Tag: tech
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Tesla Applies To Become An Energy Supplier In Texas | Screen Rant
Tesla could soon be powering homes in Texas if the state approves the electric vehicle manufacturer’s application to do so. This application was foreshadowed when Tesla began construction on a secretive 100-megawatt energy storage project in Angleton, Texas, 40 miles south from Houston, the Lone Star State’s largest city. Other electricity storage facilities owned by Tesla exist in South Australia and California, but so…
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VinFast Partners With Israel’s StoreDot For EV Batteries That Charge To 80% In 5 Minutes
VinFast has laid out three partnerships with industry companies that it hopes will make its electric vehicles the market leaders. First, the Vietnamese automaker has announced that it is collaborating with Israel’s StoreDot to develop ultra-fast charging technology. The battery research company says that its technology can allow a 65 kWh automotive battery to charge…
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Toyota Self Driving Car Collides With Paralympian: Suspends All Self Driving Cars
Automotive manufacturer Toyota has suspended all self-driving ‘e-Palette’ following a collision with a visually impaired Paralympian at 1-2 km/hr, injuring the athlete. Seeing the Olympics and Paralympics as an opportunity to showcase the company’s technological advancements, Toyota introduced twenty of its self-driving ‘e-Palette’ pods to transport participants to and from events. Originally unveiled in 2019, Toyota…
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Find Out Why Ford’s BlueCruise Is No Match For Tesla’s Autopilot
Ford’s BlueCruise tech is the American automaker’s entry into Level 2 autonomy. And, despite an ongoing legal battle with GM over the name, on paper, the system is set to bring much-anticipated self-driving possibilities to both present and future Ford models. The system works via a combination of advanced camera and radar-sensing technologies that build…
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Why Tesla Designed Dojo, Its Exaflop Supercomputer, & What It Will Do
During Tesla‘s AI Day event, the company described the incredible lengths it has gone to build Dojo, its exaflop class supercomputer, and what it will be capable of in terms of raw data processing power. This is quite an impressive feat and will immediately place Tesla in the upper stratosphere right alongside, and possibly ahead of, the…
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Why Tesla Bot Is Unlikely To Be The Start Of A Work-Free Utopia
Tesla‘s planned humanoid robot is designed to replace the mundane and repetitive work that is done by so many people, freeing them up to do other things and yet a work-free utopia probably won’t be coming any time soon. Whether the robot with the code name Optimus Subprime and its Tesla Bot ilk will ever be…
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No, Tesla’s New Bot Won’t Trigger The Robot Apocalypse
Tesla revealed the first stage of its future robotic plans near the end of its AI Day presentation, making it clear that the Tesla Bot will not be triggering the robot apocalypse. While it sounds like a joke, there is serious debate around this topic with some expressing concern about technology, particularly in the area of artificial…
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How To Customize & Save Driver Settings On A Tesla Model 3
Tesla includes an option to personalize the Model 3 to better fit the owner’s needs as well as allowing customizations for other drivers. That means when a family member or close friend is detected in the driver’s seat, various settings will be updated to better match their particular preferences, making it a uniquely tailored experience…
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Two Senators Accuse Tesla Of Misleading Customers With Self-Driving Features, Request FTC Probe
Senators Richard Blumenthal and Edward J. Markey have sent a letter to the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, asking the organization to investigate Tesla for what they allege are deceptive business practices. “Tesla’s marketing has repeatedly overstated the capabilities of its vehicles, and these statements increasingly pose a threat to motorists and…
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Lamborghini Tip Toes Into EVs With V12 Hybrid Countach
Lamborghini’s classic Countach is making a long-awaited comeback as a V12 hybrid hypercar for its 50th anniversary but car fanatics will have to act fast, as only 112 units are being made. The Countach is one of the Italian car maker’s most iconic designs, appearing in many movies and TV shows such as Cannonball Run, Miami…