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Tesla Opens Up Model 3 Sales to Romania, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:00:52 +0000

I live in Romania. Earlier this year, I’ve contacted the Tesla shop in Vienna to ask about options regarding the purchase of a Model 3. At the time, they said Tesla would not sell any Model 3 in Romania nor in countries that don’t have an authorized service center. Back then, I thought this was […]

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New Tesla Roadster to Feature Cold Air Thrusters, Could Even Fly

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:08:33 +0000

Tesla’s new Roadster has been postponed more than once in recent history, but as we know him, Elon Musk let the cat out of the bag and tweeted about a “hover test” that Tesla will be doing late next year. A hovering Tesla, maybe? Or just a joke? Now, when he’s saying that the new […]

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Elon Musk Tweet: Your Tesla Might Soon Make you Money if You Don’t Use It

Mila Luleva — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:17:49 +0000

Car-sharing program by Tesla might very soon give Uber and Lyft a good run for their money. Tesla Network is getting close to becoming very real. Elon Musk has been teasing his followers and customers for quite some time now. He has been dropping hints about his brand new car sharing program, but nothing has […]

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Tesla Model S and X to Get More Efficient Electric Motors

Matias Prieto — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:32:32 +0000

Tesla is upgrading the Model S/X electric motor with a more efficient permanent magnet reluctance system. This idea is based on the motor Tesla developed for Model 3. A “sales speed bump” for Tesla Financial report of the company Tesla for the first quarter of 2019 showed that the cars started to sell worse. In […]

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Model Y Officially Joins Tesla Family

Mila Luleva — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:43:01 +0000

Tesla’s Model Y is the latest member of the family of supers. It is the second mass-market vehicle, which is long-range, affordable and aims to reach wider audience. During a massive event in Los Angeles earlier this month, the giant in electric vehicle manufacturing, Tesla, revealed their newest car. Tesla Model Y is here. Model […]

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Elon Musk Reveals Test Tunnels with Teslas Moving on Tracking Wheels

Mila Luleva — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:09:38 +0000

The Boring Company, owned by Elon Musk, presented their revolutionary new development. A tunnel, which accommodates autonomous electric vehicles, and Tesla cars on tracking wheels, serving as public transport. When it comes to innovation in the automotive world, Elon Musk is by far the visionary that leads the way. His ideas and developments always combine […]

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Tesla’s Home Solar System Price Drops

Effie P — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:32:09 +0000

Reuters report a cut in the prices of residential solar systems of Tesla Inc in the range of 15-25 percent, effective last Thursday. This translates to a price drop between $3.000-$5.000 depending on the system’s size and location. Tesla’s senior vice president of energy operations, Sanjay Shah, announced that the reduction in price can be […]

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Tesla pulls into profit for first time in two years

Matthew Fiala — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:51:10 +0000

Tesla posts a surprise third-quarter profit following production surge Elon Musk has come good on his promise to turn Tesla into a profit-making company by the end of 2018, posting a surprise profit of more than $300m for the three months to the end of September in a quarterly earnings update yesterday. The profit – […]

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Tesla Model Y to use Different Platform Than Model 3, With 95% Reduction in Wiring

Matthew Fiala — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:33:12 +0000

The Model Y is Under Wraps Elon Musk commented that the Model Y will feature a 95% reduction in wiring as compared to the Model 3 — with the aim of greatly reducing the need for a human manufacturing workforce. The Model 3 itself featured a large reduction in wiring as well, as compared to the […]

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Tesla just outsold Mercedes-Benz in the US

Matthew Fiala — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:27:46 +0000

Elon Musk must be the happiest man in the world. During the third quarter of this year, Tesla sold 69,935 vehicles in the U.S., compared to Mercedes-Benz which only sold 66,542. Tesla, an eight-year start-up company, toppled the Mercedes-Benz, a company that invented the car 132 years ago. According to Atherton Research, Tesla was only […]

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Tesla Aims for New Neural Net Computer in Production in 6 Months

Matthew Fiala — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:12:36 +0000

Elon Musk said that Tesla will soon release the company’s new neural net computer. He claims it will be the ‘world’s most advanced computer for autonomous driving’. The new computer is expected to be in production in 6 months and can supposedly host a 500-2000% increase in operations per second. Over 3 years in the […]

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Tesla limits available car colors to streamline production

Matthew Fiala — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:18:42 +0000

Elon Musk and Tesla have had difficulty meeting mass production goals so far for 2018. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday that two car color options will be eliminated to streamline its production of electric cars. Tesla vehicles will no longer be available in Obsidian Black & Metallic Silver. These are two car […]

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Tesla remotely upgrades cars for Hurricane Florence evacuation

