The CEO’s update came as a response to tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee’s tweet about the car, which has seen delays in its deliveries. Elon Musk teased that the long wait for Tesla’s next-gen Roadster “will be worth it.” Musk and Design Chief Franz von Holzhausen remain tight-lipped about the new Roadster’s improvements, but there is…
Reviewers from the United States and Europe appear to position Tesla’s Autopilot behind rival carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and General Motors’ other driver-assist systems. This has been clear in recent assessments by organizations such as Thatcham Research and the Euro NCAP, as well as in Consumer Reports. Autopilot beat solutions such as Super Cruise in…
Most of us sometimes fail to look around and remember how grateful we are to have what we have. In times of relatively high tensions focused on the current election, a pandemic, and a string of bad luck that we all seemed to accept during 2020, there are a few suitable moments that allow us…
During its latest earnings call, Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, had some thoughts about Tesla. He was hesitant, but in the end, he shared his opinion. “I am hesitant to say this — Tesla’s business, if you want to use the analogy, is like that of a kitchen and a chef,” he said. “They have not created…
Some fascinating behaviors from the advanced driver-assist system were revealed in recent videos of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta in motion. The videos showed FSD performing some almost-characteristically-human driving tricks while moving around tight spaces, such as momentarily folding the side mirrors. The limited FSD beta user Whole Mars Catalog caught the side mirror trick of…
How much do you know about CEO Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX and his kids? We’re taking a look at the family of South African entrepreneur, Elon. Elon Musk and Justine Wilson To date, Elon has been married twice. In 2000, he married Justine Wilson, and they went on to have six kids together.…
The SpaceX Crew Dragon, called “Resilience” by the crew selected for the mission, is ready for the launch of the Crew-1 mission scheduled for November 14th to transport four astronauts of the Expedition 64 to the ISS. https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1311004705108172802?s=20 This “Crew Dragon” is part of the SpaceX Dragon capsule family and is named “Dragon Rider” but…
This article is an excerpt from the new book, Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries, by Charles Morris. The five co-founders of Tesla—Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard, Elon Musk, JB Straubel and Ian Wright—were certainly greenies, and the environmental value of EVs was one of their prime…
Just a day after the release of Tesla Tequila, the sustainable energy company’s premium liquor beverage, first looks at the bottle’s packaging have surfaced. Photos of the packaging containing the $250 lightning bolt-shaped bottle were seen by Twitter user @Edgar707KiDS. It appears that a commemorative box and item description will protect the liquor and stand.…
Tesla is not a game-changing automotive company, according to Elon Musk, it’s a series of game-changing startups. On the recent Q3 earnings call from the electric car maker, Musk said, “There’s probably in excess of a dozen startups effectively in Tesla.” The Tesla CEO pointed to the fact that every product line and new factory…