tesla News of 08/21/19

Walmart Sues Tesla For Negligence After Multiple Solar Panel Fires

Walmart is suing Tesla for breach of contract and gross negligence after rooftop solar panel systems on seven of the retailer’s stores allegedly caught fire, according to a filing. Walmart said the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in New ...

SpaceX’S Spacefaring Tesla Roadster Has Made A Full Trip Around The Sun

SpaceX’s spacefaring Tesla Roadster has made a full trip around the Sun image Somewhere in space, a mannequin wearing a SpaceX spacesuit and driving a cherry red original Tesla Roadster that once belonged to Elon Musk is celebrating its first trip around the sun. The absurd ‘Starman’ and Roadster combo was ...

Tesla Pitches A Solar Rental Program To Boost Its Renewable Energy Business

Tesla is pitching customers on a new rental offering for solar power as a way to revive the flagging fortunes of its renewable energy business. Once among the largest installers of renewables in the country through SolarCity, Tesla has seen its ...

Elon Musk: Spotify Is “Coming” To Tesla Vehicles In North America

Tesla owners in the U.S. and Canada may finally get that free Spotify Premium integration they’ve been asking for. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Wednesday night that Spotify premium integration is “coming.” Musk, who ...

Energy Vault Raises $110 Million From SoftBank Vision Fund As Energy Storage Grabs Headlines

Imagine a moving tower made of huge cement bricks weighing 35 metric tons. The movement of these massive blocks is powered by wind or solar power plants and is a way to store the energy those plants generate. Software controls the movement of the ...

Audi E-Tron Becomes The First All-Electric Vehicle To Earn IIHS Top Safety Rating

The 2019 Audi e-tron has become the first battery-electric vehicle to earn a top safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an achievement that Tesla and other electric models like the Chevy Bolt have not been able to capture. ...

Inside Voyage’S Plan To Deliver A Driverless Future

In two years, Voyage has gone from a tiny self-driving car upstart spun out of Udacity to a company able to operate on 200 miles of roads in retirement communities. Now, Voyage is on the verge of introducing a new vehicle that is critical to its ...

Tesla Explodes After Crash On Russian Highway

A Tesla vehicle involved in a collision burst into flames and exploded on a highway near Moscow last night, local media reported . The occupants were slightly injured, but the car is toast. The model of the car is not clear from reporting, but ...

Tesla Model 3 Owner Implants RFID Chip To Turn Her Arm Into A Key

Forget the keycard or phone app, one software engineer is trying out a new way to unlock and start her Tesla Model 3. Amie DD , who has a background in game simulation and programming, recently released a video showing how she ...

U.S. Regulators Take Aim At Tesla Over Model 3 Safety Claims

Tesla’s claims about the safety of its Model 3 electric vehicle prompted U.S. regulators to send a cease-and-desist letter and escalate the matter by asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate, according to documents released by the ...

Nissan And EVgo To Add 200 Fast Chargers As More Electric Vehicles Hit US Roads

Nissan and EVgo said Tuesday they will install another 200 DC fast chargers in the United States to support the growing number of consumers who are buying electric vehicles, including the new Nissan Leaf e+ that came to market earlier this year. ...

Tesla Brings Back Free Unlimited Supercharging For The Model S And X

Tesla brings back free unlimited supercharging for the Model S and X image Tesla is resurrecting a popular benefit that CEO Elon Musk once called “unsustainable” as it attempts to boost sales of its more expensive electric vehicles. Tesla announced Saturday that all new Model S sedans and Model X SUVs ...

Elon Musk Says The Boring Company Will Launch In China This Month

Elon Musk wants to drill holes in China. The Tesla founder has tweeted to reveal that his tunnelling and transportation startup, The Boring Company, will be launch in China later this month. Musk is due to speak at an AI conference, called ...

It’S Fight Night In Las Vegas: Elon Musk’S Loop Vs The Monorail

It’s fight night in Las Vegas: Elon Musk’s Loop vs the Monorail image The latest bout in Las Vegas is not taking place in a raucous casino boxing ring, but in the hushed rooms of planning committees. The reigning champion, the Las Vegas Monorail, is facing upstart challenger The Boring Company, in a fight to decide the ...

Watch A Tesla Model 3 Play Chess Against The Top-Ranked Player In The U.S.

Tesla cars can now take on human players in a game of chess, thanks to a software update it pushed out to vehicles earlier this month . Its programmers likely didn’t imagine they were designing a chess program to take on the best players ...

An Autonomous Robot EV Charger Is Coming To San Francisco

An autonomous robot EV charger is coming to San Francisco image Electric-vehicle chargers today are designed for human drivers. Electrify America and San Francisco-based startup Stable are preparing for the day when humans are no longer behind the wheel. Electrify America, the entity set up by Volkswagen as ...

Tesla Has A New Energy Product Called Megapack

Tesla has launched a new utility-scale energy storage product called Megapack modeled after the giant battery system it deployed in South Australia as the company seeks to provide an alternative to natural gas “peaker” power plants. ...

Report: Lyft COO Jon McNeill Is Leaving

Shortly after going public, Lyft is losing one of its top executives, according to a new report from CNBC . Jon McNeill, who joined the ride-hailing business from Tesla about 18 months ago, is reportedly stepping down. Lyft declined to ...

Tesla Will Deliver In-Car YouTube And Netflix Video Streaming ‘Soon’

Tesla is getting ready to deliver the in-car video streaming services that CEO Elon Musk suggested would eventually come to the automaker’s cars ‘soon.’ Musk shared this (somewhat vague) updated timeline on Twitter over the ...

Hit Indie Game Cuphead Is Headed To Tesla Vehicles In August

Hit indie game Cuphead is headed to Tesla vehicles in August image Tesla’s games library is getting bigger, and the latest announced title is probably a familiar one to gaming fans: Cuphead. This indie game was released in 2017 for Xbox One and Windows after making a big debut in 2013, attracting a lot of ...