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Tag: Tesla
Indigenous Australian Firm Gives Tesla A Run For Its Money
A small Australian company owned by indigenous aborigines is taking on corporate giants as the country’s fledgling home solar battery industry gets off the ground. Although the Brisbane-based upstart, AllGrid Energy, is in direct competition […]
Single Disconnected Seatbelt Causes Tesla To Recall 90,000 Cars In Bonehead Move
Tesla is conducting a voluntary recall of 90,000 of their Model S cars because of one single report of a front seat belt that was not properly connected. It is the latest instance of Tesla […]
Tesla Is Burning Through Money At Amazing Rates But Nobody Seems To Care
Reports indicate that Tesla is blowing through money at an alarming rate. The company has been known to spend more than $100 million in a single month. This is despite the fact that Tesla has […]
California Legally Commits Its Energy Future To Batteries And Solar Power
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a sweeping and admittedly ambitious bill that requires the state to produce half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 while also doubling its energy efficiency. […]
GM Is Struggling To Develop Self-Driving Technology While Google Is Leaving Them In The Dust
Like many other automotive companies, General Motors is getting involved in the driverless car scene. However, some people are wondering if the long time car company can beat Google when it comes to the new […]
Should Self Driving Cars Be Programmed To Kill? Most Say Yes
As the day when self driving cars can finally be purchased draws closer, so too does the need to create a system of robot ethics for these cars’ algorithms, raising the interesting question: Who should […]
Tesla Motors Is Looking To Produce Cars In China Amid Sluggish Sales
In as a little as two years, electric car company Tesla Motors might be producing its vehicles in China. Reports indicate that CEO of Tesla Elon Musk has been participating in discussions with potential Chinese […]
Owners Of Electric Vehicles Are Behaving Badly Due To Shortage Of Charging Spots
While electric vehicles may be good for the environment, they aren’t necessarily good for the behavior of people, as some electric vehicle owners are demonstrating rudeness when it comes to finding a charging station. Unlike […]
Tesla To Possibly Launch Model Y In Near Future Along With More Affordable Model X
Tesla Motors Inc. launched the Model X just last week. And, the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, is already hinting at the company’s yet-to-be released products. In response to a Twitter user’s question about whether the […]
This Former Tesla Exec Is Looking To Disrupt The Bus Industry
Proterra, an electric vehicle startup focused on mass transit, is looking to expand the reach of electric vehicles with a new electrically powered bus. The design ditches the dirty, noisy diesel bus familiar to most […]
Check Out Tesla’s Model X SUV
The Model X sport utility vehicle from Tesla is finally going to hit the road, as the five-door SUV will see a limited release to company board members and some of their closest friends. The […]
Apple Met With California Regulators To Discuss Testing Permits For A Self Driving Car
Apple continues to move quickly in the game of driverless vehicles, this time by meeting with California legislators chiefly responsible for self driving vehicle regulation. The rumor mill that Apple is building a car has […]
The Los Angeles Police Department Is About To Start Testing Teslas And BMWs Amid Switch To Electrics
Police forces are set to be the latest group to embrace electric cars, as the Los Angeles Police Department is set to begin testing the cleaner vehicles in the near future. The department plans to […]
Fierce Competition Forces Tesla To Seek Political Intervention On Chinese Electric Car Policies
Electric automaker Tesla is putting pressure on the White House to intercede on behalf of United States carmakers during a formal visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in September. China forbids foreign carmakers from building […]
German Carmaker Audi Is Preparing To Launch A Tesla-Killing All Electric SUV
Investors seemed unusually bullish on startup electric carmaker Tesla Motors this week, after the company raised a stunning $786 million in a follow-on share offering, despite losing over $4,000 on every vehicle it sells. It […]
Tesla’s Model S Will Now Valet Park Itself At The Push Of A Button
Google and Apple aren’t the only ones working on self driving cars. A select group of Tesla Model S owners will soon be beta testing the company’s first iteration of its Autopilot software. The software […]
Electric Car Wars Heating Up As Audi Announces Plans For Massive Battery Factory
In what can only be described as another shot across the bow of American electric car startup Tesla Motors, German luxury vehicle maker Audi announced it will begin making electric car batteries. The company has […]
Tesla Is Losing A Shocking $4,000 On Every Car It Produces
Tesla’s Elon Musk may need to come up with a new business model for the company as it was revealed over the weekend the electric carmaker loses a whopping $4,000 on every Model S sedan […]
General Motors Gaining In Electric Cars As Tesla Struggles
Word leaked this week that Detroit automaker General Motors is testing a new electric prototype at its Milford Proving Ground, details of which suggest that GM may be ahead of upstart rival Tesla in rolling […]
Tesla’s Solar Revolution Will Require Houses To Be Completely Re-Wired
Tesla’s newly announced batteries promise to revolutionize the solar industry by allowing homeowners to store power from one part of the day, when it is plentiful, and use it in another part, when it is […]
Tesla Conference Call Reveals Flaws With Batteries
Thanks to a couple of key pieces of information on last night’s Tesla earnings call there are fresh doubts about the company’s new battery products. Bloomberg ran some calculations and now the world gets an […]
Tesla Unveils Game Changing Battery Packs
Elon Musk revealed on Friday Tesla’s long-expected battery products, with the hope they put an end to humanity’s production of carbon dioxide as a side effect of energy generation. “No incremental CO2 is the future […]
Why Electric Car Sales Have Tanked Lately
Ford just laid off 700 Michigan plant workers working on small cars and hybrid manufacturing The Detroit News reported yesterday. Specifically, Ford said that it is cutting a shift at its Michigan Assembly Plant where […]
Tesla To Launch Revolutionary, Made In America Battery April 30th
Elon Musk will make his next big announcement later this month and he won’t be joined on stage by an electric car or a space capsule. Tesla will finally share details on its long-awaited batteries […]
Why Investors Should Be Worried About The Google Tesla Deal
News broke this morning that Google and Tesla reached an acquisition agreement in 2013. Larry Page and Elon Musk reportedly had a handshake deal that would have seen Musk head the electric car maker for […]