New Tesla’s are equipped with advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot functionality today and complete self-driving capabilities in the future. Thanks to over-the-air software upgrades designed to enhance performance over time, this is made possible. Eight cameras give up to 250 meters of coverage and 360 degrees of vision around the vehicle. Complementing this vision,…
Tesla Battery Day did not have a clear response to a question that was enthusiastically answered by many. The cherished words during the presentation that Tesla’s battery would last one million miles were not noticed. However, this does not mean that this has not been done by the company. Jeff Dahn, head of Tesla’s battery…
Elon Musk extended his thanks to Tesla users, who last week received the limited Full Self-Driving beta from the company. The data that Tesla gathers from early access FSD beta testers will be invaluable as the AI team of the company continues to improve and optimize the autonomous driving software of the EV automaker. Tesla…
In a recent interview with Yahoo! Finance’s “On the Move,” Peter Rawlinson, CEO of Lucid Motors, shared his thoughts on Lucid’s main competition and the focus of Lucid. It is natural to compare Lucid with Tesla since both companies are focusing on electric vehicles and Rawlinson has a bit of history at Tesla. He was a top engineer for…
Tesla owners who are part of the limited Full Self-Driving rollout have started sharing some images and videos of the advanced driver-assist features in action. Based on videos and the Release Notes of the limited beta, it appears that Tesla is heavily emphasizing safety. Among the lucky Tesla owners who received the update were @brandonee916 and the @teslaownerssv group,…
In Q2’s conference call, Elon Musk noted: “The thing that bugs me the most is that our cars are not affordable enough. We need to fix that.” For those of us who have paid attention, we have seen the first of this new breed of affordable Tesla vehicles. I am thinking of course of the Cybertruck….
The progress made at Moss Landing, California, by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Tesla Energy’s large Megapack battery seems to be very consistent, with a recent site flyover showing that hundreds of grid-scale energy storage units have already been built in concrete slabs. On one end of the Moss Landing site, more Megapack batteries…
Tesla also updated the range of the Model X Long Range Dual Motor AWD and the Model S Performance with the rollout of the Model 3 ‘refresh.’ Both vehicles are now seemingly closing in on the 400-mile mark, which is quite remarkable in their own right considering that the Model S and Model X still…
Over the years, Tesla has had its own fair share of critics, and numerous attempts have been undertaken to attack the company. These include a long-running misinformation campaign from the skeptics of the company, as well as a strong presence of Tesla’s most ardent and hostile critics on social media. More recently, Tesla has become…
The charging infrastructure, or better, the lack of charging infrastructure, is a major barrier to the adoption of electric driving in most of the world. Only Tesla, Fastned in the Netherlands, and Greenway in Poland and Slovakia have constructed networks that allow electric cars to travel far from home. These examples are being pursued by…