Robocar, an autonomous purpose-built race car driven by an AI system, will soon be taking on its biggest challenge yet — the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is set to be held this coming July 12-15 in West Sussex, England. In the event, Robocar would have to traverse the iconic hill climb’s 1.16-mile track […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be at an event in Shanghai on Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the matter, first reported by Bloomberg. Musk’s upcoming meeting with government officials in China comes as new tariffs are placed on Tesla’s electric cars amidst the US and China’s ongoing trade dispute. People familiar with the visit […]
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Nissan Motor has admitted that an internal review has revealed falsified emissions testing data in most of its factories in Japan. The Asian country’s third-largest carmaker has not announced how many of its vehicles were involved in the controversy, though the company stated that inspectors used “altered measurement values” on emissions inspection reports. In a […]
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Tesla’s capability to sustain its rate of manufacturing 5,000 Model 3 per week this third quarter remains in question, but an online tracker by Bloomberg suggests that the Silicon Valley electric car maker is on pace to hit peak production levels in the next few weeks. Tesla was finally able to manufacture 5,000 Model 3 […]
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Amidst the escalating trade war between the United States and China, American automakers such as Tesla have become the first victims of renewed, hefty tariffs on US-made products entering the country. In response to the 25% duties imposed by the United States government on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports last week, China has decided […]
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SpaceX’s iconic Falcon 9 payload fairing recovery ship, known as Mr Steven, has been spotted in California’s Port of San Pedro having new arms installed with two cranes and a crew of SpaceX technicians. Aside from the sudden addition of dramatically different arm design, a large inflatable structure also took shape – seemingly overnight – right […]
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On the morning of Friday, July 6, Andrew Branagh received a call that would put his company’s 30-year experience in the field to the test. Branagh, who serves as the CEO of Arcata-based Wing Inflatables, had been asked by Elon Musk’s engineering team from SpaceX to construct an inflatable escape pod for the 12 children […]
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A Tesla Model S P100D recently went head-to-head against a Dodge Challenger SRT 392 in the quarter mile. As could be seen in the quick battle between a silent electric killer and the loud muscle car, which was uploaded on YouTube’s Wheels channel, it takes way more than a bad launch to overcome a Tesla. […]
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Tesla is beginning to offer its first Model 3 test drives in the San Francisco Bay Area to US customers that placed a reservation deposit on the all-electric compact sedan. The Silicon Valley electric carmaker chaperoned Model 3 test drives on Friday from its Dublin-Amador Plaza, Corte Madera, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto showroom stores, and expected […]
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