Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:50:44 +0000
Lilium has been developing one of the more attractive eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft over the past decade or so. It also had some positive news recently. A few months ago, I noted that the company had logged a good chunk of future sales in the UK. Three … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:22:04 +0000
A recent article at The Daily Upside tells the story of a new patent Lyft recently filed. It looks a little boring on the surface, but with a little context, it’s actually a pretty important thing. Knowing when a self-driving car is actually ready for the road is going to … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 03:41:02 +0000
Well, this isn’t a fun one. A Tesla owner using Full Self Driving (FSD) at night on a highway ended up driving straight through a young deer — without a pause, a swerve, or anything. If that was the full story, that would already be something noteworthy. However, that’s not … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:37:31 +0000
Editor’s note: Paul posted this on X and tagged me. It’s basically an article, so I’m posting it here with minor edits. Enjoy. —Zach 5 interventions in 10 miles v12.5.4.1 on a 4 year old Model Y, north of Tampa. #1 — after 6 years of development, it still can’t … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:51:21 +0000
Waymo continues to be out in front as a clear robotaxi leader. Today, the news from the company is that it has raised another $5.6 billion. That will carry the company quite far. Furthermore, the latest financing round was oversubscribed. The investment round was led by Alphabet, and included participation … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:34:29 +0000
Following the “We, Robot” event, I lamented that Tesla didn’t roll out the one notable thing I thought they might roll out — a ridesharing app that Tesla owners (and people needing rides) could start using before robotaxis become a thing. As I noted, the following is a screenshot of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:05:00 +0000
Based on what Tesla wrote in its quarterly shareholder letter, I published the other day that Tesla did indeed have cheaper electric vehicle models coming out next year. The core lines from the Tesla shareholder letter on this were as follows: “Our cost of goods sold (COGS) per vehicle came … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 02:38:10 +0000
Here at CleanTechnica, we routinely get people complaining that we cover Tesla too negatively. We also routinely get people complaining that we cover Tesla too positively. Lately, we’ve been getting quite a lot of complaints — from both sides. These come in emails through our contact form, comments under articles, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:23:33 +0000
Clearly, Tesla’s “We, Robot” event was a reference to the 2004 film I, Robot. I haven’t even seen the film and I got that. Having not seen the film, though, I didn’t realize how similar some of it tech was to what Tesla unveiled. However, the movie’s director did realize … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:59:42 +0000
The federal government has begun an investigation of the Tesla Full Self Driving technology after the death of pedestrian.
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