Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s head of AI, Andrej Karpathy, is on a four-month sabbatical, and people are worried since other Tesla execs have left after going on sabbatical.
It comes as Tesla expands its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to Canada.
While Tesla has built a strong AI team, Karpathy is still seen as critical part of the automaker’s effort to achieve full self-driving.
That’s why…
Morfuns Eole S carbon fiber folding e-bike review: Lightweight with a torque sensor and throttle!
March 28, 2022
The Morfuns Eole S is an interesting departure from many of the budget-end folding electric bicycles on the market. It features both a lightweight design and some nice components that should make it an awesome urban e-bike for someone on the lookout for a small and…
As UK prime minister Boris Johnson is due to unveil his energy plan this week, a British cabinet minister made a suggestion yesterday on a news program that he thinks would win the support of communities who live near onshore wind farms. Could it work?
NIMBYs and…
Porsche is reportedly working with Quantumscape to develop an electric 911 powered by solid-state batteries
March 28, 2022
After sharing long-term electrification goals during a recent financial report, new details of future Porsche EVs have emerged including plans for an electric 911. What might be even more mouth-watering (if true) is that the German automaker has been working with Quantumscape to integrate solid-state batteries into future Porsche EVs like the electric 911.
Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, better…
Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas to avoid unreliable electric grid
March 28, 2022
According to new local flings, Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas in order to complement its planned giant solar system and to try and mitigate problems that come with the state’s unreliable electric grid.
Tesla is preparing to launch Gigafactory…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ruled that heightened fines on automakers that fail to meet Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements on 2019 and later vehicles would be reinstated. The decision is a big hit to high-polluting automakers and the lobby…
Tesla halts production at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city shuts down due to surge in COVID-19 cases
March 28, 2022
Tesla is reportedly halting production for four days at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city is going into a lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
It’s the second time that Tesla’s production at its biggest factory is shutting down this quarter.
China is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, and Shanghai appears to be at its center as most new cases nationwide came from the…
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it is planning a new stock split, and it is going to put it to a shareholder vote later this year.
Back in 2020, Tesla announced a five for one stock split.
At the time, Tesla’s stock was trading at around $1,300 a share, but the stock…
When the Rivian rolled up to our house for delivery last week, it was the first Rivian I had seen in the wild. WOW, I was pleasantly surprised by its striking and imposing look. Like the Lucid Air I saw in Santa Clara, the Rivian R1T just looks like it’s from the…
Xiaomi’s new 40-mile range NAVEE N65 electric scooter heads west to Europe and North America
March 28, 2022
Xiaomi rocketed the NAVEE N65 electric scooter to a successful launch late last year on its Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding platform. Now the scooter is making its way westward toward European and North American customers.
Xiaomi has made a habit of launching many new electric rideables to stardom on its Youpin platform, a domestic Chinese crowdfunding platform somewhat similar to Kickstarter or…
