Category: Automotive

Tesla unveils its humanoid robot for ‘less than $20,000’

Tesla has unveiled its Optimus humanoid robot at its AI Day 2022 today and Elon Musk believes Tesla can bring it to market for “less than $20,000”. As expected, the event started with Tesla unveiling a working prototype of its humanoid robot – a project first announced at Tesla’s AI day in 2021. There were… Continue reading Tesla unveils its humanoid robot for ‘less than $20,000’

Cleantechnica: Tesla AI Day Robot Liveblog 002278

Tesla’s AI Day livestream event is supposed to start in about 5 minutes. We’ve published some articles leading up to today’s event about what might be included, but there have been essentially no leaks about what will actually be covered. We’ll see! You can watch the livestream on Tesla’s website or via the embedded YouTube… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla AI Day Robot Liveblog 002278

Clean Technica: Arizona Tesla Owners Say GEICO Refuses To Fix Their Cars002277

A recent post on Twitter from an account that posts images and videos from Tesla vehicles recently shared some bad news out of Phoenix, Arizona. Many of the people who submit video to “Wham Baam Teslacam” share videos of accidents, so it makes sense that their social media channels and YouTube channel would know a… Continue reading Clean Technica: Arizona Tesla Owners Say GEICO Refuses To Fix Their Cars002277

Tesla now has 160,000 customers running its Full Self Driving beta

/ On Tesla’s AI day, the company shared new details on its Autopilot and FSD improvements as well as an update on its Dojo supercomputer. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla’s Optimus robot prototype was not the only thing the company shared on Friday evening during its AI Day presentation. Autopilot director Ashok… Continue reading Tesla now has 160,000 customers running its Full Self Driving beta

We Must Respect This Florida Man Ripping a Bong During an Actual Hurricane

There’s science to back this kind of thing up, we promise! Dabbin’ You simply can’t make up Florida, as evidenced by a viral video of a bona fide Florida Man taking a bong rip as Hurricane Ian wreaks havoc behind him. In the video, an unidentified bearded man stands outside as the wind gushes through… Continue reading We Must Respect This Florida Man Ripping a Bong During an Actual Hurricane

Scientists May Have Really Screwed Up on Early James Webb Findings

“I don’t think anybody really expected this to be as big of an issue as it’s becoming.” Star-Struck The James Webb Space Telescope has been so impressive that it’s making even astronomers a bit too eager about its incredible observations. When the first batch of data dropped earlier this summer, many dived straight into analysis… Continue reading Scientists May Have Really Screwed Up on Early James Webb Findings

The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade

Some communication services have systems in place for attempting to skirt digital blockades. The secure messaging app Signal, for example, offers tools so people around the world can set up proxy servers that securely relay Signal traffic to bypass government filters. Proxy service has previously only been available for Signal on Android, but the platform… Continue reading The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade

Tesla debuts an actual, mechanical prototype of its Optimus robot

It seems like just yesterday that Elon Musk ushered a gig worker in a spandex suit onto the Tesla AI Day 2021 stage and told us it was an robot — or at least probably would be one eventually. In the intervening 13 months, the company has apparently been hard at work, replacing the squishy… Continue reading Tesla debuts an actual, mechanical prototype of its Optimus robot

Watch Tesla’s AI Day 2022 event at 9:15PM ET

Tesla is holding another AI Day, and it’ll be particularly easy to tune in. The automaker is streaming its 2022 event tonight at 9:15PM Eastern on YouTube (below) as well as its website. Elon Musk has warned the presentation will be “highly technical” and could last six hours, but you may have multiple reasons to… Continue reading Watch Tesla’s AI Day 2022 event at 9:15PM ET