It’s been a long wait since we very enthusiastically discovered all of the amazing features and specs of the Tesla Semi when it was revealed 5 years ago, in November 2017. It has been the Tesla vehicle I’ve been most eagerly awaiting, thinking of how much it could cut emissions from high-polluting, heavy-duty, noisy, fossil-fueled… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Semi Deliveries Begin December 1st!002300
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Clean Technica: You (Yes, YOU!) Can Fall Asleep While Using ADAS (& Not Know It)002299
When it comes to irresponsible use of systems like Autopilot, FSD Beta, Super Cruise, or Blue Cruise, there tends to be a lot of controversy. This is particularly true when a Tesla is involved, because people who are emotionally and/or financially invested in Tesla tend to defend the company to irrational lengths. But, there’s no… Continue reading Clean Technica: You (Yes, YOU!) Can Fall Asleep While Using ADAS (& Not Know It)002299
Clean Technica: France’s BEVs Grow By A Third YoY, Renault Megane Unassailable002298
September 2022 saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.2% share of the French auto market, up from 21.5% year on year. Full electrics grew share (and volume), but plugin hybrids fell, a pattern now common across Europe. Overall auto volume was 141,137 units, 5.5% more than last September, but well down from 2019’s almost 180,000 units.… Continue reading Clean Technica: France’s BEVs Grow By A Third YoY, Renault Megane Unassailable002298
Elon Musk Has a Big Problem on His Hands
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s disastrous attempt to back out of an ill-advised bid to buy Twitter for $44 billion is backfiring spectacularly — and his car company Tesla could be along for the ride. According to a recent New York Times report, Musk went as far as to beg for a 30 percent discount during… Continue reading Elon Musk Has a Big Problem on His Hands
Oops! Facebook Tells Interns It Already Hired That It Can’t Afford Them Anymore
Sorry, kids! Fake News Amid reported layoffs, a hiring freeze, and its stock plummeting by an astonishing margin, Meta — Facebook’s rebranded parent company — has stumbled yet again in its efforts to balance the budget with an unusually cruel decision: withdrawing internships en masse, according to the New York Post. Bright eyed, would-be-interns with gigs… Continue reading Oops! Facebook Tells Interns It Already Hired That It Can’t Afford Them Anymore
13 Best Target Deal Days Sales (2022): Dyson, Apple, and More
Target is my happy place. It’s good for checking items off your shopping list or for curing boredom. While online shopping isn’t as fun as spending hours in the home section imagining a backyard I don’t currently have, it’s worth it when everything is discounted. While most of us are happily celebrating the start of… Continue reading 13 Best Target Deal Days Sales (2022): Dyson, Apple, and More
State budget 2023: Reacts strongly to one-off tax on electric cars
– It is very unfortunate that the government is proposing to introduce a one-off tax on electric cars, at the same time that electric cars over NOK 500,000 also receive value added tax. This can lead to old cars with high emissions remaining on the road. The one-off tax for fossil and diesel cars, especially… Continue reading State budget 2023: Reacts strongly to one-off tax on electric cars
Bugatti’s first electric car pushed back beyond 2030
No fully electric Bugatti will be released this decade, Autocar understands, despite owner Mate Rimac planning to launch hybrid and electric hypercars before 2030. “At the moment, we’re looking at the next step for the hybrid model; everything else is a little too far down the line,” Bugatti’s design director Achim Anscheidt said, with this hybrid supercar earmarked to arrive… Continue reading Bugatti’s first electric car pushed back beyond 2030
Tesla Semi production begins with Pepsi getting the first deliveries
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Thursday that production on its long-delayed all-electric semi truck has started with the first deliveries beginning in December. The automaker introduced an all-electric Class 8 truck prototype, dubbed Tesla Semi, during a splashy November 2017 event held in Hawthorne, California, on the grounds of the company’s design studio and Musk’s… Continue reading Tesla Semi production begins with Pepsi getting the first deliveries
Tesla’s first Semi trucks will be delivered to Pepsi in December
/ Tesla first revealed the truck five years ago, and now it’s finally being delivered. Pepsi publicly preordered 100 of the trucks in 2017. The Semi Truck is finally entering production.Image: Tesla Tesla has started production on its long-awaited Semi truck, and plans to start delivering it to Pepsi by December 1st, according to a… Continue reading Tesla’s first Semi trucks will be delivered to Pepsi in December