I have been driving with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta for about two years now, and during that time, it saved me once and tried to kill me twice.
How should I feel about that?
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I have been driving with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta for about two years now, and during that time, it saved me once and tried to kill me twice.
How should I feel about that?
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Elon Musk has claimed that a fatal crash reported by The Washington Post yesterday was not on ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta’ after Tesla told the police that they couldn’t confirm it because the logs were lost.
Now, he goes as far as claiming that FSD Beta would have saved the Tesla employee.
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Tesla has increased the price of the refreshed Model 3 Long Range in the US. It now pretty much costs the same as Model Y, if not more in some cases.
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The horrible fatal crash of a Tesla employee using Full Self-Driving Beta has been reported in detail for the first time to highlight responsibility in those accidents.
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Tesla has started to deliver a new version of its yoke steering wheel and it now features a normal horn.
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Tesla is planning to build a new world’s largest Supercharger station, and it might give us a glimpse at the future of electric car charging.
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Stellantis has finally announced that it is joining everyone else in adopting the NACS for its upcoming electric vehicles in North America, but there’s no deal with Tesla for the Supercharger network.
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Tesla has told employees to communicate to buyers that there’s no Model Y refresh coming this year.
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There’s gonna be a Tesla ad full of lies that will play the Superbowl today, but it isn’t coming from Tesla.
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Tesla has announced a new temporary price cut on Model Y in the US – a new strategy for the automaker.
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On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla bringing back some incentives, the first significant Cybertruck software update, new Rivian options, and more.
A fleet manager for SAP, a large software company, says that it is dropping Tesla from its fleet because “their prices fluctuate more”.
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Tesla announced plans to greatly expand the Supercharger network in Iceland through a partnership with a gas station chain.
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Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal, who is also a board member at Tesla, is not as optimistic as his brother about Tesla delivering ‘Full Self-Driving’. He says: “maybe 5 years”.
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Tesla has released the first major software update for the Cybertruck, and it improves the electric pickup’s handling, charging, and more.
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Tesla confirmed that it plans to restart production at Gigafactory Berlin next week after shutting it down due to supply issues.
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Tesla is seemingly preparing for a round of layoffs as it asks its manager to identify critical members of their teams.
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The California Highway Patrol has shared a video of a Tesla Semi electric truck handling a closed icy road.
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Ferrari is testing a Tesla Model S Plaid ahead of launching its own first all-electric supercar, which should be coming in the next two years.
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Tesla has signed a deal with Choice Hotels International to bring chargers to thousands of additional hotels.
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Tesla has expanded its advertising effort and it is even now controversially starting to advertise on Elon Musk’s X.
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Elon Musk is introducing his new right-wing fans to the idea of implementing a carbon tax, and it goes about as well as you would expect.
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Idiots have always had a great capacity to find new ways to abuse Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta. Their latest innovation is using the new Apple Vision Pro headset.
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Tesla is bringing back the capacity to transfer your Full Self-Driving package and/or free Supercharging on a new vehicle despite Elon Musk saying it would be a one-time deal in the past.
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