Matthew Fiala — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:14:19 +0000

Tesla has remotely enabled supercharging and boosting battery capacity in some older model cars to help owners evacuate Hurricane Florence. Last year, Tesla remotely bumped up the locked-capacity battery cars with Hurricane Irma, giving them an extra 30-40 miles of range in evacuation conditions. Similarly, the current remote upgrades will enable owners to safely evacuate […]

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Elon Musk: $25,000 Electric Car From Tesla In the Next 3 Years

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:18:40 +0000

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, gave an interesting video interview to well-known Youtuber Marques Brownlee. The most important part of an interview was admitting that the company plans to produce even more affordable vehicles, than “$35,000 Tesla Model 3”. He believes that they will develop a $25,000 electric car in a few years. For a […]

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Model 3 Performance – Tesla Has Lied About Its 0-60 Time

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:42:34 +0000

Tesla states that 0-60 mph time of its Dual Motor Model 3 Performance is 3.5 seconds. However, it might have lied to us: it is even faster!. Tesla enthusiast Erik Strait, DÆrik, performed few acceleration tests on the car mentioned before using a VBOX data logger. There were few 0-60 stats and videos of measuring them […]

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Tesla Model 3 Among Top 10 Best Selling Cars in US

Arsenij Percov — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 06:58:47 +0000

Tesla Model 3 exploded the market and easily entered the Top 10 list of best selling cars in the USA, taking the 7th place. Just to make it clear, Tesla is just delivering the cars that were pre-ordered. Last month, Tesla has delivered 14,250 Model 3s, compared to 30 cars sold in June 2018. It […]

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Tesla Software Update Version 9.0 Adds New Autopilot Features and Easter Eggs

Arsenij Percov — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:27:56 +0000

Tesla is revealing more information regarding its major software update “version 9.0“, which will release this month or at the beginning of September. This time, Elon Musk tweeted that there will be a lot of new “Easter Eggs” in Tesla infotainment systems. The company is known for putting them in the previous version and masses […]

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A Tesla Model S 90D after 400,000 miles

Guest Contributor — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:43:58 +0000

Tesloop has been using a Tesla Model S 90D, nicknamed eHawk, to provide a shuttle service in southern California and Nevada for the last 3 years. The eHawk has driven more than 400,000 miles and maintenance and repair costs have been estimated to be roughly 20-25% that of other makes and models. Since 2015, the eHawk […]

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Elon Musk Commits to Solve the Flint Water Crisis

Arsenij Percov — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:35:17 +0000

It was 2014 when the Flint water crisis started. It was caused by changing the source of drinking water from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the much cheaper Flint River. After that, because of insufficient water treatment, lead leached from the pipes into the drinking water, exposing 100,000 residents. It caused 12 deaths […]

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Tax Credits for New Tesla Cars to Become History, as Production Grows

Arsenij Percov — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:58:07 +0000

On Thursday, Tesla’s spokesperson confirmed that they have sold 200,000 electric vehicles in the United States. This means that Elon Musk’s company will have another hurdle to cross: the $7,500 tax credit will begin to disappear after this December 31st. Last year, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress passed the tax credits in order to lower the […]

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Tesla Plans To Build Most Advanced Factory In Shanghai

Arsenij Percov — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:46:11 +0000

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk landed a deal with Chinese authorities on Tuesday to open a massive factory in Shanghai, China’s primary commercial city. It will be their first overseas production and assembly plant. The plant, named Gigafactory 3, will be located in Lingang near Shangai’s free trade zone. It is expected to […]

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Tesla Model 3 Doubles Production Rate and On Its Way to 6,000 Units per Week, Rumor Says

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Wed, 23 May 2018 05:12:45 +0000

In Tesla Motors Club forum, one user under the name lbkmxp100d has recently reported the increased production rate of Tesla Model 3 in Fremont as a result of a retooling activity, which enabled increase in the M3 production line’s speed. The reported production rates are more than twice their rate in April. The post was […]

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Tesla set to build the largest Virtual Solar Plant in history

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:18:29 +0000

Last year Elon Musk offered to build the largest storage battery installation in the world in South Australia. This would be no ordinary proposal, even less ordinary when he boasted about doing it in 100 days, or else the service would be handed for free. The challenge was met and the installation was completed in only […]

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2019 Nissan LEAF’s Range Beats Tesla Model 3

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:22:17 +0000

When it comes to electric vehicles, range is a factor of utmost importance as it illustrates how far they could traverse before running out of battery. Boosting an electric vehicle’s range could also mean boosting its market sales. Just last week, the new Nissan LEAF was reported to give a range of 225 miles, beating […]

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Tesla Subsidies Slashed in Germany

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:06:23 +0000

To encourage usage of electric vehicles, Germany has launched just last year an incentive scheme worth about 1 billion euros, which is partly financed by the country’s car industry. With this subsidy scheme, those who purchase all-electric vehicles can avail a discount of 4,000 euros ($4,755), while those who select plug-in hybrid cars can have […]

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Tesla Flips Switch on World’s Largest Lithium Ion Battery in Australia

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:55:39 +0000

About a year ago, the entire South Australia suffered a series of blackouts, pushing its government to raise a $550 million project aimed at guaranteeing electric supply and shoring up the state’s power grid. Part of this project is the 129-megawatt-hour lithium battery – the world’s largest so far – built by Tesla in just […]

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The new Tesla Roadster – will it beat down gasoline cars?

