We All Float Down Here According to a new tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the electric automaker’s upcoming Cybertruck will be able to float — at least for short periods of time. “Yes. It will even float for a while,” Musk responded on Twitter about the vehicle’s wading depth. As Electrek reports, Musk bragged… Continue reading Elon Musk: The Cybertruck Will “Float For a While”
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Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers
Emergency Brakes The self-driving car startup Zoox just laid off all 120-something of its human safety drivers — and announced that it’s suspending all driving tests because of the coronavirus pandemic. Zoox has been testing its autonomous cars on the streets of California and Las Vegas, but can’t safely continue given California’s stated shelter-in-place rule,… Continue reading Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers
Elon Musk is Shipping Free Ventilators to Hospitals Worldwide
Free of Charge Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk has announced renewed efforts to supply hospitals around the country — and internationally — with life-saving equipment amid the coronavirus outbreak. “We have extra FDA-approved ventilators,” he tweeted. “Will ship to hospitals worldwide within Tesla delivery regions. Device and shipping cost are free.” He did, however, have… Continue reading Elon Musk is Shipping Free Ventilators to Hospitals Worldwide
Tesla: Fremont Factory Had One of Its “Safest Years Yet”
The rate of worker injuries at Tesla’s Fremont factory has dramatically decreased, according to a newly published Tesla blog post. In the post, Laurie Shelby, who serves as the vice president of Tesla’s environmental, health, and safety division, wrote that the number of injuries per vehicle produced at the factory fell by “more than 50… Continue reading Tesla: Fremont Factory Had One of Its “Safest Years Yet”
Elon Musk Admits He Worried “Nobody Would Buy” Tesla’s Cybertruck
Cybertruck Doubts On the Third Row Tesla podcast last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that at first, he had his doubts about the company’s recently announced Cybertruck, an electric pickup with an extremely divisive design. “I wasn’t sure if nobody would buy it or if a lot of people would buy it,” Musk said,… Continue reading Elon Musk Admits He Worried “Nobody Would Buy” Tesla’s Cybertruck
You Can Now Buy a Knockoff Cybertruck for $10,800
Knockoff Cybertruck You might not have to wait until 2021 to get your hands on a Tesla Cybertruck — or something like it, anyways. The Russian YouTubers behind the channel Pushka’s Garage have converted an old VAZ 2109 angular hatchback into a knockoff Tesla Cybertruck, stainless steel “exoskeleton” and all. While the team claims to… Continue reading You Can Now Buy a Knockoff Cybertruck for $10,800
General Motors Wants Self-Driving Cars to Lose the Steering Wheel
No Hands! General Motors has a bold plan for testing its self-driving cars: rip out the steering wheel and let them roam on public streets. The company is currently petitioning the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for permission to begin the test, according to Reuters. And while the company seems convinced that the… Continue reading General Motors Wants Self-Driving Cars to Lose the Steering Wheel
Cars Are Secretly Spying on Us
Spy Car Your car is likely capturing hundreds of data points about you and your driving, and secretly sending it to the manufacturer. Hacking into a 2017 Chevrolet for The Washington Post, tech writer Geoffrey Fowler learned that the car had been tracking his location, monitoring activity on the cell phone he had connected, and… Continue reading Cars Are Secretly Spying on Us
These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness
Ground Breaking In May, housing nonprofit New Story shared a rendering of plans to 3D-print an entire neighborhood. That vision’s now coming to life, with the Wednesday unveiling of the first houses in this project, in what’ll ultimately become a wholly unique community of 50 homes in Mexico. New Story created the 500-square-foot homes using… Continue reading These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness
A Startup Wants to Turn Your Car’s Windshield Into a Giant Screen
Big Screen Today, many vehicles come equipped with a heads-up display that projects useful information, such as a car’s speed or driving directions, right onto the windshield so that the driver doesn’t need to take their eyes off the road. But while those systems require just a small part of a windshield, Beijing-based company Futurus has… Continue reading A Startup Wants to Turn Your Car’s Windshield Into a Giant Screen