Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) — Licensing Strikeout, Patent Lawsuit004267

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A few different Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) stories have popped up this week. I figured I’d just quickly roll through a couple more of them in one article after covering the rather interesting story from the Netherlands. First of all, we’ve got Elon Musk… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) — Licensing Strikeout, Patent Lawsuit004267

Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” Peer Pressure in the Netherlands004266

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It has taken several years (nearly a decade) for Tesla to get from initial hype around “Full Self Driving” (FSD) and offering it as a consumer add-on when buying a Tesla vehicle to actually delivering a door-to-door supervised full self driving package. It is still… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” Peer Pressure in the Netherlands004266

Clean Technica: Cyberfest & Furious 2025: Cybertrucks Humiliated Gas Cars, Drifted Like Maniacs, And Threw A Wild Light Show004265

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Screenshot from https://cyberfestfurious.com/ Here at CleanTechnica, I’ve been chasing Tesla community events for years — from the insane Pikes Peak record-breaker to the smaller meetups in parking lots, but nothing prepared me for what went down last weekend at Showtime Speedway in Clearwater. Living just… Continue reading Clean Technica: Cyberfest & Furious 2025: Cybertrucks Humiliated Gas Cars, Drifted Like Maniacs, And Threw A Wild Light Show004265

Clean Technica: Tesla Owners Turning to AI for DIY Repairs & Maintenance — Does It Work?004264

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I received an interesting email the other day. The website American Trucks apparently conducted a survey exploring how many drivers were turning to AI for DIY repair and maintenance help. I have to be honest — I would not have thought to explore this topic.… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Owners Turning to AI for DIY Repairs & Maintenance — Does It Work?004264

Clean Technica: From Russia With Love: How Low Can Tesla’s Brand Reputation Go?004263

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Business students around the world will be studying the brand reputation journey of the US startup Tesla for many years to come. They will have plenty of material to work with. While investors are still sweet on the diversified company overall, CEO Elon Musk seems… Continue reading Clean Technica: From Russia With Love: How Low Can Tesla’s Brand Reputation Go?004263

Clean Technica: President Trump’s Brain Is Officially Fried, But EVs Just Keep Getting Better004262

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The spectacle of a grown man rapidly losing cognitive function is a sad thing, particularly when it’s taking place in real time, one frantic, all-caps social media post after another, amidst the rising temperature of the most witless, malicious US foreign policy scandal to unfold… Continue reading Clean Technica: President Trump’s Brain Is Officially Fried, But EVs Just Keep Getting Better004262

Clean Technica: Updated Primer: Why & How To Buy An Electric Car!004261

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Why you should buy an electric car! An electric car is superior technology. If you’ve never driven one, you don’t know about this: They have amazing instant acceleration and are smooth as silk. Fewer moving parts (no complex internal combustion engine and transmission, so lower… Continue reading Clean Technica: Updated Primer: Why & How To Buy An Electric Car!004261

Clean Technica: A Tale of Two Markets — BEVs Up 20% YoY & PHEVs Down 10% YoY in China004260

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BEVs represented 36% the total Chinese car market in October. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in September (1.3 million plugins, in a 2.2-million-unit overall market, down 1% YoY), but growth has been slowing down, with October showing only a 7% increase over October… Continue reading Clean Technica: A Tale of Two Markets — BEVs Up 20% YoY & PHEVs Down 10% YoY in China004260

Clean Technica: Tesla’s Core Mission Shifts In The Musk 4.0 Era — Smart Or Not?004259

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 and Dow were trading lower. It seemed as if Wall Street was in a holding pattern as everyone awaited the earnings report from Nvidia, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Then global stock markets rose as Nvidia eased anxieties… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Core Mission Shifts In The Musk 4.0 Era — Smart Or Not?004259

Clean Technica: Tesla Is Back on the Offensive: The USA’s EV Giant Has Just Entered Colombia’s Market Looking for Blood004258

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I hope our readers will pardon my hyperbolic language, but believe that nobody, nobody, expected to see what’s now unraveling in the Colombian market. I knew Tesla was going to (finally) arrive on our shores at Bogota’s 19th International Automobile Hall, but to be completely… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Is Back on the Offensive: The USA’s EV Giant Has Just Entered Colombia’s Market Looking for Blood004258