Tesla must face racism claims
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 02 January 2020 09:29

Tesla must face racism claims


Judge rules case must proceed

A federal judge rejected Tesla efforts to dismiss claims by two former workers that the California electric car factory where they worked was a hotbed of racial hostility.

Dubai coppers order Tesla Cybertrucks
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 28 November 2019 10:25

Dubai coppers order Tesla Cybertrucks


Arresting development for next year

The Dubai Police department is officially planning on adding Tesla Cybertrucks to its fleet next year.

Tesla sets up factory in Germany
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 14 November 2019 11:03

Tesla sets up factory in Germany


Snubs UK because of Brexit

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric car maker is going to build a new vehicle factory, “Gigafactory 4” in Berlin.

Would-be Tesla killer files for bankrupcy
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 15 October 2019 10:21

Would-be Tesla killer files for bankrupcy


Owes $3.6 billion

The Chinese bloke who claimed that he would defeat Tesla has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware court having amassed billions worth of debts worldwide.

Tesla expands electric car share
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 20 August 2019 10:36

Tesla expands electric car share


Jaguar's I-Pace and Audi's e-Tron having difficulty

Tesla has managed to expand its electric-car market share, despite two new battery-powered luxury SUVs that have been in US showrooms for the last ten months: Jaguar's I-Pace and Audi's e-tron.

Tesla ordered to stop spinning safety numbers
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Watchdog growls at Tesla

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has told Tesla to stop embellishing its figures.

Xilinx Alveo U50 adaptable compute is out
Published in AI
Tuesday, 06 August 2019 18:47

Xilinx Alveo U50 adaptable compute is out


Wins against Xeon and Tesla

Xilinx has a data center first strategy that Victor Peng and his team are executing flawlessly so far, and part of that plan is to launch an adaptable compute, network and storage card and call it Alveo U50.

Even humans drive better than Tesla’s automatic pilot
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Consumer Reports warning

Consumer Reports has rubbished a new feature on Tesla cars which will allow them to change lanes automatically saying that it doesn’t work very well and could create potential safety risks for drivers.

Tesla solar cells are being exported
Published in News
Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:18

Tesla solar cells are being exported


The US is not the best place to sell them

The “great majority” of solar cells being produced at the Tesla factory in upstate New York are being sold overseas.

Elon Musk says Lidar is fool’s gold
Published in Transportation
Monday, 29 April 2019 12:22

Elon Musk says Lidar is fool’s gold


Lidars are unnecessary

Tesla has shared a vast amount of details about its FSD (Full Self Driving) dual SoC 14nm computer and said that the 12 ARM core chip has a modest GPU, a custom neural network compute part, while the SoC packs 250 million gates, 6 billion transistors at 260 mm2. More importantly, Elon addressed Tesla’s apparent desire to stay away from Lidars.