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:50:04 +0000

Tesla`s story is not such a long one, as it is a perplexing one, with a motto at its beginnings in 2003 to “accelerate the advent of electric vehicles“. In spite the fact it all started with the Roadster, the brand`s portfolio has after 14 years expanded, not only to include electric cars and semi […]

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Tesla’s New 40-Stall Superchargers Enable Greater Circulation of EVs

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 03:16:50 +0000

The source of much fear is that an electric vehicle does not make it to the next charging station, especially if it happens, say in the middle of a desert road with no charging station in sight. This condition has been termed Range Anxiety. So, we are just going to have to allow enough charging […]

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Lithium Market to Growing With Increased Demand for EVs

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:14:57 +0000

NEW YORK, The United States – Allied Market Research reported the Global Lithium-ion Battery Market size to peak $46.21 billion by 2022, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8%. Li-ion rechargeable batteries, made of high-density units, power mainly portable equipment. The expected growth of the Lithium market is to come primarily from increased […]

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Tesla Semi Truck Launched: Game Changer For Mass Logistics?

Nicholas Say — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 06:02:50 +0000

When it comes to getting things done in the world today, diesel is king. Heavy industry, long haul trucking and marine transport all rely on diesel fuel, but with the introduction on the world’s first electric semi by Telsa, this could all be changing. Elon Musk is a very ambitious leader, and despite some major […]

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Tesla Service Facilities Planned at Some Supercharger Locations

Guest Contributor — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:38:58 +0000

It has recently been announced that Tesla may be thinking about opening service stations in some of the Supercharger locations. JB Straubel, the Tesla Chief Technology Officer also stated that the carmaker intends to make efforts in order to cater to the needs of Tesla owners, in terms of additional services that would be available […]

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2017 Motor Trend’s “World’s Greatest Drag Race” Won by…

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:18:48 +0000

Motor Trend’s 7th annual “World’s Greatest Drag Race” competition had these cars lined up for drag racing: Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, Aston Martin DB11, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, Ferrari 488 GTB, Lexus LC500, McLaren 570GT, Mercedes-AMG GT R, Nissan GT-R Nismo, Porsche 718 Cayman S, Porsche 911 Turbo S. And there was a […]

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Tesla Semi’s Debut Moved to October 26

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:08:32 +0000

The much anticipated Tesla Semi class 8 electric truck, described by Elon Musk as “unreal” will be launched with a test drive on October 26, tentatively, instead of this month. The event will be held in Hawthorne, California. Electric trucks faced various challenges in the past including range and the capacity to carry the battery […]

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Tesla’s Solution to EV Adoption: Urban Superchargers

Guest Contributor — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:56:50 +0000

Boston and Chicago are the first cities that Tesla is intending to expand the Supercharger network to, as part of a plan to install its fast-charging stations into dense urban areas. The company has stated that locations such as supermarkets, shopping centers, and downtown districts were chosen in order to enable customers to charge their […]

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Tesla Granted Full Access to 75 kWh Batteries for Hurricane Refugees

Guest Contributor — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:00:03 +0000

It has recently surfaced in Tesla Motors Club forums that Tesla has released an urgent firmware update for all owners that were in the path of Hurricane Irma. The new update is meant to unlock the full capacity of the batteries found in vehicles with software-limited battery capacity. Through the new firmware, Model S and […]

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$30,000 Discount on Tesla Model S/X for Selected People

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 19:26:28 +0000

Tesla has surprised a number of people with offers through which those interested could buy the Model S, or Model X for up to $30.000 less than their regular retail price. The chosen channel for the offer is email. Several individuals have received the message, some of which are part of the Tesla Motors Club. […]

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Tesla Now World’s Fourth Largest Car Company by Value

Nicholas Say — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:06:35 +0000

Elon Musk has done a seemingly impossible task. In a little over a decade, Tesla Motors has risen to be one of the most valuable car companies in the world, and they only produce electric vehicles! Tesla shipped around 70,000 cars last year, so there are many that wonder about how such a small production […]

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Italy: Hypermiling Record of 1,078 Kilometers in a Tesla Model S 100D

