Lendlease, in collaboration with Outbound, kick-started a car-sharing service with Tesla Model 3 units for tenants of Salesforce Tower in Sydney Place, Sydney. The car-sharing service initiates the launch of the Electric Car Club at Sydney’s 180 George Street. The Electric Car Club is starting out with three Tesla Model 3 units which will be amiable for…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated once again that the company is close to solving autonomy while highlighting the automaker’s efforts and what they mean to its valuation. “Although I’ve said this before, I think we will solve autonomy soon,” Musk said today (via Reuters), speaking at the VivaTech conference in Paris. Musk has long highlighted Tesla’s…
A recent study found that the Tesla Model Y and Model 3 were the top choices for first-time electric vehicle (EV) buyers. Electric vehicle adoption is steadily gaining traction among mainstream consumers, especially in the United States, where the Inflation Reduction Act promotes EV production. According to a study by Recurrent Auto, the Tesla Model Y…
Tesla China shut down rumors about the company initiating a pilot run for Full Self-Driving in Shanghai. China-based media outlet Caitlin received a response from Tesla China, stating that the FSD pilot test rumors were not true. The rumors started circulating in April after local news outlet Caixin reported that Tesla planned to test FSD…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently noted that FSD Beta’s performance on roundabouts would see a notable improvement in the near future. The executive’s comment was posted on Twitter. Tesla’s FSD Beta program has been ongoing for some time now. And considering that Tesla typically attracts the attention of social media users, a good number of…
Tesla owners claim the radar apparatuses in their vehicles were unplugged during service visits, according to a report. Tesla has been working to transition to a camera or vision-only approach to its self-driving efforts, and this was launched several years ago with Tesla Vision. Tesla started building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without radar, hoping…
Tesla is planning to license Autopilot and even its Full Self-Driving suite to other companies, CEO Elon Musk said yesterday in a Tweet. The announcement comes after Tesla recently struck a deal with Ford to open its Supercharging network to the automaker, which also plans to adopt Tesla’s charging connector that will eliminate the need…
Tesla is revamping its offers for the Referral Program with new rewards for certain vehicle models, including money off and even offers for free months of the Full Self-Driving program. Tesla is offering three months of free Full Self-Driving and $1,000 off of a Model S and Model X sale that comes from a referral, giving the…
In a recent comment on Twitter, Elon Musk apologized for Tesla’s auto wipers, which have been quite inconsistent, to say the least. Observations from a noted Tesla hacker suggest that Tesla has already implemented a slight change that makes the feature more acceptable. Longtime Tesla hacker @greentheonly, who has gained a reputation for discovering new features in…
Tesla’s vehicles like the Model 3 and Model Y are praised for many of their automated functions. Their auto wipers is typically not among them. Tesla rolled out automatic windshield wipers for its Autopilot 2 hardware vehicles in early 2018, but the feature never really got refined to the point where it was bulletproof. This was one…