Tesla vehicles operating in the Boring Company’s Vegas Loop are about to get a big change, CEO Elon Musk said. In Las Vegas, the Boring Company operates the Vegas Loop, an underground tunnel system that uses Teslas to drop people off at various hotspots on the strip. It’s been active for a few years now…
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump interacted with each other publicly for the first time since their feud, sharing a handshake and conversation during a memorial service for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The reconciliation fulfilled Kirk’s longtime wish for the two men to mend relations, something he had openly discussed prior to his…
A Tesla owner took to X to sing the praises of the electric vehicle‘s Full Self-Driving mode after it saved them from an accident on the highway. Prakash (@prakashsundar), the director of technical services for the web suite Zoho and a self-described Tesla enthusiast, shared a video of their car narrowly avoiding an accident on…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has frequently expressed his opinions on LiDAR in the past, but in recent days, the EV maker’s frontman has continued to discuss the weaknesses in the technology and why his company has relied on cameras. He also mentioned the suite’s limits on Waymo’s capabilities. Tesla completely abandoned using radar alongside its…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has ramped up development of its own artificial intelligence (AI) chip to power its semi-autonomous cars, with a first mass production model to be fitted with the Turing chip from as early as this quarter. The chip, which is claimed to be more powerful than Nvidia’s Drive Orin X,…
The new Model Y variant will be 20 per cent cheaper than the existing editions, which are priced from 263,500 yuan (US$36,406) to 303,500 yuan, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The US carmaker plans to start producing the car next year at its Shanghai factory. The company has also sent engineers…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is hitting a major roadblock in China, and it’s not just about technologyit’s politics. The EV giant was expecting a green light for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) rollout in early 2025, but Chinese regulators have thrown a wrench into the plan. With no clear timeline for approval, Tesla’s ambitions in the world’s largest…