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In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition

It’s long been cheaper to own an electric car, due to lower fueling costs. But the upfront cost is now lower, according to UK’s largest auto-buying website Autotrader, and reported by The Guardian. And a large part of it is because of the availability of low-cost Chinese EVs, which are unavailable or subject to tariffs in many other countries. Data from the UK’s largest auto-buying website…
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Tesla taped out AI5 chip, Musk says — nearly 2 years behind schedule

Tesla has taped out its next-generation AI5 self-driving chip, CEO Elon Musk said overnight, a key milestone that sends the final design to the foundry for fabrication. The tape-out comes nearly two years after Tesla originally promised AI5 would be in vehicles, and it still leaves volume production more than a year away. What Musk said In a post on X at 3:21 AM today, Musk wrote: “Congrats to…
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Tesla FSD Europe launch backlash: HW3 owners launch claim site

Tesla’s long-awaited Full Self-Driving launch in Europe is already running into the same reckoning that blew up in Australia last year: HW3 owners are realizing they paid for something Tesla has now admitted it can’t deliver, and they’re starting to organize. A Dutch Model 3 owner who paid €6,400 for FSD back in 2019 has launched a collective claim website to bundle HW3 + FSD owners across…
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Key evidence disappears from Tesla involved in bizarre crash

Someone stole a critical piece of evidence from a Tesla Model Y involved in a violent crash in Bergen, Norway — the network card responsible for storing and transmitting crash data to Tesla’s servers. The revelation raises serious questions about the integrity of the investigation into the 2023 crash, in which the Tesla taxi accelerated to 90 km/h and launched into the air before slamming into…
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