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The gold-colored two-seaters went live in Austin, Texas, after a launch event that had a notable absentee: Elon Musk. Source link
Tesla said today that its Robotaxis have driven a total of 1 million miles without a human driver supervising them. The number is more than double what we heard at the last check-in just six weeks ago, as Tesla finally shifts away from human “safety drivers.” Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Austin last June, and it got off to an interesting start. The system made several goofs, only had a few cars available, and cars were monitored by a “safety driver” sitting in the front seat with access to some vehicle controls if anything looked like it was going…
The Ferrari Luce has been priced at $991,446 before on-road costs in Australia, with local deliveries not expected until the fourth quarter of 2027! That makes the Ferrari EV considerably more expensive in Australia than in Europe, where prices start at €550,000, equivalent to around $891,000. For comparison, the 296 Speciale costs $984,020, the 849 Testarossa Assetto Fiorano is priced at $1,010,485, whereas the Purosangue begins at $839,992 before on-road costs. The Ferrari Luce uses four electric motors, with one powering each wheel. Combined output stands at a serious 772 kW (1035 hp) and 990 Nm (730 lb ft) of…
A former Vancouver police sergeant with ALS accounts his journey to become a patient for Elon Musk’s Neuralink wireless brain-computer interface technology. “I’m texting you from my brain right now.” That was the first message Lee Marten sent after waking up from Neuralink surgery, five hours and one migraine after dozens of threads were stitched into his motor cortex. Marten, a former Vancouver police sergeant, is one of the first Canadian ALS patients to receive Neuralink’s N1 brain implant, and the 26th recipient overall. He tells his story in a first-person account published by Maclean’s. Marten recounts how he was…
In a study that tested the battery longevity of half a million EVs, Tesla came in near the bottom of the pack. Source link
(Source: VW) VW could stop building cars at four German plants as it prepares to cut another 50,000 jobs worldwide – bringing its total planned workforce reduction to around 100,000. The automaker’s supervisory board unanimously approved its sweeping Future Plan 2030 on Thursday. It calls for fewer workers, models, options, managers, and investments as Volkswagen tries to cut costs and catch up with faster-moving Chinese rivals. The four German plants facing an uncertain future are Emden, Zwickau, Hanover, and Audi’s Neckarsulm factory. Volkswagen said it cannot currently secure “competitive future production” for the sites once their existing vehicle allocations end…
Tesla has received its robotaxi permit in Nevada, more than two months after regulators closed the public comment period on the company’s application. News of the approval surfaced Wednesday night when Tesla investor and longtime company watcher Sawyer Merritt posted a copy of the interim order, and the Nevada Transportation Authority’s own carrier registry now lists the permit, AVNC Permit 002 under Docket 26-05015, as active for Tesla Robotaxi, LLC. Tesla asked Nevada in June for authority to run up to 5,000 vehicles in Clark County within a year, however the permit the NTA issued is initially capping Tesla at…
Not all customers who preordered trucks will get them in December, but a select few might. Source link
I was delighted to see our long-term Audi A6 Avant e-tron arrive in Malpelo blue, a greeny-blue metallic. It’s a £775 option and definitely my pick of the available colours that otherwise amount to black, white, a navy blue and two greys. There isn’t even a red! Advertisement – Article continues belowSo, we got the right colour and I’m a big fan of the low, long estate shape. What I’m less keen on are the elements that mark the A6 e-tron out as an EV. To my eyes, the standard A6 is a much more handsome car. Where it gets…
Tesla has started distributing a “Robotaxi interest form,” collecting interest from fleet buyers who would want to build a Robotaxi network or provide related infrastructure services. It’s the first step in allowing non-Tesla entities to make money off of Tesla’s FSD driver-assist software… but the owners who were promised they could make passive income with their cars are still out of luck. Today was supposed to be Tesla’s big Cybercab launch event (er, uh, re-launch event?), where it finally puts its steering-wheel-less two-seater autonomous taxi on the road. But, unlike most Tesla events, this one has so far had little…