Rivian is recalling around 13,000 vehicles after discovering a minor structural defect, Bloomberg reported. In a letter to customers, CEO RJ Scaringe said that the recall was because a fastener “may not have been sufficiently torqued. Although the issue has only been discovered in seven vehicles, the automaker is recalling 13,000 vehicles “out of an abundance of…
A Tesla representative openly discussed the recent fire incident on Giga Berlin grounds. Tesla employee Marlene Mehnert attended the municipal council meeting on Thursday, September 29. She assured those present at the meeting that Tesla strives for transparency, reported Moz. “It is important for us to be able to give an update on the fire issue,”…
The EPA’s “Clean Bus Program” will be spending $1 billion in the 2023 fiscal year to help schools buy electric buses and other cleaner alternatives. The EPA is one of numerous agencies working on upgrading American public vehicle fleets. Their “Clean Bus Program” is targeted explicitly at replacing gas and diesel buses with clean alternatives. Applicants…
Tesla held its second AI Day last night and a lot was revealed including a working prototype of the Optimus Bot. Although the Tesla robot was long awaited and is the most talked about aspect of last night’s event, there are other updates that Tesla shared that many may have missed. Elon Musk emphasized the point of…
While a lot of the attention surrounding AI Day 2022 was on Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, the electric vehicle maker also discussed one of its most ambitious endeavors during the event — the Full Self-Driving Beta. And as per Musk’s estimates, FSD Beta should be ready to expand to more territories by the end of the…
Tesla is certainly making its intentions with its Tesla Bot (Optimus) project known, as hinted by the Cybertruck graffiti on a Tesla Semi parked on the premises of AI Day 2022. During Tesla’s Q4 2021 and Full Year earnings call, Elon Musk highlighted that Optimus is one of the most important products currently in development…
Japanese electric helicopter startup SkyDrive has unveiled its electric helicopter that they hope to use as an air taxi service by 2025. The idea of electrified aviation is alive and well. Numerous companies are hoping to introduce electric planes and helicopters that could either autonomously or semi-autonomously transport passengers short and eventually longer distances. SkyDrive is…
As it turns out, the new AI Day 2022 teaser that Tesla recently posted online depicted the real hands of Optimus, the Tesla Bot. This was confirmed by CEO Elon Musk in a recent response on Twitter. AI Day 2022 is only a few hours away, and yesterday, Tesla’s official Twitter account posted a short video featuring…
Redwood Materials’ Battery Materials Campus 1 is still under construction in Northern Nevada, but it is already expected to start producing recycled battery product by the end of 2022. The recycled products will then be returned and used in one of the largest battery plants in the world — Gigafactory Nevada — which is jointly…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is planning to utilize Q4 2022 as a proverbial momentum builder for 2023 as the automaker plans to capture an annual production scale close to that of BMW. Tesla’s production scale will reach over 1 million units for the first time in company history this year. However, the automaker is turning its…