A North Carolina Tesla driver has admitted to watching a movie on his phone while using Autopilot during a crash with a police vehicle. A Tesla Model S crashed into a Nash County police vehicle in Nash County, North Carolina. The vehicle was reportedly stopped on the road, helping a trooper from the Highway Patrol…
Los Angeles based EV charging company Xeal uses predictive AI software to optimize revenues from charging stations and would boost passive income for commercial and residential building owners. It’s just successfully closed its seed investment round. Xeal’s technology reduces fluctuations in energy costs and generates investment returns for buildings of up to 700 percent. How…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) hit a market cap of over $400 billion after Wednesday’s stock price added an additional 6.42 percent during trading. It is the first time the market capitalization of the electric automaker has peaked at $400 billion since it has closed at a record high of $2,153.17. During trading on Wednesday the company…
Tesla fans have zeroed in on a battery startup called Amprius. A number of clues indicate that it may be acquired by Tesla in the future, or that it at least plays a role in Tesla’s battery innovation and coming announcements at Tesla Battery Day. I’ll come back to the Tesla–Amprius connections in a minute….
Elon Musk’s neurotech company, Neuralink, is developing ‘ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.’ He envisions a future where the Neuralink brain-chip can solve many brain-related problems, including curing memory loss, restoring hearing and eyesight, and also allowing paralyzed individuals to control artificial limbs (prosthetics) using their own thoughts. Not only does the…
It’s safe to say that Tesla has its plate full right now. There’s the construction of three gigafactories simultaneously on three different continents. Then, there’s production prep for the company’s forthcoming Cybertruck, Semi, and Roadster. There’s a 5-for-1 stock split, (possible) S&P inclusion, and Battery Day. Nevertheless, it’s fun to speculate what we don’t (yet) know. Perhaps the biggest question is: what will be the next Tesla…
Sandy Munro worked in the automotive industry for decades before starting his consulting firm Munro & Associates. In recent years, the firm has made a name for itself with its unique insights into Tesla’s vehicles. Initially, Munro was extremely critical of Tesla’s shortcomings, but as Tesla has continued to improve over time, he has become…
“To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy” A lot of us are familiar with this sentence, particularly for Tesla owners and investors. That’s right, that’s the mission statement for Tesla. In addition to being an American electric car and renewable energy manufacturer, Tesla also leads the way in cutting-edge software development. The company was…
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has long spoken about the electric plane. He also said that he has a proposal for an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL), but he never went into details of plans to bring it into service. Musk said it’s important to increase the specific energy of the batteries in…
\n Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company, Neuralink, is scheduled to hold an event later this week to update the public on its progress since the presentation last year. Although the agenda is largely speculative, one goal is a live demonstration of neuron activity. \n\n\n\n “Will show neurons firing in real-time on August 28th. The matrix…