If you own a Tesla and are planning a road trip, you can program in a start point and an end point for your journey and your car will inform you where the best places are to charge your battery along the way. But if you don’t own a Tesla and are planning to use public chargers…
Among the most controversial aspects of the Tesla Model S and Model X refresh are the vehicles’ “yoke” style steering wheel, which has garnered a good amount of criticism over its alleged safety risk and impracticality. Yet considering the features that Tesla has implemented in the refreshed flagship vehicles, as well as the upcoming capabilities…
There is one action the new Biden administration can take that, more than anything else, will set the United States on a more successful course to electrifying the cars and trucks we drive: to communicate a bold vision of what transportation electrification looks like in 2030. Since 2010, when former President Obama set a goal…
Tesla’s introduction of the “Yoke Steering Wheel” with the Model S refresh saw mixed reviews upon initial examination. The always sporty Model S has adopted a new, supercar-like interior, with the Yoke capping off Tesla’s redesign to the flagship sedan. However, upon further examination, I realized that Tesla isn’t priming the Model S to be…
Tesla has a new gaming computer inside its electric vehicles that could compete with the latest gaming consoles. New Tesla Gaming Computer With the unveiling of new Model S and Model X, Tesla has announced a new gaming computer inside the vehicles: “Up to 10 teraflops of processing power enables in-car gaming on-par with today’s…
Release candidates for the next-generation Tesla Roadster may hit the streets later this year. On the heels of the Tesla Model S Plaid+ release, Elon Musk reminded everyone that there is still much to look forward to this year. “Finishing engineering this year, production starts next year. Aiming to have release candidate design drivable late…
Tesla’s focus on manufacturing efficiency and solving production bottlenecks has resulted in a significant reduction in service visits, the automaker said on Wednesday. The electric automaker’s Q4 2020 Earnings Call had a segment where company executives yielded a series of retail investor questions, one of the most interesting being Tesla’s service efforts, or lack thereof, according to…
Elon Musk suggested during the latest Tesla earnings call that the company had some informal talks about supplying other OEMs with Autopilot. In order to expand its autonomous software, opening Autopilot to other automakers will provide Tesla with more data while also developing another revenue stream for the company. “Does Tesla plan or expect to…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 18-year post at the electric automaker is far from over, but “nobody should be CEO forever,” he said during the Q4 2020 Earnings Call on Wednesday. Musk was confronted with the question of if he were to ever step down as CEO, a plan that he entailed several years ago after Tesla started…
The Tesla Cybertruck appears to be approaching its final form, at least until it enters development. While answering an institutional investor’s inquiry about the development of the Cybertruck during Tesla’s Q4 FY 2020 earnings call, Elon Musk noted that nearly all the work around the engineering of the all-electric pickup has been completed, and that…