]
Tesla’s all-electric Model Y crossover ranked fourth in global car sales for 2022 by volume, according to a report from Focus2Move (via @1stPrincipleInv). Global Best Selling Cars in 20221. Toyota Corolla: 1.12m (-2%)2. Toyota RAV4: 870k (-14%)3. Ford F-Series: 787k (-9%)4. Tesla Model Y: 759k (+88%)5. Toyota Camry: 675k (-3%)6. Honda CR-V: 601k (-18%)7. Tesla […]