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 06:32:37 +0000

When Elon Musk said a while ago that a 100kWh Model S can go over 1,000 kilometers on a charge, few believed. Now, a team of pizza/pasta/macaroni-eating hypermilers from Italy (of course), went as far as 1,078km, or 670 miles. The EPA in the US had previously estimated a 335-mile range for the same Model […]

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Tesla Model X is Now Cheaper by Some Thousands

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:02:10 +0000

Tesla has good news for its potential Model X customers: it recently lowered the price of a base model (X75D) Model X to $79,500 from $82,500. Elon Musk, the company’s famous CEO and idol of all entrepreneurs worldwide, has said that improving the profit margins stands behind the decision, as the company is now actively […]

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Tesla Model 3: First Opinions and Reviews from Test Drives

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:51:07 +0000

Tesla started the delivery of the first 30 Model 3 units a few days ago at the Fremont, CA factory. We didn’t want to write on that immediately, but rather wait a few days and see the people’s reactions to the newly launched and the company’s target: a high-volume, low cost electric car. As every […]

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Tesla Model 3 SN1: First Production Unit Handed Over to Elon Musk

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:22:16 +0000

Just a few days ago, Tesla completed the first production build of the Model 3. The car has been ordered by over 400,000 EV enthusiasts all over the world when it was unveiled in 2016 and will set a milestone for the mass adoption of electric vehicles, at the price of only $35,000. Elon Musk […]

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Tesla Commits to Build Largest Lithium Ion Battery Ever In Australia

Nicholas Say — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:00:05 +0000

When Elon Musk takes on a project, he doesn’t mess about. World’s first 100% electric car brand? Now it’s one the worlds largest car companies when measured via market cap. And it hasn’t even been a decade since the first Tesla rolled onto public roads. Now the visionary industrialist is taking on public infrastructure, […]

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Elon Musk Doesn’t Do It For The Money

Nicholas Say — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:55:58 +0000

Apparently Elon Musk has been the target of some rather negative comments lately, and specifically that he only started Tesla motors to take advantage of government subsidies. Well he has gone on the record, and banished this fiction from the public mind once and for all. Mr. Musk was driven to start Tesla Motors in […]

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Elon Musk Drops Trump In Wake Of Paris Pull-Out

Nicholas Say — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:51:16 +0000

There is little room for interpretation in the latest move my the illustrious Mr. Musk. Within hours of President Trump‘s decision to formally exit the Paris Accords, Elon Musk decided that he had gone well over the line, and left the President’s Business Panel. The Paris Accords are a well liked international initiative, and they […]

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The Rise of Tesla’s Superchargers

Guest Contributor — Tue, 30 May 2017 18:39:49 +0000

The fast pace set by Tesla Inc. in the design, production, marketing and selling of its vehicle has brought the company to the eyes of most customers and investors, leading it to dominate the niche market of the electric vehicles. In addition, the company has also planned to increase the number of charger and superchargers […]

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Elon Musk Pushes Tesla Closer Toward a Workerless, Automated Factory

Nicholas Say — Tue, 23 May 2017 12:56:22 +0000

There aren’t two ways about it, Elon Musk is a visionary. His latest goal is something that falls right on the border of madness, but if anyone can pull it off, he can. His new goal is to phase out the use of human labor in Tesla factories, and instead use automation to an extent […]

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Tesla Solar Roof Goes on Sale

Mila Luleva — Thu, 18 May 2017 12:53:17 +0000

Wave good-bye to regular solar panels, as Tesla’s revolutionary Solar Roof goes on sale. The solar energy industry has been blooming over the last couple of years. Not only that technology improved drastically, but it also became much more affordable (and therefore desirable) to everyone. Home solar power, in particular, went trough an incredible transformation. […]

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Tesla More Valuable than Ford and GM Right Now

Guest Contributor — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:19:57 +0000

Last week, Tesla has become a real challenge for all car makers on the stock market. In a period of economic descent for the biggest actors in the car business, Tesla has been posting a rise of about 7% on yearly basis in the past years, overtaking the positions, according to Financial Times and New […]

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Good News: Tesla to Start Model 3 Production by Summer

Ece Polat — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:55:37 +0000

According to the J.D. Power poll, Tesla Model 3 owners will tolerate potential complications in the electric vehicle less than the Model S and Model X owners. Normally, compared to a buyer of Model 3 that costs $35,000, a customer who’d pay more than $100,000 for a Model S sedan or Model X SUV would […]

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Tesla’s Expansion Plans: New Model Y EV With Longer Range

Nicholas Say — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:09:10 +0000

After 13 years Tesla Motors Inc is no more. Don’t worry, it’s just a name change, Elon Musk has decided to call the firm Tesla Inc, and it looks like there are some changes for the fledgling automaker afoot. The much anticipated model 3 looks to be the thin end of the wedge for Tesla’s […]

