Where do Elon Musk’s business interests end and Donald Trump’s political interests begin? Trick question—they’re one and the same. How else do you explain the jarring sight of the President of the United States hawking Teslas on the White House South Lawn? Trump has always been a salesman, lending hisContinue Reading
Likely referring to the significant negative coverage of Musk’s efforts leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the president committed to buying a Tesla via TruthSocial on Tuesday morning, stating that Musk “was ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing aContinue Reading
Asked by a reporter if protesters should be “labelled domestic terrorists,” Trump said “I’ll do it.” “You do it to Tesla and you do it to any company, we’re going to catch you and you’re going to go through hell,” he said. Musk said that thanks to Trump’s “great policies”Continue Reading
The road to progress has never been smooth. Witness, as a metaphor, the trials and tribulations of the Ford Motor Company as it has tried to sell electric vehicle drivers the premier charging experience: an easy, friction-free, and maybe even delightful pit stop that might convince even more buyers toContinue Reading
However, there has been the feeling that at least some of the fall could be due to anger over Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s political activism and the decisions made by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency under his leadership. Since mid-February, Tesla showrooms have attracted protesters in 100 or soContinue Reading
BEIJING: Tesla’s sales of its China-made electric vehicles dropped 49.2 per cent in February from a year earlier to 30,688 cars, the lowest since August 2022, as the US automaker faces pressure from Chinese rivals in a relentless smart EV price war. Tesla, which makes its Model 3 and ModelContinue Reading
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts talk about three big stories from February. Source linkContinue Reading
Tesla is readying a software update for customers in China to offer driving-assistance capabilities similar to its full self-driving (FSD) features in the US, Bloomberg News reported on Monday (Feb 24), citing a person familiar with the matter. The capabilities will be deployed to customers who have paid 64,000 yuanContinue Reading
Strictly speaking, God’s Eye is the camera, ultrasonic radar, and lidar array alone, split into A, B, and C variants, with A being best. The system’s operating software is known as DiPilot, introduced in 2020 on the BYD Han, and now with the good, better, and best tiers of DiPilotContinue Reading
“I’ve defended you guys so much over the years, and you make great products, but even I can’t stick up for you anymore,” she stated. Róbertsdóttir, now a software developer for Icelandic air traffic control company Isavia, started her tech career as founder of Iowa-based Celadon Applications. This 2009 startup developed softwareContinue Reading
