Are you surprised other automakers haven’t come calling? Photo: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Over the past year, Tesla showed off its Full Self-Driving advanced driver assistance tech in an underwhelming demo video shared by big boss Elon Musk. The tech has also been associated with all manner of high-profile crashes and driving misdemeanors in recent … Read more
Photo: Patrick Pleul/picture alliance (Getty Images) Tesla is taking a buzzsaw to the price of its best-selling Model Y electric crossover in an attempt to clear out its biggest-ever inventory stockpile. The Austin, Texas-based automaker is dropping prices after it produced 46,561 more vehicles than it delivered in the first quarter of 2024. That means … Read more
Tesla is trying to get Apple to help prove that a Model X driver who worked for the tech company was playing a video game on his iPhone when he was killed in a crash while Autopilot was engaged. Apple Is Still Trying to Make Your Phone Into Your Car Key This is happening despite … Read more
Tesla is now going to offer U.S. customers a one-month free trial of its Full Self-Driving beta driver-assist system, according to a post on X from company CEO Elon Musk. The move comes as demand for electric vehicles softens and a price war among EV makers rages on. Both factors have hurt Tesla’s sales and … Read more
Billionaire and sister to former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Angela Chao, drowned in her Tesla Model X after accidentally reversing into a pond on a 900-acre Texas ranch last month. She’d reversed her Tesla Model X when she meant to drive forward during a K turn — a common problem with the vehicle among owners. … Read more
Tesla was forced to recall nearly two million cars in the U.S. in December after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined that its Autopilot driver assistance system could be abused too easily. Right out of the gate, experts were skeptical that Tesla would actually fix the problems the NHTSA had with Autopilot, and when … Read more
Tesla has had a rough twelve months. The company failed to act on its first mover advantage in the U.S., and it’s market share dropping like a stone. Chinese EV makers are coming on strong, pushing Tesla out of many European and Asian driveways. It has been fraught with massive recall after massive recall. The company’s … Read more
Tesla has issued a recall for almost every car it sold in the U.S. because of illegible warning lights. The massive recall affects more than 2 million cars and follows a similarly huge recall that hit almost every car Tesla has sold in China. Great start to 2024. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived The latest … Read more
Image: Tesla The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a rash of power steering failures affecting 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y EVs. Thousands of owners are reporting a loss of steering assistance, resulting in dozens of vehicles being towed as a result, and there has been at least one crash associated with … Read more
For over a decade, Tesla has promised buyers that complete and total vehicular autonomy is right around the corner. So far, that has yet to be true, but it hasn’t stopped some folks from pretending otherwise — doing everything they can to avoid touching the steering wheel for as long as they can. People Are … Read more
