Tag: Tesla

German Manager Magazine: Audi, Rose Bikes, Volkswagen, Flix – the newsletter “manage:mobility”004647

Dear reader, 2025 was not a successful sales year for Germany’s automobile manufacturers. Things were particularly dismal in their most important market, China: Volkswagen? Minus 8 percent. BMW? Minus 12.5 percent. Mercedes? Minus 19 percent. The main reason for this is their abandoned electric cars. VW, Mercedes and BMW have developed past the market. The… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Audi, Rose Bikes, Volkswagen, Flix – the newsletter “manage:mobility”004647

Tesla STOPS selling Full Self Driving, a sexy electric road bike, and Transformers

On today’s subscriber-focused episode of Quick Charge, Tesla stops selling Full Self Driving as the promise of a Tesla as an appreciating asset dies. Plus, someone’s getting a $200 million bonus and Komatsu introduces its own, IRL take on a transforming farm robot at CES. At least one Tesla executive not named “Elon Musk” has… Continue reading Tesla STOPS selling Full Self Driving, a sexy electric road bike, and Transformers

Clean Technica: How Does Tesla FSDS Compare with Commercial Airliner Autopilot?004324

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla FSDS (Full Self Driving Supervised) is all over the media and Facebook in Australia. I was privileged to be part of a conversation about the similarities between FSDS and commercial flying on both Facebook and then continued by email. It is surprising that FSDS… Continue reading Clean Technica: How Does Tesla FSDS Compare with Commercial Airliner Autopilot?004324

Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Not For Sale After February 14004323

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. One of our former writers shared the news with us today that Tesla will no longer sell “Full Self Driving” with its cars after Valentine’s Day, February 14. However, it will still be offered as a subscription option. Tesla CEO Elon Musk made the announcement… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Not For Sale After February 14004323

Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images Back in December, Elon Musk’s pet chatbot Grok made headlines for casually distributing the private addresses and phone numbers of everyday people, scraping data from public sources with unsettling ease while other AI models refused. Now, that same model is being welcomed into… Continue reading Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

Tesla settling another racism lawsuit after saying it would only settle fair lawsuits

Tesla and the US Equal Employment Opportunities Commission have agreed to enter mediation talks over a 2023 lawsuit from the federal agency which describes pervasive racial abuse and retaliation against black employees at the company’s Fremont, CA plant. The settlement talks come after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla will only seek settlements in… Continue reading Tesla settling another racism lawsuit after saying it would only settle fair lawsuits

Elon Musk’s xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok’s deepfake explicit images

In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone showing Ani, an anime-style virtual assistant character featured in the Grok 4 AI chatbot developed by xAI, with the Grok logo visible in the background on July 16, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s xAI is now facing an investigation in… Continue reading Elon Musk’s xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok’s deepfake explicit images

Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription

watch now Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the electric vehicle maker will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead make it only available as a monthly subscription. “Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14,” Musk said in an early morning post on his social media platform… Continue reading Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription

Opposition to Elon Musk’s AI Stripping Clothing Off Children Is Nearly Universal, Polling Shows

Color us shocked: pretty much everyone hates that Elon Musk’s Grok has been digitally undressing photos of adults and children. At least that’s the case in the UK, providing the closest thing we’ve currently got to a gauge of the public sentiment on the issue. In a new survey conducted by YouGov amid the latest… Continue reading Opposition to Elon Musk’s AI Stripping Clothing Off Children Is Nearly Universal, Polling Shows