Test shows how rubbish car touchscreens are compared to buttons
Swedish car publication Vi Bilägare recently performed a test which showed that physical dashboard buttons in cars were much easier and faster to use than touchscreens.
The publication had drivers perform four tasks — including...
US auto safety regulator calls on people to stop testing Tesla Autopilot with kids
US auto-safety regulators have a message for Tesla Inc. owners intending to use their children to test automated-driving technology: Don’t.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it uses...
Musk sold over R114 billion in Tesla shares
Elon Musk offloaded $6.9 billion (R114.6 billion) of stock in Tesla Inc., the billionaire’s biggest sale on record, saying he wanted to avoid a last-minute selloff of the electric-car maker’s shares in the event he is forced to go ahead with his...
Elon Musk wil sell more Tesla shares — with or without Twitter deal
Investors expect Elon Musk to sell more shares of his electric carmaker Tesla Inc. by the end of 2022, according to the latest MLIV Pulse survey.
About 75% of 1,562 respondents, who include portfolio managers and retail...
Tesla Cybertruck could be ready by mid-2023
During a call for Tesla investors, Elon Musk said that the company hopes to start shipping its Cybertruck in the "middle of next year", according to a report from The Verge.
The news provides a more-specific timeline than the Tesla CEO has given...
Lithium refining is "a licence to print money" — Elon Musk
Elon Musk has called for more investment in global lithium refining to ease shortages in battery materials — and promised those who seize the opportunity it's as lucrative as "basically minting money."
"I'd like to once again urge...
Tesla owners could soon play Steam titles in their car
Tesla's vehicles could soon see its list of in-car games expand further, with CEO Elon Musk saying that the company is making progress on its integration with Steam.
The company already offers a range of games available through Tesla...
Makro "Powerwall" gets a new name after Tesla trademark warning
The company planning to sell a load-shedding backup system called "PowerWall" through Makro will rebrand it after an intellectual property expert raised concerns it would infringe Tesla's trademark.
In a statement sent a day after...
Tesla Autopilot boss resigns
Andrej Karpathy, Tesla Inc.’s top artificial-intelligence executive and an architect of its Autopilot self-driving system, is planning to depart the maker of electric vehicles.
The executive, who joined Tesla in 2017, announced his departure in a series of tweets...
Makro "Powerwall" is not from Tesla — and it could spell legal trouble
Makro's plan to start selling a "Powerwall" product could land it in legal trouble with Tesla, which owns the trademark in South Africa.
That is according to Barnard Inc. Attorneys senior associate, Stefaans Gerber.
Tesla Powerwall 2 vs Freedom Won Lite Home — Ultimate load-shedding battery battle
With no end in sight for load-shedding in South Africa, many people are looking for backup power to carry them through the outages.
Small backup systems like power trolleys and UPSes might be able to run a...
Tesla taken to court for failing to give 2-month notice of retrenchments
Former employees at Tesla Inc. asked a federal judge to stop the electric-car maker from pursuing separation agreements with workers it’s laying off, saying it’s just a way to get them to surrender their legal rights...
Tesla update helps cars avoid pothole damage
A new Tesla software update allows its electric vehicles (EV) to scan for road defects such as potholes, according to an Electrek report.
The EV can then use the data to enable adaptive suspension in supported vehicles to prevent damage and provide...
Tesla records first quarterly delivery slump in two years
Tesla Inc. delivered 254,695 cars worldwide in the three months to June, snapping a two-year streak of quarter-on-quarter gains, as a Covid-related shutdown at its factory in Shanghai crimped production.
The results, posted Saturday...
After Elon Musk's remote work threat there aren't enough desks at Tesla
Tesla is reportedly ill-equipped for employees to return to the office, despite CEO Elon Musk telling remote workers that they would lose their jobs if they didn't.
The Information reported that employees at Tesla's...
Elon Musk backs Dogecoin
It’s official, yet again: Elon Musk supports Dogecoin.
Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, reiterated his support of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency created as a joke in 2013, on Tuesday. He noted that Tesla accepts Dogecoin for merchandise and...
Elon Musk's ultimatum to Tesla execs — return to the office or get out
The world’s richest man appears to have had it with this whole working-from-home business.
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waded into the return-to-office debate on Twitter by elaborating on an email he...
Tesla wants to use Powerwalls as small power plants
Tesla Inc. is hoping to turn some Texas homes into “virtual power plants” after tests showed its home batteries can be quickly tapped to reduce stress on the state grid.
Tesla is making the push after trying a project that pooled together 64...
Big Twitter mystery — Elon Musk needs to raise R330 billion in cash
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. reached an agreement for the world’s richest man to buy the social networking platform for $44 billion, resolving the pressing question of whether the company’s board would consent to the leveraged...