Being one of the most notable advanced-driver assist systems in the market today, Tesla’s Autopilot is subjected to a lot of scrutiny. This became particularly evident recently amid three crashes involving Teslas. Investigations are still ongoing, though one of the vehicles’ drivers had claimed that Autopilot was engaged when the crash happened. Longtime Tesla analyst…
The new Model S from Tesla has landed in Lake Tahoe, California, for more winter testing ahead of initial deliveries that could begin as soon as April. After making relatively minor updates to the Model S from 2012 on, rumors of a Refresh sparked after Tesla shutdown Model S and Model X production lines in…
ARK Invest has upgraded its price target and outlook for Tesla through 2025, projecting massive gains as the automaker continues to dominate the electric vehicle market. ARK analysts now believe that Tesla’s outlook is even better than before, boosting its price target from $1,400 in 2024 to $3,000 in 2025. The new figures depend on…
Teslas are no longer allowed to be purchased by Chinese military members or employees of government-owned interests, China’s government recently decided. According to sources, Chinese officials have expressed concerns regarding data-collection through a Tesla’s exterior cameras. The vehicles seem to raise suspicions of possible intelligence leaks as relations between the United States and China are a…
The Tesla hacker who attempted to infiltrate the company’s Gigafactory Nevada facility with malware, offering $1 million to an employee for help with the task, pleaded guilty to counts of “conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer.” Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov pleaded guilty, according to a U.S. Department of Justice complaint that was released…
Tesla just added a new page to its website, and it focuses on vehicle safety for all of the company’s vehicles. This definitely makes sense in normal times, but in a time when The Church of Automotive Safety, mainstream media, and some government agencies are raising safety concerns, it makes even more sense for the company to…
Tesla Model S refresh vehicles were recently seen leaving the Fremont Factory lot on a car carrier truck. A few car carriers with Model 3 and Model Y cars were spotted headed north as well. The sighting of trucks carrying Tesla vehicles hints that the company’s quarter-end push is underway. Twitter user @CodingMark took snapshots of a…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s Q4 and FY 2020 earnings call that the Cybertruck, the company’s all-electric pickup, would need a Giga Press that is larger than the already massive machines built for the Model Y rear underbody in the Fremont Factory. IDRA Group, the company that makes the house-sized die-casting contraptions,…
It is almost strange to see an automotive market open to vehicles of all segments being dominated by premium competitors. Yet this is precisely what seems to be happening in China, with the country’s recent EV sales rankings showing the Tesla Model 3 and the Tesla Model Y becoming two of the country’s best-selling electric…
Tesla Semi rival Freightliner recently revealed that its test fleet of all-electric commercial trucks has successfully crossed 700,000 miles of real-world travel. In part to several cross-country routes, Daimler president Fred Ligouri detailed the trips and development of its eM2 box truck and eCascadia Class 8 tractor-trailer, the two vehicles responsible for the 700,000-mile travel…