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Tesla warns owners of a potential defect in their cars through in-car notification

Tesla is now using in-car notification to warn owners of a potential defect inside their vehicles – almost like a new way to do a recall. All of Tesla’s vehicles are connected to the internet. That connectivity is used for a variety of features ranging from sending back data for Autopilot to more simple entertainment features like music streaming. One lesser-known advantage of connectivity…
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Rivian follows Tesla into another business with the launch of ‘Rivian Insurance’

Rivian is announcing today the launch of its own insurance arm: Rivian Insurance. It’s the latest in a series of moves that are extremely similar to initiatives previously launched by Tesla. Ahead of the start of deliveries of its R1T electric pickup, Rivian has been announcing several programs to support its upcoming customer fleet. Last month, Rivian announced its plan for charging, which…
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Rivian R1T electric pickup truck fleet used in spaceship recovery by Blue Origin

The Rivian R1T electric pickup truck is still a few months away from customer deliveries, but it looks like Blue Origin already has its own fleet of Rivian R1Ts. Yesterday, Blue Origin, a private American aerospace company, conducted its latest test in its New Shepard program with its reusable rocket and capsule called RSS (Reusable Space Ship) “First Step.” They launched the latter on top…
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The schools at the front lines of solar

In the early 2010s, Pat Collins, a 7th-grade life science teacher at Chisago Lakes Middle School — in Lindstrom, Minnesota, about 35 miles northeast of the Twin Cities — was having a discussion about solar panels with his students. One asked why they couldn’t just use…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 14, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Tesla next-gen ‘Full Self-Driving’ is delayed to May-June, subscription coming next month

Elon Musk has provided an update on the timeline for the next-generation of its “Full Self-Driving Beta” system and the availability of the package as a monthly subscription. Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and employees through its early access…
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