Tesla

Tesla is a company of close to 100,000 employees and as they ready two new factories, the careers page is full of new positions at the company. A new position titled ‘Software Engineer in Test, Autopilot – Germany‘ was noticed by @alex_avoigt and is different from most. The autopilot team…

Kelley Blue Book reports that the average price of a new car in the USA is $47,077 which is higher than the $45,000 price of a base Tesla Model 3. In California the Tesla Model 3 gets about $5750 in incentive discounts. Growth in used vehicle values is expected to…

Pedestrian warning systems in 578,607 cars affected, including model S, X and Y An external speaker function in 578,607 Teslas will be disabled by the electric vehicle manufacturer this month after the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it interfered with safety standards. In late 2020, Tesla firmware…

Tesla’s leading design chief Franz von Holzhausen took to a podcast interview this week to air grievances about Apple’s apparent lack of design innovation. In an interview on the Spike Car Radio podcast, Holzhausen said that there’s “nothing to look forward to” in terms of new design from Apple. When…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tesla has announced a $500 million paper profit on its Bitcoin holding The carmaker hasn’t sold any bitcoin since early 2021 and sees it as a “liquid alternative to cash” Tesla caused a stir when it bought, sold, then stopped accepting bitcoin in 2021 Tesla…

Volvo has announced they will use a Mega Casting in their future electric vehicle production. This new manufacturing technique was made famous by Tesla, leveraging giant single-piece casting machines to form the whole rear section, then later the whole front section of the car. Tesla’s use of the Giga Press…

Telecommunications network, AirtelTigo says it is set to hold a grand prize presentation ceremony in January 2022 as their successful and biggest promo “To Gu Me So” comes to an end. The Grand Prize Winners will be announced during the Christmas season after all the due diligence is complete. The…

Tesla vehicles offer three playable games while the car is in motion Update 23/12/2021 4:54pm ET: The Guardian reports that in response to the NHTSA’s investigation, Tesla will disable ‘Passenger Play.’ The original story is below: Earlier this month, a New York Times report cited concern regarding how Tesla car owners…

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As more and more Israelis switch to electric vehicles, many of them are left with a singularly un-shocking problem — they have nowhere to charge their cars. Battery-powered vehicles occupy a small but growing share of the Israeli roads. Encouraged by tax incentives, relative cost of fuel, environmental consciousness, and…