Billions investment planned in Thuringia: Chinese are duping German industry with battery project

All articles and backgrounds 06/12/2018 Billions invested in Thuringia planned Chinese are duping German industry with battery project ford The Chinese battery giant CATL apparently wants to build a large production facility in Germany and invest up to one billion euros for it. News Agency reports “Bloomberg” and the “Thuringian General” According to the announcement… Continue reading Billions investment planned in Thuringia: Chinese are duping German industry with battery project

Tesla: Update 9.0 with more autonomous driving

Elon Musk announced a new update for the autopilot: 9.0 with more autonomous driving features. In recent times, it has been increasingly bleak for the e-car manufacturer Tesla – especially if the function of the autopilot. There was deadly accidents and complain against the system of partial autonomy (Level 2): ​​the autopilot. Well, and maybe… Continue reading Tesla: Update 9.0 with more autonomous driving

Tesla’s AI director gives insights into Autopilot’s computer vision and neural net development

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s director of AI and computer vision, is currently hard at work trying to improve Autopilot by training Tesla’s neural net with incredible amounts of data from Tesla’s fleet. He took a break from it to give some interesting insights into the development at a conference last month. Home Solar Power At Train AI… Continue reading Tesla’s AI director gives insights into Autopilot’s computer vision and neural net development

Musk Challengers Turn Into Billionaires as China Battery Giant Soars

LISTEN TO ARTICLE SHARE THIS ARTICLE The Chinese founder of the world’s biggest maker of electric-vehicle batteries and his top lieutenant became billionaires Monday after their company’s shares soared during the first day of trading in Shenzhen. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. jumped by the maximum 44 percent allowed by the exchange, valuing the company… Continue reading Musk Challengers Turn Into Billionaires as China Battery Giant Soars

Tesla opens its 10,000th Supercharger station

Tesla, Twitter Tesla’s Supercharger network has come a long, long way since it was available in a handful of California towns in late 2012. The automaker has opened its 10,000th Supercharger station in Belleville, Ontario, Canada as part of a rapid expansion that (as of late May) included roughly 1,000 stations either in construction or… Continue reading Tesla opens its 10,000th Supercharger station

Tesla Roadster’s ‘Augmented Mode’ will boost your driving ability

Roberto Baldwin / Engadget Tesla’s current semi-autonomous technology helps reduce your driving involvement. Its next big move, however, could encourage you to take a more hands-on approach. Elon Musk has revealed that the new Roadster will include an “Augmented Mode” that promises to “massively enhance” your driving ability — he likened it to Tony Stark’s… Continue reading Tesla Roadster’s ‘Augmented Mode’ will boost your driving ability

Porsche Taycan name confirmed for production version of Mission E

Porsche Taycan will be the name for the firm’s first all-electric car. It had previously been unveiled as the Porsche Mission E in concept form. The name, confirmed by the firm’s CEO Oliver Blume as part of Porsche’s 70th anniversary celebrations, is said to translate loosely as “lively, young horse” from a Eurasian dialect- a nod… Continue reading Porsche Taycan name confirmed for production version of Mission E

Batteries : le chinois CATL va produire des cellules en Allemagne

La première usine européenne de batteries du chinois CATL sera installée en Allemagne L’un des plus importants fabricants au monde de cellules pour batteries à destination des véhicules électriques va implanter sa première usine européenne en Allemagne. Selon des sources proches du dossier, c’est la ville d’Erfurt qui a été choisie pour accueillir ce site… Continue reading Batteries : le chinois CATL va produire des cellules en Allemagne

Porsche to name all-electric model Taycan

STUTTGART (Reuters) – Sport car maker Porsche will name its first all-electric car model the Taycan, it said on Friday, a year before it plans to launch serial production of a vehicle that will compete with Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Model S. FILE PHOTO: The Porsche logo outside a Porsche showroom in Berlin, Germany, July 28, 2017.… Continue reading Porsche to name all-electric model Taycan

Tesla releases new Autopilot update with performance improvements and new car renderings

As Elon Musk announced earlier this week, Tesla started pushing a new Autopilot software update. It features some performance improvements and it has a new feature that renders the surrounding car on the instrument cluster. Home Solar Power Tesla’s first generation Autopilot was able to render on the instrument cluster the vehicles around your car. With… Continue reading Tesla releases new Autopilot update with performance improvements and new car renderings