Bollinger Motors, a New York-based EV startup developing an all-electric utility truck, reached out to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to inquire about the possibility of them having access to Tesla’s Supercharger network. For years now, Tesla officials have been talking about the possibility of opening up their Supercharger network to other automakers, but it hasn’t resulted… Continue reading EV startup Bollinger wants to use Tesla’s Supercharger network
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Nissan finally sells its battery cell manufacturing division
Nissan wants to ramp up its electrification effort, but it doesn’t want to make its own batteries anymore. It had a lot of difficulties getting rid of its battery manufacturing subsidiary, but they have now finally found a buyer. For over two years now, the Japanese automaker has been rumored to be looking for a… Continue reading Nissan finally sells its battery cell manufacturing division
A rare look at what Tesla Autopilot can see and interpret
We previously reported about what Tesla’s Autopilot can see with its suite of 8 cameras around the car, but we rarely got into how the Autopilot understands and interprets what it is looking at through its computer vision system. That’s changing today after a few hackers were able to overlay Autopilot data on top of… Continue reading A rare look at what Tesla Autopilot can see and interpret
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