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Tesla admits design flaw led to vehicle rear bumper falling off when driving in puddles of water

October 28, 2020
Tesla admits that a problem with Model 3 vehicles led to them losing the body panel on their rear bumper when driving in puddles of water. Early on, the Model 3 had some issues with the body panel on the rear bumper falling off after driving through what drivers have described as heavy rain or water puddles. That’s obviously not normal, and Tesla said that it was investigating the situation, but…
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7 Tesla vehicles burned in fire at Tesla store, police suspect arson

October 28, 2020
Seven or possibly eight Tesla vehicles burned in a fire at a Tesla store in Malmö, Sweden, and the police is investigating the possibility of arson. Did someone target Tesla? In the middle of the night, the fire department received reports of a fire at Tesla’s store and service center in Malmö, Sweden. Local news SVT reported (translated from Swedish): ‘It has burned in seven or eight…
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GMC Hummer EV electric pickup design leaks in ad ahead of unveiling

October 28, 2020
The design of the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck has leaked in an ad ahead of the unveiling event later today. Update: GM has now fully unveiled the truck. Check it out here: GM unveils Hummer EV: 350-mile electric supertruck with $80,000 super price tag GM is preparing to unveil the GMC Hummer EV, which it describes as an electric “supertruck”, tonight at 8 PM ET. The automaker has been teasing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 20, 2020

October 28, 2020
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 starts Full Self-Driving Beta rollout, Elon Musk says it ‘will be extremely slow and cautious’

October 28, 2020
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is starting the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta update, which the CEO says “will be extremely slow and cautious.” We have been expecting the update for a while now. Over the last few months, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla working on “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” He has been teasing the new core change to Autopilot…
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