An analysis of insurance data in the United States has shown that injury claims are notably less common among all-electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3 and its peers. The findings were shared by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in a recent report, which followed the release of its safety ratings for the…
Guangzhou traffic authorities responded to speculation that Tesla vehicles were being regularly stopped along highways in China by local police. Earlier this month, a few social media users noticed that local police prevented Tesla vehicles from entering a highway in Guangzhou. This triggered rumors that Teslas were being specifically targeted by traffic authorities. The Guangzhou…
Tesla’s institutional investors have voted on the top three questions they would like the company to answer during the Q1 2021 earnings call. The questions were submitted through investor communications platform Say, a startup that aims to create and develop investor communication tools. QUESTION 1 – LITHIUM-ION AND TESLA’S 4680 BATTERIES One question an institutional…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will hold its first-quarter earnings call after Monday’s trading, and the expectations are pretty high. Following a blowout Q1 that saw the company completely decimate Wall Street’s expected vehicle deliveries, expectations are now high that the EV maker would post record-breaking numbers for its record-setting quarter. The following are Wall Street’s expectations for…
Tesla analyst Pierre Ferragu of New Street Research is not impressed with Consumer Reports’ test that apparently “tricked” a Model Y into driving itself without anyone in the passenger seat. Earlier this week, Consumer Reports claims that it made a Model Y drive itself by “tricking” it with a series of weights, contraptions, and loopholes that everyday…
Tesla’s request for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a millimeter-wave sensor for child protection and anti-theft measures has been granted. Along with five other companies, Tesla received “a grant of waivers” on April 14, 2021, that would allow the installation of radar sensors in the 57-64 GHz frequency band in passenger motor vehicles.…
Tesla has revealed the data logs of the car that belonged to a protestor that made an appearance at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this week. The data indicates that the driver of the car, who was the protestor’s father, was traveling well above the posted speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour (49.7 MPH).…
Tesla just made it easier for electric car owners to access data from their vehicles. This was made possible by the launch of the company’s Event Data Recorder (EDR) Resources, which provides owners with the software and hardware they need to retrieve pertinent information from their electric cars. Tesla’s current lineup of vehicles is equipped…
Tesla owners affected by the failure of the Multi-Memory-Card (eMMC) are receiving refund checks as a part of the terms the automaker outlined to replace the part. In January 2021, the NHTSA requested that Tesla repair 158,000 Model S vehicles built between 2012 and 2018 and Model X vehicles from 2016 to 2018. The reasoning for the…
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