Tesla’s AI director gives insights into Autopilot’s computer vision and neural net development

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s director of AI and computer vision, is currently hard at work trying to improve Autopilot by training Tesla’s neural net with incredible amounts of data from Tesla’s fleet. He took a break from it to give some interesting insights into the development at a conference last month. Home Solar Power At Train AI… Continue reading Tesla’s AI director gives insights into Autopilot’s computer vision and neural net development

Tesla releases new Autopilot update with performance improvements and new car renderings

As Elon Musk announced earlier this week, Tesla started pushing a new Autopilot software update. It features some performance improvements and it has a new feature that renders the surrounding car on the instrument cluster. Home Solar Power Tesla’s first generation Autopilot was able to render on the instrument cluster the vehicles around your car. With… Continue reading Tesla releases new Autopilot update with performance improvements and new car renderings

GM and Honda are partnering to build next-gen batteries for electric vehicles

GM and Honda are both aiming to get more serious about electric vehicles and that means securing a supply of high-performance batteries. In order to achieve that, the two major automakers are announcing today a new partnership to build next-gen batteries for electric vehicles. Home Solar Power The goal will be to develop “new advanced… Continue reading GM and Honda are partnering to build next-gen batteries for electric vehicles

Uber’s Jump electric bicycle rentals invade Europe, with Berlin first

Uber, the popular ride-hailing app company, has now set its sights on European electric bicycle riders. The company announced earlier today that their electric bicycle rental service Jump will be debuting in Berlin later this summer. Afterwards, Uber plans to continue their rental e-bike rollout across other European cities. Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi expanded upon… Continue reading Uber’s Jump electric bicycle rentals invade Europe, with Berlin first

Tesla to release new Autopilot update and bring back free trials

During Tesla 2018 shareholder meeting yesterday, CEO Elon Musk teased a new Autopilot software update that could come as soon as this week and he talked a little about upcoming Enhanced Autopilot features. He even confirmed that Tesla plans to bring back free Autopilot trials. Home Solar Power Back in 2016, Tesla started pushing Autopilot… Continue reading Tesla to release new Autopilot update and bring back free trials

Tesla pushes Supercharger V3 to ‘end of the year’, says it will be ‘zombie apocalypse-proof’

Tesla has been working on a new generation of its Supercharger fast-charging station for over a year now. Last month, CEO Elon Musk said that they plan to finally release the Supercharger V3 “late this summer.” Now he says that they are instead planning to release the new Supercharger stations at “the end of the… Continue reading Tesla pushes Supercharger V3 to ‘end of the year’, says it will be ‘zombie apocalypse-proof’

Honda is working on affordable all-electric Fit-based car with biggest battery maker for global release

Honda is currently seen as lagging behind when it comes to electrification at this moment with very little electric vehicle efforts. But the Japanese automaker is now reportedly working on an important new global electric vehicle program in partnership with CATL, China’s biggest battery maker. Home Solar Power Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has been signing a… Continue reading Honda is working on affordable all-electric Fit-based car with biggest battery maker for global release

Tesla has thousands of Supercharger stations in construction/permit phase with new map coming, says Elon Musk

It looks like Tesla might have a surprise update to the Supercharger network, according to Elon Musk. The CEO says that an updated map is coming as “thousands of Supercharger stations” are in the construction or permitting phase. Home Solar Power We just released a new report about the Tesla Supercharger network growing at a record pace… Continue reading Tesla has thousands of Supercharger stations in construction/permit phase with new map coming, says Elon Musk

Tesla chose not to add eye-tracking to Autopilot because it’s ineffective, says Elon Musk

New autonomous driver assist systems are coming to market using eye-tracking and other driver monitoring systems to make sure that drivers are paying attention to the road. Tesla apparently looked into adding such a system to its Autopilot, but it chose not to because it found it to be ineffective, according to CEO Elon Musk. Home Solar… Continue reading Tesla chose not to add eye-tracking to Autopilot because it’s ineffective, says Elon Musk

GM CEO reaffirms ‘commitment to electric vehicles’ while supporting revision of fuel consumption rules

Over the past year, GM has been claiming that “electric is the future” and that they see electrification as a “priority”. But at the same time, they have been supporting efforts to relax fuel consumption standards that would force them to produce more electric vehicles. As President Trump’s administration is currently reviewing the rules, GM… Continue reading GM CEO reaffirms ‘commitment to electric vehicles’ while supporting revision of fuel consumption rules