En un año brutal para los despidos en el sector tecnológico, Tesla puede haber establecido el récord de la peor razón para despedir empleados. Al menos, esa es la implicación de un nuevo informe de… Reuters Detalla lo que llevó a la contratación de 500 empleados del equipo Supercharger de Tesla No se cortan antes … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sparked debate this week when he took to X (formerly Twitter) to reveal that any Model Y built over the “past several months” is capable of an electric range in excess of the stated 260 miles, but unlocking this could come at a cost. “The “260 mile” range Model Y’s built … Read more
As Elon Musk steps away, yet again, from the idea of a $25,000 Tesla, let’s take this opportunity to zoom out and appreciate what a truly affordable EV can be. For this we need to ignore the Nissan Leaf—currently the cheapest EV in the US at $29,280—and skip over Europe, home to the adorable but … Read more
Forget the finger-biting frunk, Tesla’s Cybertruck has a new and potentially more dangerous problem: a stuck accelerator pedal. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Tesla issued a voluntary recall on April 17 of “certain” Tesla Cybertruck models for “Unintended Acceleration from Trapped Pedal“. It’s not clear why just 3,878 of the thousands … Read more
Although the notion of highly autonomous robotaxis has been around for a number of years now, the space is accelerating at a rapid rate – and now Alphabet subsidiary Waymo has revealed that it will offer paid rides in Los Angeles later this month. Until now, Waymo has been offering free trips to users as … Read more
Back in 2019, the family of Apple engineer Wei Lun Huang (aka Walter Huang) sued Tesla a year after he was killed when his Model X crashed while Autopilot was engaged. The automaker has settled the lawsuit — on the very day jury selection was supposed to take place. Tesla’s lawyers asked the court to … Read more
Although tech giants like Samsung and TSMC currently dominate the silicon landscape, Elon Musk has hinted that Tesla could potentially make its own chips in the future – and while the idea remains a tentative one, it’s certainly not beyond the realms of possibility. Tesla spends a fortune on silicon. Its Dojo ExaPod supercomputer boasts … Read more
Samsung has announced a new partnership with Tesla on SmartThings Energy, and this will see a range of Tesla products integrated into Samsung’s SmartThings, like the Powerwall home battery, Solar Inverter, Wall Connector charging solutions for Tesla EVs, and more. “Tesla Energy’s customers can now manage and monitor the power status of their homes through … Read more
If you are concerned about a world where robots can think for themselves. You might be interested to know that Tesla has unveiled their latest human node robot which has moved away from scripted human written commands to an AI autonomous control system. Simply put this means that the robot can think for itself rather … Read more