Tesla briefly rolled back the introduction of its latest Full Self-Driving beta software following complaints from beta testers. Chief executive Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that Beta 10.3 was released briefly over the weekend and would be accessible to Tesla owners with perfect safety scores. However, less than a day after being released, Tesla rolled […]
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In a bold move, Hertz has announced the addition of 100,000 Tesla Model 3s to its fleet by the end of 2022, with the total cost of the deal estimated at $4.2 billion. After a pretty rough 2020, the company exited bankruptcy just four months ago under new ownership and is currently on the course of […]
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Tesla may be under scrutiny by the NHTSA for its Autopilot system, but it released a video in which we discover some of the innovative ways it uses to improve the safety of its vehicles. Industry standard crash testing used around the world only focuses on how a car performs in a handful of different […]
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Tesla’s driver assistance systems are currently under the scrutiny by federal authorities, but video footage of its full-self driving package in operation shows just how close it is to replicating real human behavior. You might even say it’s a little too human-like after watching this video from AI DRIVR. The Tesla-driving YouTuber has been testing […]
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Tesla’s driving data storage system has been decrypted, claims the Dutch government’s forensic lab. Long kept from others, the information gives the lab access to considerably more information than it previously knew existed. Although it has long been known that Teslas record driving data and some data has historically been presented to investigators after accidents, […]
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Tesla has smashed its own quarterly profit record, earning $1.62 billion in the third quarter of 2021 despite the ongoing semiconductor crisis that is crippling the automotive industry. The third quarter figure beat the company’s previous $1.14 billion record set in the second quarter of this year and is almost five times larger than the […]
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Tesla introduced the Cybertruck nearly two years ago and the company recently admitted it’s been delayed until 2022. As a result, the highly-anticipated model will arrive after the Rivian R1T and GMC Hummer EV. It could also hit the streets after the Ford F-150 Lightning, which is due next spring. Tesla is going to be late […]
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President Biden plans to fill two major roles at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with high-profile appointees. One, Missy Cummings is a well-regarded autonomy researcher who has been vocal in her criticisms of Tesla. Reuters reported Tuesday that NHTSA will get its first head in four years, with the appointment of Steven Cliff, […]
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VW boss Herbert Diess called Elon Musk during a recent event at the automaker’s global headquarters to discuss what separates Tesla from its rivals. Diess and Musk are friends and have acknowledged their shared admiration for each other in the past. In fact, Musk once tried to hire Diess as the new CEO of Tesla. […]
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It’s hard to think of a more quintessentially American car than the Ford Mustang GT V8. But that’s not just nostalgia talking, it’s maths and science, people. The 2021 Mustang 5.0-liter GT has just nabbed top spot on a league table that measures the volume of U.S.-built content in the nation’s cars. According to the […]
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