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Elon Musk’s controversial Tesla drive breaks laws, has terrifying moment, but police unmoved
29Aug By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s controversial Tesla drive breaks laws, has terrifying moment, but police unmoved

[ad_1] When Elon Musk left the Tesla Engineering HQ in Palo Alto on Friday clutching his smartphone and a livestream, he would not have anticipated the controversy it might cause. For 45 minutes, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO drove around the city and demonstrated the capabilities of Tesla's newest Full Self-Driving (FSD) update, FSD v12, thereby breaking several laws of the land in the process. Here's everything that happened during the eventful Musk live stream.Tesla FSD demo: What went downEverything was going fine initially, with Musk's Tesla coursing through roads, corners and roundabouts autonomously with relative ease, but that changed in the 19th minute as the vehicle almost jumped a red light and ran head-on into a busy intersection, causing Musk to intervene. It was a scary moment!...
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Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Try Advertising
17May By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Try Advertising

[ad_1] Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric-car maker will dabble in advertisements, a major departure for the 20-year-old company. “We'll try a little advertising and see how it goes,” Musk said Tuesday at Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in response to an investor's question. Tesla has long prided itself on word-of-mouth among its fan base to market its vehicles. It has built a formidable brand without paying for traditional advertising on television, radio or in newspapers or magazines. Musk said in a subsequent interview with CNBC that paying for ads could be a way to expand beyond its existing user base as the company grows. “It's worth a try and we'll see how effective it is,” he said. “I only just agreed to it so it's not a fully formed strategy.” Mu...
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Tesla wins bellwether trial over Autopilot car crash
24Apr By adminNo Comments
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Tesla wins bellwether trial over Autopilot car crash

[ad_1] A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc a sweeping win, finding the electric vehicle maker's Autopilot feature did not fail in what appeared to be the first trial related to a crash involving the partially automated driving software.Tesla has been testing and rolling out its Autopilot and more advanced "Full Self-Driving (FSD)" system, which Chief Executive Elon Musk has touted as crucial to his company's future but which has drawn regulatory and legal scrutiny. Los Angeles resident Justine Hsu sued in 2020, saying her Tesla Model S swerved into a curb while on Autopilot, and an airbag was deployed "so violently it fractured Plaintiff's jaw, knocked out teeth, and caused nerve damage to her face.” She alleged defects in the design of Autopilot and the airbag, and...
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New Toyota Prius to be Unveiled as Hybrids Lose Luster to Battery EVs
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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New Toyota Prius to be Unveiled as Hybrids Lose Luster to Battery EVs

[ad_1] Sales of the pioneering hybrid have fallen from a peak of 500,000 to around 86,000 last year. Toyota Motor Corp. is about to take the wraps off a revamped Toyota Prius, the latest iteration of a car that normalized the idea of owning an environmentally conscious vehicle more than two decades ago.Leonardo de Caprio drove one. Owning a Prius was cool, even a status symbol, and the less-frequent and cheaper trips that owners made to the gas pump were revelatory. Over the years, hybrid drivetrains found their way into other Toyota products. Other carmakers rolled out the technology, making it a routine aspect of driving for millions. Even though the gas-sipping hatchback — with its combined combustion engine, electric motor and battery powertrain — paved the way for Teslas and othe...
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Elon Musk Turning Buyers Against Tesla?
4Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Turning Buyers Against Tesla?

[ad_1] Is Elon Musk increasingly a liability for Tesla in the Electric Vehicle race. This story was originally published on July 30. On Monday, Elon Musk infuriated Ukrainians when he suggested that the country seek a negotiated solution to the invasion by Russia and cede Crimea for good.Dennis Levitt got his first Tesla, a blue Model S, in 2013, and loved it. “It was so much better than any car I've ever driven,” the 73-year-old self-storage company executive says. He bought into the brand as well as Elon Musk, Tesla Inc.'s charismatic chief executive officer, purchasing another Model S the following year and driving the first one across the country. In 2016, he stood in line at a showroom near his suburban Los Angeles home ...
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Tesla Deliveries Miss Estimates, Slowed by Logistic Snarls
3Oct By adminNo Comments
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Tesla Deliveries Miss Estimates, Slowed by Logistic Snarls

[ad_1] Tesla Inc. worldwide deliveries missed forecasts in the third quarter and the company warned of challenges. Tesla Inc. worldwide deliveries missed forecasts in the third quarter and the company warned of challenges in getting its cars to customers, suggesting that supply-chain snarls remain a blight. It delivered a record 343,830 cars worldwide in the third quarter. Analysts had expected that nearly 358,000 vehicles would be shipped, based on the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. “Historically, our delivery volumes have skewed towards the end of each quarter due to regional batch building of cars,” Austin, Texas-based Tesla said in a statement. “As our production volumes continue to grow, it is becoming ...
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