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Elon Musk: Tesla Needs 100 Days to Implement 100MW Energy Storage in Australia

Ece Polat — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:08:45 +0000

Recently, Elon Musk challenged the Australian and federal government by claiming that he can solve the state’s energy problems in 100 days and that he can mount a 100 MW energy storage system for free. Lyndon Rive, Tesla’s vice president of energy products, said that the company can install 100-300 MWh energy with battery storage […]

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Tesla Model 3 Launch Date Closer than Expected

Ece Polat — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 04:23:18 +0000

The Model 3 will be the main focus for Tesla’s fourth quarter earnings. Regarding the Model 3, Marketwatch reports: “Wall Street will be eager to hear details on the Model 3, the all-electric mass-market car that Chief Executive Elon Musk hopes to start producing in July and selling later this year.” Ben Kallo, an analyst that […]

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Is Tesla Preparing an Electric Semi Truck?

Ece Polat — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:38:53 +0000

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla is still working on the semi truck, as it will be this July’s focus; however, there may be more important issues that first need to be resolved. On his Twitter account, Musk stated that its primary focus is on Model 3, which is a 35,000 dollars electric car. Yet, […]

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Tesla Builds the Largest Grid Storage In Only 3 Months

Ece Polat — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:17:38 +0000

Tesla just finished building the largest grid storage facility, and it took only three months. This battery grid storage facility has 16,000 lithium ion cells and a capacity of 210 kilowatt-hours within each ‘Powerpack’. This means that the facility’s installed grid storage is 15% of the whole world’s. What was the reason behind this facility? […]

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Next Generation Tesla Model S Will Improve Safety Standards

Nicholas Say — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:15:08 +0000

The IIHS has just announced that the Tesla model S has failed to achieve their top safety rating in preliminary crash testing. Unfortunately for Tesla, the safety belt that is currently in the model S that is set to go into production next year didn’t prevent the crash test dummy’s head from going through the […]

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A BMW 7-series is NOT “Greener” than a Tesla

Nicholas Say — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:40:08 +0000

Martin Karo is apparently a Philadelphia based attorney who likes to dabble in incomplete, obtuse mathematics and partisan hatchet-jobs. I do not know Mr. Karo at all, but it is not hard to see how he blatantly distorts reality to sell a fiction that is as absurd as it is dangerous. To be fair to […]

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Tesla Owner Stuck In The Desert for Lack of Cellphone Signal

Nicholas Say — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:05:21 +0000

We are getting used to a level of technology that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Ryan Negri is the proud owner of a Tesla, and his recent Saturday morning experience just goes to show how much things have changed. His plan was simple, he and his wife Amy, and their two dogs, were […]

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Tesla Fixes the Performance Limitation Due to Overheating

Ece Polat — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 20:53:52 +0000

For a long time, Tesla was pressured to make a statement about the overheating of their cars’ battery. For those who don’t know about it, the problem is simple but complex at the same time. When you try to race with Tesla Model S or Model X, the battery and controllers heat up relatively quickly. […]

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Tesla 100D to Have the Longest Range of All Electric Cars

Nicholas Say — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:26:51 +0000

The soon to be released Tesla S 100D offers an impressive 335 miles on a single charge, which is about 20 miles more than its sister model, the S P100D. The additional 20 miles of range gives the S 100D the title of longest range electric car ever, and will be welcome with anyone who […]

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Tesla Gigafactory’s Solar Roof Will Be the Largest of Its Kind

Nicholas Say — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:45:38 +0000

It is often said in Asian philosophy that at the center of darkness, there is light. Elon Musk very well may be that light. It is hard to imagine a culture that is more wasteful than the consumer culture in the United States. Somehow from within that culture, Mr. Musk emerged a very successful innovator. […]

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Tesla and Panasonic to Make Solar Cells in New York

Mila Luleva — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:32:47 +0000

Tesla and Panasonic just agreed to manufacture solar cells in Buffalo, New York. This year electric cars, solar energy and energy storage were continuously in the spotlight. Prices dropped significantly, new and improved technologies emerged, and more and more companies decided to get involved. The competition among the inventors and manufacturers is more severe than […]

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Spain Gets Tesla Treatment: Two Stores to Open in 2017

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 18:56:01 +0000

European car manufacturers now have a reason to worry: new Tesla stores are about to come up in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, in the second half of next year. This will coincide with the official launch of the Model 3 in the US. An e-mail sent by Tesla to Cleantechnica said that customers who order […]

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P100D: The Fastest Accelerating Production Car on the Planet

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 18:06:58 +0000

When I first drove a Tesla Model S in the spring of 2015, it was a P85D. I had never felt such acceleration and torque before. Then, a year later, it was a P90D – a more intense experience, but somewhat similar. The difference? Only half a second. Now, after Donald Trump won the elections […]

