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Uber Flying Taxi still not here, release date

Uber makes more empty promises at its annual flying car summit

May 8th, 2018

For the second time in as many years, Uber has gathered a thousand people in Los Angeles for the Elevate Summit, an event that “brings together 700+ of the world’s foremost on-demand aviation leaders in industry, government, and academia for 2 full days of programming.” Basically, it’s a circlejerk for people to talk in highly …

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Google Maps is getting the coolest new feature since turn-by-turn directions

May 8th, 2018

Chris Mills

Google is adding some massive new features to Google Maps, the biggest being the addition of augmented reality directions to help with walking directions. If you’re trying to follow a set of directions, you can now hold your phone up, and Google Maps will match the view from your camera to the saved Street View …

Uber self-driving car crash, fault, reasons

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Report: Self-driving Uber detected pedestrian before fatal collision, but chose to ignore her

May 7th, 2018

Chris Mills

In the wake of a self-driving Uber fatally colliding with a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona in March, other autonomous vehicle companies were quick to point out that their sensors would have detected the pedestrian long before the collision. Conditions were nearly ideal for the suite of self-driving sensors on top of the Uber, and it …

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Elon Musk apologizes for ignoring analyst questions in classic fashion

May 4th, 2018

Yoni Heisler

Tesla CEO Elon Musk irked investors this week by outright refusing to answer an analyst question about the company’s financial future. Well, to be fair, Musk didn’t so much as refuse to answer the question as he mocked the analyst for broaching it in the first place. Here’s how it all went down. When asked …

Chevy Bolt vs Tesla Model 3 2018: delivery date, details

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Tesla isn’t the only one struggling to manufacture cheap electric cars

May 3rd, 2018

Chris Mills

Unless you have studiously avoided the internet for the last 12 months, you’ve probably run into the dispute over Tesla’s production of the cheap-and-cheerful Model 3 at some point. Although demand for the Model 3 isn’t a problem for Tesla, its well-documented struggles to produce enough vehicles (and do so cheaply) has Tesla running out …

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Elon Musk explains how a ‘Fluffer Bot’ slowed down Model 3 production

May 3rd, 2018

Yoni Heisler

Tesla’s earnings conference call yesterday was interesting, to say the very least. At one point, an analyst asked Elon Musk about Tesla’s financial situation and the likelihood that the company would need to raise additional capital in the future. Musk, however, refused to answer the question and responded blithely: “Excuse me. Next. Boring boneheaded questions …

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The statistic Tesla has been using for Autopilot safety is virtually meaningless

May 3rd, 2018

Chris Mills

In January last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a report that seemingly gave the seal of approval to Tesla’s Autopilot system. “The data show that the Tesla vehicles crash rate dropped by almost 40 percent after Autosteer installation,” the report said, a number that Tesla has repeatedly touted since then as evidence …

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Tesla accused of stealing the Tesla Semi design from Nikola Motor in $2 billion patent suit

May 2nd, 2018

Yoni Heisler

A startup called Nikola Motor Company recently filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Tesla for patent infringement. Nikola’s claims specifically allege that the Tesla Semi design infringes upon a number of their own patents which were granted years ago. Nikola’s complaint includes a few photos of the Nikola One, the company’s hydrogen-electric truck that was …

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Tesla earnings: Revenue reaches a new all-time high but company is still losing money

May 2nd, 2018

Yoni Heisler

Tesla today released its earnings results for the March quarter and posted revenue of $3.4 billion, easily besting Wall Street estimates which had revenue falling somewhere in the $3.1 billion range. Tesla’s record-setting revenue notwithstanding, the electric automaker, as anticipated, still lost money for the quarter. By the time the March quarter drew to a …

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Report details how Tesla’s reliance on robots led to Model 3 production delays

May 1st, 2018

Yoni Heisler

Despite Tesla’s best efforts, Model 3 production — last we heard — remains about six months behind schedule. Early on, Tesla claimed that Model 3 production would reach 5,000 units per week by December of 2017. Following a series of setbacks, that 5,000 unit/week goal has since been pushed back to June of 2018. The …