Imagine this, in the world where you have autonomous vehicles and the driver seemingly, has fallen asleep behind the wheel, how would law enforcement get the vehicle to stop? One incident in California has shown us that it took the…
Tesla looks internally to start testing autonomous vehicles
Tesla has always been touting its autopilot program as somewhat a stepping stone towards a proper and complete autonomous program for their existing cars. Whilst incidents around the US which have claimed lives in numerous accidents, Tesla still maintains its…
Tesla Model S crashes into a police vehicle
A driver in a Tesla Model S crashed into a parked police SUV in Laguna Beach whilst having the “autopilot” feature turned on. It wasn’t made known what the driver was doing at the point in time. This comes again…
A Model S with Autopilot on crashed again and Musk is furious that it hit the front pages
Last week a Tesla Model S crashed into the rear of a fire mechanic truck which had stopped at the red light. This brings about more scrutiny to the company whose “autopilot” technology has claimed lives in recent times. Tesla…
Driver banned for not being behind the wheel of his Tesla
A British driver was banned from driving for 18 months because he was caught for not being behind the wheel of his Tesla Model S on the M1 highway last year. Yes, he was so confident with Tesla’s Autopilot system…
Tesla says driver was at fault in the fatal Mountain View crash
Tesla has released a statement saying that the crash which killed Apple Engineer, Walter Huang in Mountain View, California, was due to a driver error. Although Tesla has admitted that its “Autopilot” feature was turned on at the time of…
Watch a Tesla Model S destroy a bunch of supercars in a drag race
Petrol powered supercars just can’t keep up with the electric powered Tesla S. And its not even a finely tuned sports car like some of its competition here. The Tesla S P100D used in Motor Trend’s shootout is actually a…
NTSB clears Tesla from fatal crash
The National Safety Board (NTSB) has cleared Tesla of any wrongdoing in a fatal crash which claimed the life of Joshua Brown, a former Navy SEAL. Joshua was using a Tesla Model S and running it on autopilot before it…
Tesla Recalls 53,000 vehicles built in 2016
Tesla has issued out a recall for Model S and Model X vehicles built between February and October 2016 due to a potential manufacturing issue with the electric parking brakes. The issue as mentioned by Tesla isn’t so bad that it…
All Tesla Production Cars Will Have Full Self-driving Hardware
Tesla has announced that all its production vehicles – including Model 3 – will have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability. According to the automaker, the fully autonomous functionality will enable a Tesla to be substantially safer than a human driver,…
Tesla’s answer to the gas station – Battery Swap
The issue with electric cars is that it takes forever to charge the batteries in your car. A lot more time compared to pumping petrol at the many convenient petrol stations available. But as technology continues to catch up and…
Tesla Motors Announces the new D
Just last night, Elon Musk introduced the new Model D to the world which is basically the Tesla Model S but with some tweaks. The new D is basically the Model S electric sedan but with All-Wheel-Drive and Autopilot control.…