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The First Person Ever To Die In A Tesla Is A Guy Who Stole One
Joshua Slot, 26, is the first person to die in a Tesla, we learn via The Verge. Slot had stolen the car from a Tesla service center and was evading police in a chase through Los Angeles, California at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. After pursuing officers struck a median with their car and had to be taken to the hospital, Slot kept up the speed and got into the accident that would claim his life.
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Is This Tesla Tower A Scam Or Just Bad Science?
A team of Russian physicists wants to resurrect one of Nikola Tesla's old ideas: A huge tower that would, in theory, transmit electricity all around the world. An enormous solar farm in the desert could supply the power. The only problem? There's no way it could work. The Moscow-based team is raising money now on Indiegogo, and as of this writing, had collected over $40,000.
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Will Elon Musk's SpaceX Knock Boeing and Lockheed Out of Space?
In an interview with Auto Express magazine this week, Musk announced that Tesla is definitely going to have its latest electric car model, the Model 3, out for sale by 2017, and at a $35,000 price tag that should make it a viable competitor to BMW's 3-series among entry-level luxury-car buyers. But the even bigger news for Musk is this: SpaceX may very soon be going to work for the United States Air Force.
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Forget about range anxiety. Elon Musk says a 500-mile range Tesla is coming soon
Tesla has already impressed with the range of its Model S, but now CEO Elon Musk says that a car with nearly double that range is possible, and soon.
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Tesla announces plan to boost production in 2015
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk promised shareholders a dramatic boost in the production of his company's electric cars, telling investors that Tesla will produce 35,000 cars this year and up to 100,000 in 2015.
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Elon Musk Defends Tesla After Getting A Terrible Review
Elon Musk stammered out a hasty defense of Tesla’s Model S Thursday night, two days after facing blistering criticism over the car's maintenance problems. A 17-month review of the $105,005 sedan, published this week by car-critic Edmunds.co...
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Elon Musk tweets Artificial Intelligence may be "more dangerous than nukes"
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a provocative statement on Twitter over the weekend about the potentially catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence, also known as A.I. The tweet was rapidly shared with thousands of others. After recommending a book on computer intelligence, Musk wrote: "We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes."
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Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company
The financial giant has tripled down on its bets that Tesla will kickstart the home solar revolution.
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Tesla Model X Will Make The Tesla Model S Look Like Chopped Liver, Morgan Stanley Analyst Says
Tesla stock rose Wednesday after an analyst predicted that the upcoming Model X from the company run by Elon Musk will likely be Tesla Motors' biggest success.
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Apple is no longer Apple - but Tesla is
This is the state of the smartphone/tablet market: Investors were overjoyed when Apple delivered 4.6% revenue growth in the spring quarter. And the hottest product of the year in the mobile device industry is going to be iPhone 6 because it finally is an iPhone with a screen size larger than 4 inches.
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Why the 'world's biggest little city' is attracting Apple & Tesla
Reno has landed an Apple data center and it’s got a small but growing hub of tech startups. If it lands Tesla, it could be well on its way to a tech makeover.
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Tesla improves Model S drive unit warranty to cover 8 years and 'infinite miles'
Elon Musk and Tesla are showing even more confidence in their Model S. Moments ago, Musk announced that the car's drive unit warranty has been extended to match that of the Model S battery pack and will now run for 8 years from the date of purchase. The new policy, which is retroactive and covers existing owners, allows for "unlimited miles" to be driven in that time. So as long as you're within those 8 years, Tesla will service your car under warranty at no cost if there should be...
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Tesla Motors Will Let Model S Owners Use Their iPhone As A Key
Owners of Tesla’s Model S will no longer have to fret over forgetting their keys. Tesla Motors Inc. is planning an update to its firmware that will allow owners of its Model S electric sedan to use an iPhone to unlock its doors and start the engine. The new functionality was first noticed by 9to5Mac founder Seth Weintraub and is reportedly coming in version 6.0 of the Model S firmware. Weintraub notes that the firmware is in the “late beta stages” and coming soon.
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500-Mile Tesla Graphene Battery?
Word on the street is that Tesla may be working on a 500-mile graphene battery. Graphene is, of course, a kind of supermaterial, and it's possible Tesla is looking into it, but I'm also a bit skeptical. First, let's look at the reasons why someone might think Tesla is working on an electric car battery that uses graphene.
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500-Mile Tesla Graphene Battery?
Word on the street is that Tesla may be working on a 500-mile graphene battery. Graphene is, of course, a kind of supermaterial, and it’s possible Tesla is looking into it, but I’m also a bit skeptical.
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Why Electric Vehicles Are Beating Hydrogen Cars Today
While electric vehicles have experienced a marketplace renaissance in the last decade, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles have not. This post examines why - and why that's great news for climate hawks.
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Tesla taps Nevada for $5B car battery 'gigafactory'
Coming to Nevada's high desert: A massive, $5 billion US factory that will pump out high-tech batteries for hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles. That's assuming state leaders deliver on the economic incentives they packaged to entice Tesla Motors to Nevada rather than four other states competing for the factory and the economic jolt it promises to bring.
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Tesla Signals It May Work With Toyota Again on Vehicle
Tesla Motors Inc.’s Elon Musk said the electric-car maker may partner again with Toyota Motor Corp., as the companies conclude an initial vehicle project that met with mixed results.
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Tesla charging stations approved for New Jersey Turnpike rest areas
Drivers of Tesla electric cars will be able to charge their vehicles at two charging stations proposed at two New Jersey Turnpike service areas.
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Tesla will unveil new car and 'something else' on October 9th
The Paris Motor Show is taking place this month and we've already seen Volkswagen and Lamborghini introduce eye-catching new vehicles in preparation for it. A week from now, Elon Musk's Tesla is going to join in the new-car fun by unveiling "the D and something else." That's presumably in reference to a new Model D that would join the current Model S and X options on offer from Tesla.
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