Clean Technica: Is It A Tesla Model Y In Australia?002032

After several sightings of Tesla Model Ys on car transporters on the highway, it looks like we may now have confirmation of their arrival in showrooms. This photo below of a suspicious looking black shape in the workshop area of the Valley Tesla showroom this morning (Friday) was taken by Majella Waterworth. Is it a… Continue reading Clean Technica: Is It A Tesla Model Y In Australia?002032

Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031

Tesla’s Full-Self Driving is using generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) for vision, Elon Musk tweeted recently. He added that the GPTs are running natively on Tesla TRIP chips versus needing to round trip to iGPU. I think it’s important to take a quick deep dive into this, because this is kind of the heart and soul… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031

Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030

Ford cracks me up. I’ve been accused of many things over the 15-ish years I’ve been writing, but being a Tesla fanboy isn’t one of them. I don’t think that’s particularly fair, to be honest — but I did chuckle when I read about the new F-150 Lightning’s Tesla charging adapter. To understand what’s happening… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030

Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029

Ford F-150 Lightning owners are doubling down on the Ford pride. They’re comfortable with the familiar F-150 body and cabin yet intrigued by the swap from gasoline-powered V-6 and V-8 engine options for a pair of electric motors and one of two different battery packs. The pickup is winning hearts and minds not with messages… Continue reading Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029

Cleantechnica: Tesla Has Over 3 Years’ Worth of Cybertruck Orders — Maybe 002028

Demand for electric vehicles is higher than ever, and orders for Tesla’s EVs are piling on relentlessly. Even the Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup, which has yet to begin production at all, has more orders than Tesla can possibly produce in one year, according to statements from the company’s CEO. Tesla has over three years’ worth… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Has Over 3 Years’ Worth of Cybertruck Orders — Maybe 002028

Clean Technica: Tesla Registers New High-Res Radar Unit With FCC002027

Tesla has registered a new high-resolution radar unit with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its Office of Engineering and Technology Authorization and Evaluation Divisions, Drive Tesla Canada has reported. Although the registration will allow Tesla to sell vehicles that have the units installed in the U.S., the documents don’t reveal how Tesla plans… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Registers New High-Res Radar Unit With FCC002027

Clean Tecnica: “No Room At The Inn” (For Your Tesla)002026

Part 3 of Tess’ adventures in the land of coal. Driving an electric vehicle means that you have to plan ahead. One day, high-speed chargers will be ubiquitous, but we aren’t there yet. We were invited to display our Tesla Model 3 at the upcoming Gladstone Ecofest and thought that it might be nice to… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: “No Room At The Inn” (For Your Tesla)002026

Cleantechnica: Tesla Model 3/Y’s Excellent Voice Recognition Control 002025

Background If you are old enough, you probably remember the early computer voice recognition efforts on company phone trees which were really terrible. The technology is vastly improved and is now very useful in many situations. On my Apple smartphone, I can select the microphone ikon and speak instead of type to enter text for… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Model 3/Y’s Excellent Voice Recognition Control 002025

Clean Technica: BYD To Supply LFP Batteries To Tesla, Sakuu Announces 3C Lithium Metal Battery002024

Citing Chinese news sources, CNN Business is reporting that BYD plans to begin supplying LFP batteries to Tesla “very soon.” Lian Yubo, BYD’s executive vice president, said this week in an interview with CGTN, “BYD respects Tesla, and we also admire Tesla. We are now good friends with Elon Musk, and we are going to… Continue reading Clean Technica: BYD To Supply LFP Batteries To Tesla, Sakuu Announces 3C Lithium Metal Battery002024

Clean Technica: Lost Quarter For Italy’s Electric Mobility — Will New Incentives Re-Ignite The EV Race?002023

Originally published on opportunity:energy. It’s been a bad start of the year for the Italian car market, as 2022 inherited crises that had been brewing since the covid pandemic. With an ongoing chip (and broader materials) shortage, policy uncertainties, inflation spiking, and a war in Europe, among other things, car sales crashed and electrified options… Continue reading Clean Technica: Lost Quarter For Italy’s Electric Mobility — Will New Incentives Re-Ignite The EV Race?002023