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New Tesla Video Shows Fully Autonomous Car Capabilities at Work

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:52:14 +0000

Since a few years ago, Elon Musk has placed a bet on autonomous driving. Despite the few incidents that Tesla cars have been involved in this year, the company’s engineers kept going further and have now released a second video showing their achievements. Just like Elon stated in 2013, the autonomous driving feature would not […]

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Tesla Just Unveiled the Affordable and Gorgeous-Looking Solar Roof You’ve Been Waiting For

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:38:45 +0000

When you’re Elon Musk, people come and see what you have to say, just because you proved you were right so many times. Following this principle, people gathered yesterday to see Tesla/SolarCity’s newest revolutionary product: a roof tile that also doubles as a solar cell and that’s estimated to outlast your home. Or maybe a […]

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Tesla to Provide Energy Storage for Southern California’s Grid

Mila Luleva — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:46:27 +0000

Tesla just signed the biggest energy storage deal ever known. The company will deploy 20 megawatts of energy storage as a backup to Southern California’s grid. Ever since Tesla announced the Powerwall, it was clear that the company is going to be a big player in the energy storage field. However, no one could quite […]

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Top Gear: Model S 60D is the Best Car Tesla’s Ever Made

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:06:53 +0000

Once the enemy of Elon Musk and Tesla, Top Gear is now trying to make up with the quickly-growing electric vehicle company. And they even praise Tesla’s (almost) entry-level Model S, the 60D, as being the best electric car yet made by them. Of course, while all the attention is focused on the P100D and its […]

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LaFerrari vs Tesla vs Rimac ConceptOne Drag Race- See Who Wins

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:23:24 +0000

If you thought that your Tesla P90D or that brand-new LaFerrari you just bought were going to bring you acceleration supremacy on the road, check out this guy: the Rimac ConceptOne – a fully electric hypercar that beats almost anything. With its 1,088 horsepower and the HUGE 1,600 Nm of torque, the vehicle made by […]

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Tesla Model 3 Attacked by BMW in Acid Advertising

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:59:29 +0000

BMW’s new aid campaign is nothing short of misleading. In attempt to put down Tesla’s Model 3 in exchange for highlighting BMW’s plug-in hybrid vehicle, BMW’s only counter protest in its new ad was to argue against the Model 3’s wait time. In just 30 seconds, the BMW 330e ad blows smoke over offering a […]

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Revolutionary Solar Roof Announced by Elon Musk This Week

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:20:58 +0000

Since the news of the fusion between SolarCity and Tesla Motors, some even greater news now show up. At SolarCity’s second quarter financial call this week, Elon Musk announced that the company will launch a revolutionary solar roof. Now mind you, a solar roof is NOT a solar cell mounted on the roof. For existing buildings, […]

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Coming Soon: Tesla’s Fully Autonomous Driving

Courtney Lepping — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 22:28:18 +0000

Tesla is about to level up. No, not by playing Pokemon Go, but by introducing Level 4 fully autonomous driving features. Elon Musk is raving about Tesla’s rapid progress on the project and set the release date for the new technology in Q4 2017. Musk stated, “What we’ve got will blow people’s minds, it blows […]

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MobilEye Software “Auto”-matically Ruptured Relationship with Tesla

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:51:30 +0000

Looks like the relationship between business partners MobilEye and Tesla just… crashed. MobilEye, the Israeli company that has supplied Tesla with the technology used in self-driving vehicles, has decided to no longer make those services available. The Tesla vehicle crash must be weighing heavily upon those involved, even if involved in the slightest. The MobilEye EyeQ3 […]

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Elon Musk’s Master Plan for Sustainable Energy

Courtney Lepping — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:56:57 +0000

Remember when Elon Musk devised a “Master Plan” for developing a feasible electric car? Recognize how the company’s goals have changed since 2006 when Musk announced he would use proceeds from a low-volume electric car, only to sell a medium-volume car and eventually develop an affordable electric car. Musk has always envisioned a car company […]

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Tesla’s Autopilot System Under Investigation

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:25:52 +0000

You have most likely heard of Tesla’s autopilot semi-autonomous driving system that exists within its higher quality vehicles. It may not become the norm unless the politics surrounding the system dissolves. After a number of Autopilot accidents including the death of Joshua Brown, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Transportation Safety Board […]

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Tesla’s Autopilot 2.0 Could Have LIDAR Hardware

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 20:36:01 +0000

Yet another sighting of one of Tesla’s productions hints at cool new driving features. Model S was recently spotted with what appears to be LIDAR hardware in Palo Alto, CA near Tesla’s headquarters. From the front of the vehicle a laser detection system can be seen with the ability to provide 3D maps in real-time. […]

