Tag: Tesla

Cleantechnica: Sweden’s BEVs Hit New High Before Incentive Cut 002418

Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share hit record highs in November, gaining 64.6% of the auto market, from 54.3% a year ago. Full electrics saw dramatic growth in share, gaining 42.5% in November, from 26.0% year on year, influenced by policy changes. Overall auto volumes were 25,588 units, up 21.5% YoY from a weak 2021, though… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Sweden’s BEVs Hit New High Before Incentive Cut 002418

New AI Tells Children That Santa Isn’t Real

Happy holidays! Kringled OpenAI’s powerful new chatbot is so deft at tone that it was able to pretend to be Santa Claus while explaining to someone’s kid that Santa isn’t, in fact, real. Heartwrenching! As she kicked the tires on the new ChatGPT‘s capabilities, Shopify exec Cynthia Savard posted the generated text that she said made her… Continue reading New AI Tells Children That Santa Isn’t Real

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Discovers That Some Speech Is Unacceptable After All

After his gallingly anti-Semitic rant on InfoWars yesterday, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West got suspended by Twitter. That would be perfectly normal on a regular social network, but Twitter has been anything but since it was acquired by self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk this year. In announcing the suspension, Musk posted a four-letter… Continue reading Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Discovers That Some Speech Is Unacceptable After All

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Dec 2 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Twitter is leaning heavily on automation to moderate content, doing away with certain manual reviews and favoring restrictions on distribution rather than removing certain speech outright, its new head of trust and safety told Reuters. Twitter is also more aggressively restricting abuse-prone hashtags and search results in areas including… Continue reading Untitled

Desktop Metal receives new $9M order from “major German automaker”

The 3D Printing Industry Awards 2022 shortlists are now available for voting. Who will win the 2022 3DPI Awards? Have your say by casting your vote now. Industrial 3D printer manufacturer Desktop Metal has gained another $9 million order from an unnamed automotive customer.  While Desktop Metal hasn’t identified its client, it has described them… Continue reading Desktop Metal receives new $9M order from “major German automaker”

Elon Musk confirms Tesla Semi has battery pack around 900 kWh, but more answers are needed

Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla Semi’s efficiency at 1.7 kWh per mile, which means it has a roughly 900 kWh battery pack. It’s an important piece of information, but there are still more questions to answer before Tesla Semi can officially be a truly disruptive product. Yesterday, Tesla unveiled the production version of its Tesla… Continue reading Elon Musk confirms Tesla Semi has battery pack around 900 kWh, but more answers are needed

Ford claims No. 2 spot in EVs behind Tesla – but gap remains wide

Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks sit on the production line at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on April 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor said Friday that it has achieved CEO Jim Farley’s goal of becoming the second best-selling automaker of electric vehicles in the U.S.… Continue reading Ford claims No. 2 spot in EVs behind Tesla – but gap remains wide

Toyota secures funding to develop hydrogen fuel cell version of its Hilux pickup in the UK

A Toyota logo displayed on a vehicle in Poland. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel cell vehicles back in 1992. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — A consortium led by automotive giant Toyota will receive millions in funding to develop a hydrogen fuel cell pickup truck in… Continue reading Toyota secures funding to develop hydrogen fuel cell version of its Hilux pickup in the UK

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off first Semi truck deliveries

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off deliveries of the company’s heavy-duty truck, the Semi, at the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. Tesla Inc. Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off deliveries of the company’s first few production Semi trucks on Thursday, speaking on stage at the company’s factory in Sparks, Nevada, with Dan Priestly, the company’s senior… Continue reading Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off first Semi truck deliveries