Tesla: New Model 3 Option, VIP Treatment for Elon’s FSD, Robotaxi Prototype Delay?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:24:16 +0000

There are a few new Tesla stories this week, and I’m rolling them all together here into a Tesla news sandwich for you. There will probably be another Tesla story pop up before I get this published. If so, we’ll get that one tonight or this weekend. New Tesla Model … [continued]

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What If The Cost Of Training Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Keeps Expanding, But Progress Stalls Again?

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:26:53 +0000

In the world of Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD), I hear two main views. The Tesla bulls (of which I am a member) seem to pretend that it is a foregone conclusion that Tesla will solve FSD soon and the only thing left is details like the app to call … [continued]

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Electric Vehicle Popularity Is Hidden Amidst Controversies

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:05:43 +0000

Electric vehicle popularity is at an all-time high, but you’d never know it from reading the headlines. Vehicle electrification is expected to improve affordability for households as technology costs continue to decline, more models become available, and the used market continues to grow. Atlas Public Policy published an analysis in … [continued]

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Critique of ARK Analysts’ Tesla Robotaxi Projections Misses Some Key Points, But ARK Might Too

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:31:30 +0000

Checking out the Friday critique of “Tesla’s $9 Trillion Robotaxi Dreams” on Seeking Alpha that Carolyn Fortuna just covered, a few things jumped out to me. A few things seem to be missed, misunderstood, or even misleading from the analysts. But, then again, that doesn’t mean the ARK analysis is … [continued]

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Are Advanced Driver Assist Systems Safer? And What’s Next?

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:11:39 +0000

For some time, I have been met with pitchforks over declaring the safety of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS). The shortest articulation for this measure is to not crash, or to not perform maneuvers that could cause you or others to crash. But is there any data to back up … [continued]

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Tesla Is Either Going To Be The Biggest Company In The World Or Collapse In Next Few Years

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:23:51 +0000

So, Tesla held its big annual shareholder meeting yesterday, and that included a vote to (again) give Elon Musk by far the biggest CEO compensation package in history. But the biggest story at Tesla is the same as it was last quarter, last year, and in the years to come. … [continued]

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Does Tesla’s Future Hinge On The 2024 Annual Stockholder Meeting?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:36:34 +0000

Tesla’s real world challenges have already had an impact on its success. The question is, How much will current events, such as Thursday’s 2024 Annual Stockholder Meeting, affect Tesla’s future stability and viability? The Annual Meeting will be held at Tesla’s Austin headquarters. The company expects to accommodate only a … [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised): 40-Minute Drive With Almost No Interventions

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:50:13 +0000

Another week, another lengthy Full Self Driving (Supervised) test drive. This week I went with longtime CleanTechnica reader, friend, and Tesla bull Dan. We explored an area that has given FSD trouble in the past, and we also meandered into some other areas to see what we could find and … [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) V12.3.4: City/Cross-Country/Rural — Impressive, But Not Perfect

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 15:05:58 +0000

I’m a techno-nerd who’s been following the progression of driving automation with rapt interest from its small beginnings in 2016. My brother couldn’t take delivery on his Tesla Model S in Wisconsin back then, so on March 30, 2017, he picked it up at the Salt Lake City Delivery Center … [continued]

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45-Minute Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) Test Drive — 3 Interventions (VIDEO)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 14:06:21 +0000

David Havasi and I recorded the following Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) test drive a few days ago. It was perhaps the most fascinating one of these weekly test drives we’ve done since FSD version 12.3 rolled out (though, the first one where FSD nailed a bunch of roundabouts was … [continued]

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