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Plans to Acquire Elon Musk’s SolarCity, Offer Joint Services

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:25:53 +0000

Tesla and SolarCity plan to merge energy-efficient products for consumers. Solar City, which produces and installs solar panels, and Tesla, which produces battery-powered vehicles, recently engaged in an offer for Tesla to acquire SolarCity. Tesla seeks to acquire SolarCity’s common stock and give Tesla’s common shares in return. A definite agreement and approval has yet […]

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Tesla’s Model 3 Could be Delivered Sooner Than Expected

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:22:53 +0000

In a move to acquire customer satisfaction, Tesla responded to the need for the Model 3 sedan by changing the production start date. Model 3 is expected to be produced in November 2016 instead of the original 2017 date. The high demand for Tesla’s Model 3 may be because it is a “green” electric vehicle […]

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How Elon Musk’s Tweet Made Panasonic $800mln Richer

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:27:05 +0000

From a simple Tweet, Tesla’s Elon Musk allowed Samsung’s share price to drop as Panasonic’s increased by $800 million. Tesla Motors is partnering up with Panasonic Corp to provide batteries for the Model 3 which will rival the BMW 3-series. The Model 3 sedan is a creation that promises a change from 0 to 60 […]

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This is How People React to Driverless Tesla Prank

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:55:12 +0000

Not driving a Tesla may seem the obvious way to drive a few years from now. But for the moment, law and common sense forces you to keep at least one hand on the wheel. Youtube prankster Rahat hid behind his fake seat covers and left the impression that driverless Teslas really exist and they roam […]

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Elon Musk Tweets Tesla Model 3 Will Come With Ludicrous Mode

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 04 May 2016 09:52:02 +0000

The Tesla Model 3 – that highly anticipated electric car that will break all price, performance and quality barriers, is supposed to also be fast – that is what Elon Musk has confirmed on his Twitter account on Friday. Cleantechnica‘s Steve Hanley caught the conversation: Now, that may leave a lot of people cold, but: […]

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Tesla Model 3 Unveiled Today – Despite Cost Cuts, Still Feels Like a Tesla

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:22:08 +0000

Tesla Model 3 has finally been unveiled a few hours ago at the Hawthorne SpaceX studio, as usual. This has been Elon Musk’s promise from the beginning: build a low-volume, high cost car, then a mid-volume mid-cost car, after which they’ll build what everybody wants: The Model 3 – a high-volume, low-cost Tesla. How many miles […]

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The Best Review of a Tesla Model X Ever

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:19:27 +0000

If you’ve been secretly admiring the Tesla Model X lately, then you will surely want to watch this. It’s one of the best and fairest reviews made by anyone I know in recent history. EverydayDriver made a review that’s balanced, has common sense and, unlike Top Gear-like movies, isn’t focused on super-mega-extravagant gas guzzling pieces […]

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Tesla P100D Logo Found in Model S Firmware, Elon Musk Reacts Totally Unexpected

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:46:32 +0000

One hacker (aka “Security Expert”) named Jason Hughes cracked open the firmware on his own Tesla Model S and revealed to the world that Tesla is about to unveil a 100 kWh Model S they will call P100D. Now, think about this: what is the target public for Teslas? Most are lawyers, doctors, engineers and […]

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Tesla’s New Autopilot Confirmed by Elon Musk

Guest Contributor — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:46:35 +0000

A couple of months ago, rumors surfaced around Tesla Motors possibly introducing a new version of autopilot for their electric cars. As many people groaned in outrage, lamenting the new car they had just picked out, others were overjoyed and look towards the new technology Tesla will introduce. Elon Musk confirmed the autopilot features in […]

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Tesla Model S Russia Style Test Drive

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:40:38 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of Tesla Model S test drives, but I’ve never seen this Russian guy who, although he really loves this car, takes it through mud, reveals all the kinds of faults the car has and then puts it on a pedestal in the end. Davidich is a one russian Tesla Model S test […]

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You Can Summon Your Tesla from Now On

Samantha Joe — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:58:14 +0000

If you have a Tesla Model S, you can now make it come to you. The carmaker has pushed out a recent Tesla Model S software update. The Autopilot feature was modified with the update, and also added the capability for the car to both park itself and drive to you – within reason. Noted […]

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Tesla 2015 Sales Results Show Promise

Samantha Joe — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:12:16 +0000

Tesla 2015 sales finished strong with a solid fourth quarter. Despite facing challenges like manufacturing multiple models concurrently, Tesla Motors managed to deliver over 50,000 Model S (sedan) and Model X (sport utility) vehicles in 2015, in line with their annual sales goals, which were adjusted during the year. Quarterly performance, year over year, was […]

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Tesla Motors Hiring People Big Time

Samantha Joe — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 15:47:09 +0000

