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Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Pickups Instead Of Drive Inverter

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Tesla has recalled 2,431 Cybertruck electric pickup trucks due to the possibility of them losing all driving power. The company told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):“Affected vehicles may stop producing torque due to drive inverter failure.” The company says the fault is limited to trucks manufactured with the following features: Photo and Credits: This article appeared at KBB Read More

Tesla Makes $2.2 Billion In Profit During Q3 2024

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All of that helped total revenue rise by 8 percent year over year to $25.2 billion. Gross profit jumped by 20 percent to $5 billion, and once generally accepted accounting principles are applied, its net profit grew 17 percent compared to Q3 2023, at $2.2 billion. What’s more, the company is sitting on a healthy treasure chest. Free cash flow… Read More

Feds Open Their 14th Tesla Safety Investigation, This Time For FSD

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Today, federal safety investigators opened a new investigation aimed at Tesla’s electric vehicles. This is now the 14th investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and one of several currently open. This time, it’s the automaker’s highly controversial “full self-driving” feature that’s in… Photo and Credits: This article is from Jonathan M. Gitlin and it appeared on Cars – Read More

Tesla Workers In Germany Complain About Home Visits From Their Bosses

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Enlarge / Tesla’s factory in Gruenheide, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tesla’s German car factory on the outskirts of Berlin allegedly operates under a “culture of fear,” and its workers take sick leave at more than three times the industry average. The plant, which was targeted by… Photo and Credits: This article is from Jonathan M. Gitlin and it appeared on Read More

Tesla Full Self Driving Requires Human Intervention Every 13 Miles

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Enlarge / An independent automotive testing company has evaluated Tesla FSD, and it found some concerning results. PonyWang/Getty Images Tesla’s controversial “Full Self Driving” is now capable of some quite advanced driving. But that can breed undeserved complacency, according to independent… Photo and Credits: This article is from Jonathan M. Gitlin and it appeared on Cars – Ars Technica on Read More

Tesla Begins Selling The Cybertruck

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Tesla quietly removed a no-resale clause from its standard sales contract for the Cybertruck, and a new report says the company never fully enforced the clause anyway. The Tesla Cybertruck is arguably the most polarizing car in America. Its angry, brutal stainless steel body turns heads wherever it goes. It didn't live up to expectations because… Photo and Credits: This Read More

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Can’t Get Tesla FSD To Work In Tunnels

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Enlarge / Human driver will continue to be a job at the Boring Company Las Vegas Loop for the foreseeable future. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Image Autonomous driving capabilities are a central component of Tesla’s stratospheric share price, with CEO Elon Musk repeatedly telling… Photo and Credits: This article is from Jonathan M. Gitlin and it appeared on Cars Read More

Watch A New Jersey Couple’s Tesla Get Damaged By A Fish Falling From The Sky

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Unless you find yourself somehow living through a biblical plague, fish don’t normally fly. At least, that’s what a couple in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., thought until their Tesla was damaged by a falling fish outside their home. The Tesla was parked in their driveway when the falling fish was caught on camera. The owners, Cynthia and Jeff Levine, said they… Read More