Tag: Tesla

Tesla raises price of ‘Full Self-Driving’ to $15,000

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Tesla’s Jacking Up the Cost of Its Unfinished Self-Driving Feature Again

It now costs about as much as an entry-level car. Price Hike Tesla is jacking up the price of its still unfinished — and misleadingly named — Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature, yet again. According to a tweet by CEO Elon Musk, the company will hike the price of the controversial software add-on from $12,000 to… Continue reading Tesla’s Jacking Up the Cost of Its Unfinished Self-Driving Feature Again

The Station: EVs abound at Monterey Car Week and Tesla amateur testing spreads to include kids

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B.  It’s Monterey… Continue reading The Station: EVs abound at Monterey Car Week and Tesla amateur testing spreads to include kids

After iPhone 14 launch, new M2 Macs and iPad could land in October

Amazon Apple could launch a new M2-based iPad Pro as well as M2 takes on the Mac mini, Mac Pro and MacBook Pro at an event in October, according to Bloomberg Apple-watcher Mark Gurman,  Gurman reckons Apple will release at least two new machines in October, which could include a revamped iPad Pro with an… Continue reading After iPhone 14 launch, new M2 Macs and iPad could land in October

Ford is laying off 3,000 employees

Ford is laying off about 3,000 employees and contract workers, with the cuts primarily affecting staff in the US, Canada, and India, The Wall Street Journal reports. Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Farley sent a memo on Monday informing staff of the layoffs, with affected workers being told later this week. “Building this future… Continue reading Ford is laying off 3,000 employees

Tesla dominates charging experience satisfaction, and that’s a problem now that it’s going public

Tesla is dominating the charging experience satisfaction among EV owners, and it’s going to be a problem for charging network operators now that Supercharger is going public. This is a problem that needs to be put in perspective since most electric car charging happens at home. Therefore, public charging issues mainly affect only a small… Continue reading Tesla dominates charging experience satisfaction, and that’s a problem now that it’s going public

German Manager Magazin: Electromobility: the car as a power bank? A start-up fights against Tesla & Co.001980

Electromobility will initially hardly change one thing: cars will stand still most of the time. However, this creates new, even ecologically attractive possibilities. The batteries could temporarily store excess energy as a mobile power bank. “So far we’ve been giving away this potential,” says Gowrynath Sivaganeshamoorthy, founder of the start-up Elvah. Sivaganeshamoorthy is therefore using… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Electromobility: the car as a power bank? A start-up fights against Tesla & Co.001980