ACME stock soars on today’s cartoonishly silly episode of Quick Charge, we watch Tesla Autopilot crash into a wall with a painting on it, make the Elon stans look silly when they point out shady behavior from their fearless leader, and toss out the notion that some franchise dealers might help the troubled EV brand … Continue reading “Cartoonish Tesla crashes, Toyota battery deals, and new Chinese hotness”
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Elon Musk wants to sell Tesla cars to conservatives, but if that’s the strategy, the automaker should start with having stores and service centers in red states and rural areas. It’s no secret that Elon Musk’s approval ratings with progressives have been plummeting over the last few years and even more so in the previous … Continue reading “If Musk wants to sell Tesla cars to conservatives, Tesla needs stores and service in red states”
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Tesla Autopilot drove into Wile E. Coyote-style fake road wall in the middle of the road in a camera versus lidar test. While most companies developing self-driving technologies have been using a mix of sensors (cameras, radar, lidar, and ultrasonic), Tesla insists on only using cameras. The automaker removed radars from its vehicle lineup and … Continue reading “Tesla Autopilot drives into Wile E Coyote fake road wall in camera vs lidar test”
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Build Your Dreams (BYD) is gearing up for what has the makings of an epic launch event this coming Monday. The Chinese automaker announced several incoming debuts coming early next week, including a new “BYD Super e-Platform,” described as a “new benchmark in electric.” What’s most interesting, however, is that BYD is teasing a new … Continue reading “1,000 kW fast charging?!? BYD teases tech twice as fast as Tesla, debuting March 17”
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Now that it’s rolling out adapters that allow its electric vehicles to charge at Tesla Supercharger stations, Ford is streamlining things for Apple iPhone users that want to navigate to them. The automaker on Monday announced that Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning drivers using Apple Maps EV route planning, via Apple CarPlay, can now specify … Continue reading “Ford EVs getting Tesla Supercharger route planning via Apple Maps”
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Tesla is going to build a new Megafactory in Texas near Houston, according to a tax abatement agreement with Waller County. At the time of writing, Tesla had yet to comment on the new project, but the Waller County Commissioners Court confirmed the project on Wednesday when they approved a tax abatement deal with the company: Under … Continue reading “Tesla to build a new Megafactory in Texas near Houston”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! From the immortal humorous lyrics of Shania Twain, my evaluation of FSD Supervised V12.6.3 (2024.45.32.15): That Don’t Impress Me Much! I’ve been driving with and obsessively using Tesla’s artificial intelligence software in my Model 3 now for over 5 … Continue reading “Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised V12.6.3: That Don’t Impress Me Much!”
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Japan reportedly plans to try to convince Tesla to invest in Nissan after the merger with Honda fell through. Do you think it makes sense? Shortly after being announced, Nissan and Honda’s planned merger quickly fell apart earlier this month. The problem appears to be that Nissan expected a merger while Honda was looking for … Continue reading “Nissan turning to Tesla as potential investor after Honda deal fell through”
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Elon Musk’s visit to India may have been more about Tesla than any mission for the US government, if recent job listings at Tesla are to be believed. Plus, we’ve got news that construction on the first Tesla Semi truck stop is underway in California – and only six years behind schedule! All this and more … Continue reading “Elon is setting up shop in India as first Tesla Semi station gets real (6 years late)”
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Tesla has started hiring staff in India, in another deja vu moment. After several false starts in the market, is it finally time for Tesla to launch in India? Tesla has been trying to get into the Indian automotive market for years, but it wasn’t able to find a way around the country’s protectionist effort, … Continue reading “Tesla starts hiring in India in a big deja vu moment”