Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes Regulators to look with enhanced scrutiny after cars with driver-assistance function crashed into parked emergency vehicles Elon Musk at a Tesla event in Shanghai in January 2020. The NHTSA is upgrading its preliminary inquiry to an ‘engineering analysis’. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Elon Musk at… Continue reading Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes
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Tesla secures multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung for new cameras for self-driving
Tesla has reportedly secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung to get new cameras for its self-driving sensor suite. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program relies on cameras to get imagery to feed its neural nets. Unlike most other self-driving programs, the automaker doesn’t use radar and lidar. However, we recently reported on Tesla’s filing with the… Continue reading Tesla secures multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung for new cameras for self-driving
China’s GF Xinde Investment sets up RMB fund to invest $450m in new energy sector …
GF Xinde Investment, the wholly-owned private equity (PE) investment unit of Chinese investment bank GF Securities, has set up a new RMB-denominated fund to invest 3 billion yuan (almost $450 million) in the new energy industry. The new fund, which recently completed its registration with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC), counts the country’s… Continue reading China’s GF Xinde Investment sets up RMB fund to invest $450m in new energy sector …
German Manager Magazine: Tesla Autopilot: US Transportation Administration NHTSA expands investigation after accidents001832
The US Department of Transportation has expanded its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after a series of rear-end collisions. Since the investigation began in August, she has identified six other incidents in which Teslas with the “Autopilot” system turned on crashed into emergency vehicles parked on the side of the road. Originally, there… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Tesla Autopilot: US Transportation Administration NHTSA expands investigation after accidents001832
Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031
Tesla’s Full-Self Driving is using generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) for vision, Elon Musk tweeted recently. He added that the GPTs are running natively on Tesla TRIP chips versus needing to round trip to iGPU. I think it’s important to take a quick deep dive into this, because this is kind of the heart and soul… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031
Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030
Ford cracks me up. I’ve been accused of many things over the 15-ish years I’ve been writing, but being a Tesla fanboy isn’t one of them. I don’t think that’s particularly fair, to be honest — but I did chuckle when I read about the new F-150 Lightning’s Tesla charging adapter. To understand what’s happening… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030
Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029
Ford F-150 Lightning owners are doubling down on the Ford pride. They’re comfortable with the familiar F-150 body and cabin yet intrigued by the swap from gasoline-powered V-6 and V-8 engine options for a pair of electric motors and one of two different battery packs. The pickup is winning hearts and minds not with messages… Continue reading Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029
Tesla Reportedly Giving Full Self-Driving Beta to Basically Anybody Now
Tesla has slowly been rolling out the beta to its advanced — albeit misleadingly named — Full Self-Driving assistance software, giving select motorists a taste of what might be the future of driving. So far, the Elon Musk-led company has been relying on “safety scores” to decide who gets the upgrade, based on driving behavior… Continue reading Tesla Reportedly Giving Full Self-Driving Beta to Basically Anybody Now
Hackers Can Steal Your Tesla by Creating Their Own Personal Keys
As the driver enters the car after unlocking it with an NFC card, the thief begins exchanging messages between the weaponized Teslakee and the car. Before the driver has even driven away, the messages enroll a key of the thief’s choice with the car. From then on, the thief can use the key to unlock,… Continue reading Hackers Can Steal Your Tesla by Creating Their Own Personal Keys
US safety regulators expand Tesla Autopilot investigation
U.S. federal safety regulators have “upgraded” its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver assistance system after discovering new incidents of the EVs crashing into parked first-responder vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a notice Thursday that it was expanding its preliminary evaluation of Tesla Autopilot systems to an engineering analysis. This means… Continue reading US safety regulators expand Tesla Autopilot investigation