Solid State Japanese carmaker Toyota is set to unveil what the media is calling a “game-changing” solid state battery as soon as next year, Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reports. Such tech could allow electric cars of the future to drive over 300 miles on one charge and completely recharge in just ten minutes. Toyota, currently… Continue reading Toyota Making Electric Car With “Game-Changing” Solid State Battery
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Electric Car Maker Claims Elon Musk Crashed Its EV Into a Brick Wall
Three-Wheeled Crash The founder of Arcimoto, a company producing peppy electric three-wheeled electric vehicles in Oregon, claims that Tesla CEO Elon Musk crashed one of its cars into a brick wall in the fall of 2019. “Elon is the very first one to ever crash an Arcimoto, a production Arcimoto,” CEO Mark Frohnmayer told Galileo Russell,… Continue reading Electric Car Maker Claims Elon Musk Crashed Its EV Into a Brick Wall
Tesla Is Now Selling Tequila in a Lightning-Shaped Bottle
Tesla Tequila Forget the Cybertruck — Tesla’s hottest new product is a bottle of tequila, shaped like a lightning bolt. The agave-based adult beverage is listed for $250 on Tesla’s website, but it’s already sold out just hours after debuting. Wacky Wares Tesla makes its own cars, but it didn’t distill its own tequila. Instead,… Continue reading Tesla Is Now Selling Tequila in a Lightning-Shaped Bottle
Tesla Is Recalling 30,000 Cars Because of Manufacturing Problems
Total Recall Tesla just recalled nearly every imported Model S and X sold in China because of defects with the vehicles’ suspension, Bloomberg reports. Vehicles sold between September 2013 and January 2018 are affected, a total of roughly 30,000, according to China’s State Administration for Market Regulation. Some cars may even have two defects. Tesla… Continue reading Tesla Is Recalling 30,000 Cars Because of Manufacturing Problems
Elon Musk Slashes Tesla Model S Price to $69,420
Nice Elon Musk announced on Twitter today that the Tesla Model S “Long Range” sedan is getting a price cut to $69,420 — the weed number and the sex number combined, in Musk’s signature puerile humor. The move is aimed squarely at Tesla competitor Lucid, which announced today that the base model of its Air… Continue reading Elon Musk Slashes Tesla Model S Price to $69,420
Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week
Private Beta Tesla is releasing a “Full Self-Driving Beta” to certain owners some time next week, according to a tweet by CEO Elon Musk. In August, Musk promised that the next Full Self-Driving update will be a “quantum leap, because it’s a fundamental architectural rewrite, not an incremental tweak.” “I drive the bleeding edge alpha… Continue reading Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week
Leaked Tesla Memo: Angry Employee Sabotaged Part of Factory
Under Attack In a leaked email, Tesla’s vice president of legal and acting general counsel Al Prescott warned workers that an anonymous employee “maliciously sabotaged” part of a factory last month, Bloomberg reports. “Two weeks ago, our IT and InfoSec teams determined than [sic] an employee had maliciously sabotaged a part of the Factory,” Prescott wrote.… Continue reading Leaked Tesla Memo: Angry Employee Sabotaged Part of Factory
Tesla’s Roof Flies Off While Driving Home From Dealership
Model Why We knew that Tesla sometimes struggles with quality control — but we didn’t know things could get this bad. According to a post by Redditor Indescribables, later identified as Nathaniel Galicia Chien by The Verge, a brand new Model Y electric SUV purchased by his dad lost its roof on the drive back home… Continue reading Tesla’s Roof Flies Off While Driving Home From Dealership
FBI Foils Russian Hack at Tesla Factory
Factory Reset The sharp-eyed bloggers at Electrek noticed a fascinating drop today: an FBI complaint detailing how the feds helped foil a plot by Russian hackers to target the electric carmaker’s Nevada Gigafactory with a massive ransomware hack and data breach. Intriguingly, it sounds as though the hackers weren’t just after ransom — they also… Continue reading FBI Foils Russian Hack at Tesla Factory
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We take our level of connectivity for granted. While many developed nations and economies have internet and major electrical power grids, developing nations are just starting to come online. The United Nations estimates that a majority of the world’s population does not have access to an internet connection. Studies have also found that nearly 15… Continue reading Start Training For Your Electrical Engineer Career with These Classes