Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla has issued an official “recall” with NTHSA for 11,704 vehicles over a problem resulting in false automatic emergency braking events and forward-collision warnings. While it’s officially a “recall,” there was no physical recall of the vehicles as the issue is already fixed with an over-the-air software update. The issue emerged out of the 2021.36.5.2 software update released last…

Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors has taken a play out of Tesla’s book and will implement a ‘Smart Driving Points’ scoring system to ensure future owners don’t abuse its self-driving technology. The safety monitoring system has launched in beta form ahead of a 2022 rollout, and appears to be eerily similar to Tesla’s recent ‘Safety Score’ feature for its Autopilot technology.

The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, is under way in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever. Tuesday, November 2 Global pledge to cut methane emissions Leading an alliance of 90 countries including Brazil for the first time, US president Joe Biden unveiled a plan to cut global methane…

Elon Musk has put a stop to Tesla’s (TSLA) historic rally by saying that the Hertz deal is “not signed” and adding that he doesn’t believe it has any effect on Tesla’s economics. Tesla’s stock (TSLA) rallied more than 55% over the last month alone. The bulk of the increase came after Hertz’s announcement that they ordered 100,000 Tesla vehicles, then partnered with Uber to provide…