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No distraction here: Tesla adds new video games to its cars

April 5, 2019

Via: TreeHugger

NOTE TO READERS: The author aware that these games do not work when the car is moving. It was an attempt at sarcasm, about attitudes to distraction, of which there is still plenty. A few years ago, author and urbanist […]


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Tesla finally releases its ‘affordable’ Model 3

March 1, 2019

Via: TreeHugger

It was a while coming, but this could be a pretty big deal for your average buyer. Ever since Tesla started talking about the Model 3, electric car nerds (and just about everyone else too) has been talking about its […]


Vehicles

Elon Musk unveils the first Boring Company tunnel under Los Angeles

December 19, 2018

Via: TreeHugger

Like a character from Shakespeare, Elon Musk is larger than life, so here’s a look at his tunnel in iambic pentameter. People underestimate Elon Musk at their peril; he has accomplished amazing things. From rockets to electric cars to flamethrowers, […]


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Tesla reports surprise $312 million profit in Q3

October 25, 2018

Via: TreeHugger

When I recently said that I had stopped writing about Tesla (but might just start again), I focused more on Elon Musk’s questionable tweets, and less on debates about the company’s financial stability—using my by now patently obvious lack of […]


Vehicles

Wow: Tesla just built 7,000 cars in a week

July 2, 2018

Via: TreeHugger

When Tesla first unveiled their (more) affordable Model 3 electric car, many industry watchers—including our famously car-skeptic Lloyd—declared it a rather remarkable achievement: “The Whole world will want this car.” But with so many people making reservations long before they […]


Vehicles

Elon Musk is trying to reinvent the factory as well as the car. It’s a problem.

May 16, 2018

Via: TreeHugger

Tesla just announced that it is shutting down production of the Model 3 for six days. According to Autoblog: Tesla has been struggling to find solutions to manufacturing bottlenecks on the new assembly line that produces the Model 3, a […]


Vehicles

Edmunds reviews the Tesla Model 3

January 18, 2018

Via: TreeHugger

Whether it was the hordes of eager reservation holders for a car they knew nothing about, or Lloyd actually saying nice things about a car, the Tesla Model 3 has already busted many conventions. But now, as Elon Musk’s (more) […]


Travel & Public Transit

Why do Americans (and Elon Musk) hate public transit so much, and love chasing “Cyberspace Techno-dreams”?

December 15, 2017

Via: TreeHugger

Recently we noted that Elon Musk doesn’t like public transit very much; he said “It’s a pain in the ass. That’s why everyone doesn’t like it. And there’s like a bunch of random strangers, one of who might be a […]


Vehicles

We don’t need electric transport trucks, we need to get rid of trucks

November 17, 2017

Via: TreeHugger

At the 1967 International Container Conference in Genoa, Italy, Gabriel Alter (my late dad) outlined what he called a “land bridge” for moving goods in containers from ship to rail to truck for freight distribution across the country. With the […]


Vehicles

Tesla making car sharing a whole lot easier

August 29, 2017

Via: TreeHugger

In the future, any Tesla you drive will automatically adjust to you. When we talk about new electric cars, we often focus on hardware and performance improvements like battery size/range or design features like the sleek minimalism of the Tesla […]


Vehicles

Tesla’s Model 3 Is Coming. Here’s What We Know Now

March 24, 2017

Via: Wired

WHEN DOES A six second video send the car and tech communities into a frenzy? When it’s posted by Elon Musk, and it shows his long-gestating new baby, the Tesla Model 3, peeling away from a standstill under heavy acceleration before […]


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Tesla’s Self-Driving Car Plan Seems Insane, But It Just Might Work

October 24, 2016

Via: Wired

ELON MUSK HAS done it again. The CEO of Tesla Motors andSpaceX has made an aggressive prediction for his technology, and paired it with an unreasonable deadline. In the past, he’s promised electric cars for everyone and trips to Mars, and […]


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Tesla’s Self-Driving Software Gets a Major Update

September 12, 2016

Via: Wired

THE AUTOPILOT SOFTWARE built into Tesla’s electric carsalready offers a glimpse of the future, with what feels likeautonomous driving on the freeway. Today the company announced a suite of upgrades to the system, to be pushed over-the-air to existing cars […]


Vehicles

Tesla’s Cars Have Driven 140M Miles on Autopilot. Here’s How

August 17, 2016

Via: Wired

AUTOMAKERS KNOW THE FUTURE is autonomous. Ford promises to put thousands of robocars on the road by 2021. Mercedes-Benz and General Motors hope to get there sooner, even as they race to catch up with Google and Baidu. Meanwhile, some 90,000 Teslas already have Autopilot, which gives the Model S and […]


Infrastructure

Inside the Enormous Gigafactory, Where Tesla Will Build Its Future

July 27, 2016

Via: Wired

TWENTY MILES EAST of Sparks, Nevada, a factory is rising from the red dirt of the high desert. It doesn’t look like much—a few completed structures amid exposed steel girders—but this building, dubbed the Gigafactory, is the key to Elon […]