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Regarding FSD & Robotaxis, I Don’t Think Elon Musk Has Been “Lying” For A Decade

September 26, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, tesla, tesla ai, tesla fsd (full self driving)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 03:43:48 +0000

I’ve seen this claim countless times, and I understand where it’s coming from, but I don’t believe it. I normally brush past it, but given that a top computer scientist known as the “Godfather of AI” just said it, and also given the enormous controversy and confusion around Elon Musk … [continued]

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EV & CleanTech Round Up — More Battery Recycling, MAN Accelerates Charging, Wind Advances, & Millions for Volvo Renewable Renovation

September 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, batteries, clean power, clean transport, cupra, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, man, Manufacturing, policy & politics, research, shell, Solar energy, vinfast, volvo, volvo trucks, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 02:42:16 +0000

These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]

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I Think This Is What’s Gone On Behind The Scenes At Tesla In Past Year

September 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, tesla, Twitter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:15:54 +0000

Some of this article is stuff that’s been widely discussed for months, but I think it goes a little deeper into how I think we got here. Maybe I’m wrong, but after covering Tesla and Elon Musk very closely for 12 years and having my assumptions and analysis affirmed by … [continued]

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Waymo May Use Hyundai IONIQ 5 Next

September 23, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq 5, robotaxis, waymo, zeekr

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:50:22 +0000

We’ve been waiting for Waymo’s Zeekr next-gen robotaxis for a while now. And it’s a beautiful combo. I use images of Zeekr Waymo robotaxis every chance I get. Here’s another pair: The problem is that Zeekr is a Chinese EV company, and Chinese EV companies are facing extreme blockage in … [continued]

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A New Era in Transportation — Part 1

September 23, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, rethinkx, robotaxis, tesla, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:06:52 +0000

I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has been predicted to be transformational — so it is … [continued]

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New Tesla Wireless Charging Patent — May Feature At 10/10 Tesla Robotaxi Event

September 22, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, patents, robotaxis, tesla, tesla patents, tesla robotaxis, wireless charging, wireless ev charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:00:24 +0000

Tesla filed a wireless EV charging patent earlier this year that was just published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on September 6. This was spotted by SETI Park on X (formerly known as Twitter), and while the general concept is really nothing new, it implies that part of what … [continued]

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Tesla Now Offering FSD Transfer And $1000 Discount To Push Cars At End Of Quarter

September 21, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:03:39 +0000

The end of the quarter is approaching, so it’s time for more special offers and deals from Tesla. During the 2024 Tesla annual shareholder meeting earlier this year, a shareholder requested that the company again provide Tesla owners who have FSD the opportunity to transfer FSD to a new Tesla … [continued]

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Once You Go Waymo, Do You Go Back?

September 21, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:48:02 +0000

A Bloomberg article caught my attention this week. I thought it was covering some news about Waymo, but it was actually just clinging to a single word and building part of a story out of that, a story whose headline stood out to me. The headline was “Waymo Sets Its … [continued]

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IIHS Study Highlights Risk Of Using Driver Assistance Technology

September 20, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, driver assistance, driver assistance systems, iihs, research, tesla, volvo

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:30:58 +0000

Driver assistance technologies have great promise, but in practice they allow some people to do things they shouldn’t do behind the wheel.

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BYD’s Trek Toward #1 Automaker, New EV Reviews, Solar Power Boom — Top 10 Cleantech Stories

September 20, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar panels, solar records, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:57:41 +0000

What are the hottest, most interesting, and most important cleantech stories of September so far? Here’s my opinion on that. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Juan Diego Celemín Mojica wrote an analysis for us this week on EV manufacturing … [continued]

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