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Tesla owner wins ~$10k settlement over Tesla's false self-driving claims

A Tesla owner in the UK challenged Tesla over its failure to deliver on its full self-driving claims and won a settlement representing a refund of his purchase cost of FSD, with interest, after filing a claim in small claims court. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system has been available since 2016, with Tesla stating at the time that all Teslas now have the hardware to fully drive themselves. The…
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Tesla Sweden strike update: Tesla comments, sympathy strikes expand

Tesla service workers in Sweden are on strike, and Tesla commented publicly on the strike for the first time as sympathy strikes expand to shipping, cleaning and electrical workers. Late last month, Tesla service workers in Sweden threatened to strike over the lack of a collective bargaining agreement covering their working conditions. After getting no response from Tesla, the strike began almost…
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Rivian ends Amazon exclusivity, seeks new suitors for commercial vans

Rivian will make its EDV available to customers other than Amazon, the company announced today as part of its Q3 earnings presentation. Beyond the excellent R1T and R1S light-duty vehicles which Rivian is known for, the also makes commercial heavy duty vehicles in the form of the EDV, a delivery van which it designed for Amazon. Amazon of these vans in 2019, and Rivian has steadily been…
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Audi finally begins building electric motors for new Porsche codeveloped PPE EV platform

Audi has begun building electric motors for the long-awaited Premium Platform Electric (PPE) EV platform being codeveloped with Porsche. The PPE has been delayed several times, pushing back highly-anticipated EVs, including the electric Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron. Volkswagen’s premium brands, Audi and Porsche, announced back in 2018 that they would work together to build the PPE…
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