At Tesla, the company’s stock price apparently isn’t the only thing that’s climbing lately. Powerwall sales are also poised to rise, now that the automaker’s big batteries are reportedly a prerequisite for Solar Roof installations. The requirement is new as of September, and it comes as Tesla ramps up Powerwall production at its Nevada factory,… Continue reading Want a Tesla Solar Roof? You may need to shell out for a Powerwall first
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An electric Audi R8 successor is (finally) coming around 2025
Audi is working an all-electric successor to its R8 supercar to be released around “mid-decade,” according to a new report from Autocar. While the new EV won’t carry the R8 name, it will hold the spot at the top of the Audi lineup with higher performance than the e-tron GT. The electric R8 successor hasn’t… Continue reading An electric Audi R8 successor is (finally) coming around 2025
Tesla has access to all the batteries it needs for the first time
Tesla has access to all the battery cells it needs for the first time, according to Martin Viecha, the vice president of investor relations at Tesla. If you have been following Tesla for a long time, there’s a term you should be extremely familiar with by now: production constrained. For years now, Tesla has been… Continue reading Tesla has access to all the batteries it needs for the first time
Tesla now requires Powerwall for every solar roof project
Tesla has changed requirements for new solar roof projects – they now all require at least one Powerwall per project. For years now, Elon Musk has been saying that he believes Tesla’s energy business could grow as large as its automotive business. This is hard to believe right now, considering Tesla’s auto business brought in… Continue reading Tesla now requires Powerwall for every solar roof project
$13.5 Billion Worldwide Automotive Artificial Intelligence Industry to 2027 – Featuring Intel, Micron Technology, Microsoft and Tesla Among Others
DUBLIN, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Automotive Artificial Intelligence Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global automotive artificial intelligence market reached a value of US$ 2.12 Billion in 2021. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$… Continue reading $13.5 Billion Worldwide Automotive Artificial Intelligence Industry to 2027 – Featuring Intel, Micron Technology, Microsoft and Tesla Among Others
Does Jeff Bezos Know His Space Capsule Is Named After A Socialist?
Well, that’s awkward. Look Closer When looking closely at a Blue Origin capsule, a former NASA scientist noticed something interesting — that the craft in question was named after a bona fide socialist. The former agency scientist, Keith Cowing, pointed out that this morning’s New Shepard mission launch — yes, the one where the booster… Continue reading Does Jeff Bezos Know His Space Capsule Is Named After A Socialist?
New attack can unlock and start a Tesla Model Y in seconds, say researchers
Tesla prides itself on its cybersecurity protections, particularly the elaborate challenge system that protects its cars from conventional methods for attacking the remote unlock system. But now, one researcher has discovered a sophisticated relay attack that would allow someone with physical access to a Tesla Model Y to unlock and steal it in a matter… Continue reading New attack can unlock and start a Tesla Model Y in seconds, say researchers
New Issues for Tesla: Sign Size and Autopilot Limits (Update 2022.24.6)
Tesla is struggling with new problems and is regulating its autopilot more closely. Things have been getting tighter for the e-car pioneer Tesla lately. At home, the misleading advertising and the terminology in trouble so a call back might be pending. The 2022.24.6 update may also be against this background. This resulted in new features… Continue reading New Issues for Tesla: Sign Size and Autopilot Limits (Update 2022.24.6)
Road to Nowhere, book review: The trouble with cars
Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About the Future of Transportation • By Paris Marx • Verso • 272 pages • ISBN: 978-1-83976-588-9 • £8.99 Image: Verso Fifty years from now, will mobility look more like today or more like 100 years ago? I think about this often. It’s not that anyone sees… Continue reading Road to Nowhere, book review: The trouble with cars
Whistleblower payment does not breach deal terms, says Twitter
Twitter Inc said on Monday payments made to a whistleblower did not breach any terms of its $44-billion buyout by Elon Musk, after the world’s richest man cited the move as another reason to scrap the deal. In a letter to Twitter on Friday, lawyers for Musk said Twitter‘s failure to seek his consent before paying $7.75 million to whistleblower Peiter Zatko and his lawyers violated the merger agreement, which restricts when Twitter could make… Continue reading Whistleblower payment does not breach deal terms, says Twitter