Tag: Tesla

Another Ship Just Got Stuck in the Suez Canal

2021 is already replaying the hits. Mayday Another day, another gigantic container ship broken down in the Suez Canal. On Friday, a ship called the Maersk Emerald experienced engine troubles near Ismailia, Egypt while it passed through the canal, Reuters reports. Thankfully, unlike when the Ever Given got stuck and totally blocked anyone else from… Continue reading Another Ship Just Got Stuck in the Suez Canal

Cybertruck Patents Reveal “Armor Glass,” Retractable Solar Panels

Can Tesla interest you in a solar panel truck bed? How about some “armor glass?” Solar Pickup New details about Tesla’s long-awaited Cybertruck have emerged through the publication of several patent applications dating back to 2020, as spotted by The Verge. The electric car company’s brutalist pickup truck could come with fun options like solar… Continue reading Cybertruck Patents Reveal “Armor Glass,” Retractable Solar Panels

Police Raid Suspected Weed Growery, Find Bitcoin Mine Instead

It’s a shockingly easy mistake to make. Three Guesses Police in the UK made a surprising miscalculation when they raided what they thought was an indoor pot farm. Instead of weed plants growing under intense lamps, the cops say they found about 100 computers dedicated to mining Bitcoin, according to CNBC. Though weed is still illegal… Continue reading Police Raid Suspected Weed Growery, Find Bitcoin Mine Instead

China’s Li Auto shows pulse despite its self-drive tech woes

Shares in Li Auto soared on Wednesday despite the Chinese electric automaker announcing a slide back into loss and admitting its self-driving technology is not as good as that of its rivals. The strong one-day rise indicates that investors see potential in the Nasdaq-listed automaker, which beat expectations but still posted a net loss of 360… Continue reading China’s Li Auto shows pulse despite its self-drive tech woes

Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’

New patent applications submitted by Tesla in 2020 but published Thursday have revealed a bit more information about the Cybertruck, which is currently slated to start shipping at the very end of this year or in early 2022. One includes (in rather grainy detail) a bunch of screenshots of the new UI Tesla has been… Continue reading Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’

Could This Be The No.1 EV Stock Of 2021?

While Tesla and Volkswagen compete for EV buyers, a winner of their battles for customers may be another billion-dollar company that doesn’t even make cars called Facedrive. That might come as a surprise after the banner year Tesla had in 2020. In just the last 12 months, Tesla has seen an incredible 503% gain in… Continue reading Could This Be The No.1 EV Stock Of 2021?

Carmakers Forced by Chip Crisis to Rethink Just-In-Time Ordering

(Bloomberg) — A century after automakers showed the world the value of assembly-line manufacturing, a shortage of semiconductors is teaching the industry a painful new lesson in what it takes to build a car. For most of its history, the industry has relied on a distinct approach to buying car parts, procuring components from suppliers… Continue reading Carmakers Forced by Chip Crisis to Rethink Just-In-Time Ordering

German Handelsblatt: Electric cars: Audi takes over Artemis development for autonomous e-car002134

“Artemis” project series With the project, Audi originally wanted to bring a fully networked electric Audi with new software onto the market at the end of 2024. (Photo: AUDI AG) Ingolstadt Audi takes the previously independent Artemis project team for the development of an autonomous electric car under its wing. The team had set up… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electric cars: Audi takes over Artemis development for autonomous e-car002134