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Panasonic unveils prototype battery for Tesla
Panasonic on Monday unveiled a new large prototype battery designed to help Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) lower electric vehicle (EV) production costs, in a move the Japanese company's battery chief said would deepen business ties with its key U.S. customer.
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Tesla pulls its new Full Self-Driving beta due to software 'issues'
U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc on Sunday rolled back the latest version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software, less than a day after its release, after users complained of false collision warnings and other issues.
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Tesla’s driving data storage system hacked by Dutch investigators
The system stores driving data for at least a year.
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Elon Musk Just Taught a Huge Lesson to Every CEO in America. I Hope They're Paying Attention
Tesla delivered 241,300 vehicles in the third quarter of 2021. That surprised many, beat Wall Street's expectations, and sent the company's stock price up 5 percent. Tesla managed this at a time when most car company sales have dropped sharply due to supply chain issues. The mindset Elon Musk and Tesla employees used to overcome these issues is something every business leader and especially every entrepreneur can learn from.
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A Tesla mystery: Why didn't auto-braking stop these crashes?
While regulators investigate a spate of Teslas steering themselves into parked vehicles, Tesla owners have been reporting faulty collision avoidance systems
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Tesla is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas
Where it’s building the next US Gigafactory
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Elon Musk reclaims top spot as world's richest person
Elon Musk has reclaimed the title of the world's richest person. According to Forbes' real-time billionaire's list, the Tesla and SpaceX founder now has a fortune of $200.4 billion, surpassing Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos' $193.1 billion, LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE CEO Bernard Arnault and family's $174 billion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' $129.3 billion, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's $121.8 billion.
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Tesla scraps its referral programs for everything but solar roof
Earning 1,000 miles of free Supercharging is no longer possible, according to the Tesla website. For several years, when someone bought a Tesla electric vehicle through a referral, both the referred customer and referrer were rewarded with 1,000 miles worth of free fast charging on the Tesla Supercharger network. Solar panel referrals could bring in as much as $500 cash. One Supercharger session typically fills up, say a standard Tesla Model 3 battery, for about $25.
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Tesla will make sure you are a good driver before giving you access to Full Self-Driving Beta
Elon Musk said that Tesla will use its telemetry data to make sure customers are “good” drivers before allowing them to access its Full Self-Driving Beta software. This is a tricky situation since those customers already paid for the software. Last week, Tesla started pushing its new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v10 software update to its early access fleet.
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Elon Musk is angry about a new bill that includes a $4,500 tax incentive for electric vehicles built by companies with unions
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has criticized a bill that could benefit electric vehicle manufacturers with unions. Democrat House lawmakers on Friday put forward a bill that would give a $4,500 tax incentive to consumers buying electric vehicles assembled at US facilities with a union.
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Tesla files to become an electricity provider in Texas
Tesla has also built several utility-scale energy storage systems around the world, but typically hasn't functioned as the retail electricity provider there.
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Tesla owners could get $625 each in class action settlement over battery throttling
Some Tesla owners could get $625 each to settle claims that an over-the-air update, pushed to their Model S electric sedans in May 2019, reduced their battery’s charging speed, maximum capacity and range temporarily.
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Tesla rewrote its own software to survive the chip shortage
Tesla is weathering the global chip shortage by rewriting its vehicle software to support alternative chips, CEO Elon Musk said during an earnings call Monday. The shortage has upended the auto industry at a time of historic demand for new cars, leading to factory shutdowns, longer wait times, and higher prices.
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Elon Musk doesn't care if the Cybertruck flops
Tesla's forthcoming truck "looks like it was made by aliens from the future," Musk admitted when someone compared it to a one-off Hot Wheels toy.
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Tesla’s $16,000 Quote for a $700 Fix Is Why Right to Repair Matters
This is what people are fighting for.
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Tesla Says Autopilot Makes Its Cars Safer. Crash Victims Say It Kills.
A California family that lost a 15-year-old boy when a Tesla hit its pickup truck is suing the company, claiming its Autopilot system was partly responsible.
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Tesla to 'recall' nearly 300,000 China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles
Chinese regulators said on Saturday Tesla would ‘recall’ nearly 300,000 China-made and imported Model 3 and Model Y cars for an online software update related to assisted driving, with owners not required to return their vehicles. The State Administration for Market Regulation said on its website that the move is linked to an assisted driving function in the electric cars, which can currently be activated by drivers accidentally, causing sudden acceleration.
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Bitcoin climbs near $40,000 after Musk says Tesla could use it again
Bitcoin climbed to shy of $40,000 on Monday, after yet another weekend of price swings following tweets from Tesla boss Elon Musk, who fended off criticism over his market influence and said Tesla sold bitcoin but may resume transactions using it.
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Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’
Teasing out some new info about Tesla’s truck.
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Tesla is found guilty of throttling charging speed, asked to pay $16,000 to thousands of owners
In court in Norway, Tesla was found guilty of throttling charging speed and battery capacity through a software update. Unless it appeals, Tesla is going to have to pay $16,000 to each of the thousands of owners affected in the country. The fine could be even more significant as other similar legal efforts are on the way in other countries.
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