Job hunting? Consider taking a peek at Tesla’s job board on their website. Currently, there are 1,600-plus opportunities listed in a wide variety of jobs – radar engineers, service managers, and autopilot software engineers are just a few of the positions available. It’s hard to say definitively what that actually means, but it’s a good indicator […]

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First Tesla Powerwall Units Hit Vermont

Mila Luleva — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:54:25 +0000

The first lucky customers of Tesla’s Powerwall are most likely going to be the residents of Vermont. Everyone is eagerly anticipating the energy storage device from the green power house of Tesla. The demand is incredibly high, and everything is already sold out until the middle of next year. But thanks to the utility company […]

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Tesla Puts Forth Destination Charging Stations

Michelle Lutz — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:07:06 +0000

Destination charging differs from supercharging in several ways. Tesla developed the charging stations to be beneficial for establishments, because the people who are able to use them are customers that are patronizing that establishment. You will find destination charging stations at places such as hotels. This is good because the charging takes longer than the […]

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Tesla’s Gigafactory, World’s Largest Net Zero Energy Building

Mila Luleva — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:46:25 +0000

The latest from Tesla’s battery ‘Gigafactory’: it will produce all the energy it consumes, and it will be renewable. There is an ever-so-growing anticipation and hype around Tesla’s Gigafactory. Not only that it will be arguably the largest building in the world, but also it is expected to exceed the world’s battery production all on […]

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Bob Lutz on Tesla Motors – “It’s Too Expensive to Run the Company”

Benji Jerew — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:04:39 +0000

Given that Bob Lutz has been head honcho for a number of automakers and departments of automakers, I would definitely take some stock in what he says about automakers in general, but I wonder if he’s right about Tesla Motors. In Bob Lutz’ recent article on Road & Track, he asserts that Tesla Motors needs […]

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Cheaper Tesla Model 3 Might be Unveiled in Early 2016

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:03:51 +0000

The Model 3 will retail for just $35,000 dollars, far less money than any of their previous models or their new, advanced car, the Model X. The new Tesla Model 3 should be unveiled by March of 2016. Although Tesla has been known to delay new technologies and models of their electric vehicles, production of the cheaper Model […]

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Tesla Machine Learning Software will Fix Autopilot Problems

Annika Tostengard — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:31:40 +0000

Tesla is using machine learning software to fix the problems it has been having with the autopilot, or self-driving, program. Even though Consumer Reports recently withdrew its support for the Model S because of reliability issues, the problems will become a memory quickly with machine learning. Using data collected from real-world driving to identify problems and explain […]

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Tesla Plans to Build the Model 3 in China Starting 2017

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:19:59 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to begin marketing and selling the Model S in China, but there are a lot of costs associated with exporting vehicles across the ocean. That’s why he plans to work with a Chinese manufacturer to begin building the electric cars there, instead. That will let Tesla drop the price of […]

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Model S Crushed by Huge Tree – How It Actually Ended

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:22:38 +0000

If for a while we haven’t heard of Tesla Model S crashes, deaths and injuries, now it’s time to do so, because, you know, time takes its toll – but in a good way, eventually. This is the case of a woman and child traveling in a Model S when the terrain beneath them slid […]

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Consumer Reports Withdraws Tesla Model S “Recommended” Status

Benji Jerew — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:44:25 +0000

Today, on another episode of “Who Cares?” we are considering the implications of what Consumer Reports says about the Tesla Model S, who seems to be talking out both sides of its mouth. On the one hand, Consumer Reports (CR) has, on multiple occasions, given the Tesla Model S all thumbs up. Indeed, it’s hard […]

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Jay Leno’s Awkward Phone Call with Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Annika Tostengard — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 15:55:14 +0000

Everyone is impressed with the Tesla, even former late night TV host Jay Leno. That’s lucky since he could have been scared off the subject entirely by one awkward phone call. On his CNBC show, Jay Leno’s Garage, he tells the story of a time he accidentally called Elon Musk in the middle of the night, […]

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Tesla Autopilot Comes with Tesla Version 7.0 Software Update

Benji Jerew — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 23:42:52 +0000

The future is here, most of it anyway. Tesla Version 7.0, the software update that was just broadcast on Wednesday, includes Tesla Autopilot. The new software includes everything needed to take advantage of all the cameras and actuators that have been installed in many Tesla Model S since October 2014. The equipment includes a GPS […]

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Elon Musk Reveals How Difficult It Is to Build Tesla Model X

Annika Tostengard — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:25:18 +0000

The Model X launched in the San Francisco Bay Area and was a huge success. Although the event celebrated the green tech company’s accomplishments, CEO Elon Musk also took the opportunity to explain just how much of a pain the Model X was to build. The vehicle is complicated and insanely high-tech, to the point that Musk […]

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