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”
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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
Self-Driving Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run
What a (Road) Trip Silicon Valley startup Plus.ai just shipped 40,000 pounds of butter 2,800 miles from California to Pennsylvania in under three days using a freight truck mostly driving itself, The Mercury News reports (a safety driver made sure to take over in case of emergencies while an engineer observed operations as well). “We… Continue reading Self-Driving Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run
Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis
No Hands! Waymo, the Google-affiliated self-driving car company, has finally started to operate its self-driving taxi service without any humans sitting behind the wheel. That means passengers using the company’s Uber-like Waymo One service might find themselves shuttled around Arizona in the back seat of an otherwise-empty minivan, as one reporter for The Verge did. Removing… Continue reading Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis
Elon Musk Keeps Buying Mansions in a Particular Neighborhood
Musk City Over the past seven years, Elon Musk has bought up a cluster of expensive homes in Los Angeles’ ritzy Bel-Air neighborhood. Musk paid about approximately $100 million for the homes, six of which are all in close proximity within Bel-Air, according to The Wall Street Journal. The seventh is a full estate with… Continue reading Elon Musk Keeps Buying Mansions in a Particular Neighborhood