Cyber Goes Solar During a Thursday evening event near SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calf., Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally showed off the company’s long-awaited “Cybertruck.” And while we’re all still trying to digest its extremely polarizing design, Musk’s mind is already racing far ahead — imagining a bright, renewable energy-fueled future with his much-beloved truck… Continue reading Elon Musk Wants to Add “Fold Out Solar Wings” to Cybertruck
Author: Futurism_Magazine Online News
Ford App Lets Man Control Rental Car He Returned Months Ago
Access Granted A man who rented a Ford Expedition in May is still able to track the SUV’s location and control its engine and locks using the FordPass app — despite returning the vehicle five months ago. “I have been opening the app and tracking the vehicle almost every day to see if my access… Continue reading Ford App Lets Man Control Rental Car He Returned Months Ago
Elon Musk: Camera Inside Teslas is “Meant for Robotaxi” Mode
Cabin Fever Every Tesla Model 3 is equipped with a mysterious camera that faces the inside of the cabin, mounted just above the rear view mirror. Tesla claims the camera is completely inactive, but the car company seemingly has big plans in store for it. According to a Wednesday tweet by CEO Elon Musk, the… Continue reading Elon Musk: Camera Inside Teslas is “Meant for Robotaxi” Mode
Russia’s Semi-Autonomous Robot Tanks Were Utterly Useless in Syria
Rough Start Russia first used semi-autonomous robot tanks in combat in Syria last year — but now it seems that those test runs didn’t go well. The remote-controlled tanks ran into a number of problems, The National Interest reports, including their sensors performing worse than advertised and their signals getting blocked by buildings. All in… Continue reading Russia’s Semi-Autonomous Robot Tanks Were Utterly Useless in Syria
Ford Patents Drone That Pops Out of a Car’s Trunk
Image via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office/Ford Ford’s Focus The spare tire stashed in your car’s trunk for emergencies might soon be joined by a drone. On Thursday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark’s office published a patent application submitted by Ford Motor Company subsidiary Ford Global Technologies. It seems the American automaker is developing a… Continue reading Ford Patents Drone That Pops Out of a Car’s Trunk
Elon Musk: Tesla Is Making An “Armored Personnel Carrier”
Cybertruck Mercurial Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a rare update on the company’s in-development pickup truck Sunday night, tweeting that the forthcoming vehicle will be “closer to an armored personnel carrier from the future” than any images we’ve seen publicly. Musk also gave the truck, a new name: the “Cybertruck.” Cybertruck doesn’t look like anything… Continue reading Elon Musk: Tesla Is Making An “Armored Personnel Carrier”
Court Documents: Elon Musk Called Himself a “Fucking Idiot”
The Saga Continues Elon Musk regretted calling Vernon Unsworth a “child rapist” in an email to BuzzFeed, a court document filed by the British diver reveals. “I didn’t expect Buzzfeed to publish an off the record email,” Musk said, according to the document. “My intent was to have them investigate and come to their own conclusions, not… Continue reading Court Documents: Elon Musk Called Himself a “Fucking Idiot”
Elon Musk Escalates Beef With Porsche’s Electric Car
Double Down Remember the Taycan, the all-electric Porsche that Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly ridiculed yesterday? Now Musk is doubling down. In a Thursday evening tweet, Musk revealed plans to bring Tesla’s Model S to the Nürburgring, a notoriously difficult race track in Germany. It’s almost certainly a direct challenge to Porsche, which took its… Continue reading Elon Musk Escalates Beef With Porsche’s Electric Car
Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”
Turbo Looks like German carmaker Porsche has hit a nerve. Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter Thursday to ridicule Porsche for calling one of the versions of its all-electric sports car “Turbo.” For the uninitiated, turbochargers are usually found in internal combustion engine vehicles, where they’re used to increase performance by pumping more compressed air… Continue reading Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”
This Electric Car Uses Moss in the Dashboard to Filter Air
Moss Dashboard You won’t see them on the street any time before the summer of 2020, but German startup Sono Motors has revealed a new solar-powered electric car with a strange twist: strands of moss integrated into the vehicle’s dashboard that help the car’s air filtering system. As pointed out by Electrek, the moss is… Continue reading This Electric Car Uses Moss in the Dashboard to Filter Air