Tesla

Tesla Has Begun Making All Its New Cars Self-Driving

9:15pm October 20, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, says once the technology is fully enabled, the cars will be able to drive with no human input. Musk says previously built Teslas can't be retrofitted with the latest features.

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Tesla Clears Antitrust Hurdle In $2.6 Billion Deal For SolarCity

2:53pm August 25, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

The Federal Trade Commission signed off on Tesla's plan to buy the solar panel installer. CEO Elon Musk is SolarCity's chairman and its largest shareholder.

Ride-booking company Uber plans to offer customers self-driving cars in Pittsburgh soon. The vehicles will come with human backup drivers.

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Uber To Roll Out Self-Driving Cars In Pittsburgh

4:14pm August 19, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The ride-hailing company expects to include a human in case something goes wrong, but the driverless vehicles would be the first available for commercial use. They could be on the road in a few weeks.

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Tesla vehicles sit parked outside a new Tesla showroom and service center in Brooklyn, New York on July 5. The electric car company has come under increasing scrutiny following a crash of one of its electric cars while using the controversial Autopilot fe

Economy

Tesla's Ambitions Run Into The Realities Of Making Cars

5:48pm July 26, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Tesla, which has roots in the tech world, is facing the challenge of becoming a successful car company amid scrutiny over its Autopilot technology.

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National

What Tesla And Google's Approaches Tell Us About Autonomous Driving

3:42pm July 01, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Virtually all major car and tech companies are pursuing self-driving technology as the future of transportation. But Tesla and Google are the earliest innovators, taking very different approaches.

A Tesla Model S like the one seen here at an auto show earlier this year was in autopilot mode when it crashed into a tractor trailer.

National

NHTSA Will Look At Tesla's Autopilot Mode, After Deadly Car Crash

9:13pm June 30, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The fatal crash of a Tesla Model S car that was in autopilot mode when it collided with a truck on a Florida highway last month is prompting a preliminary evaluation of the feature.

About 14 percent of the Gigafactory in Nevada has been built so far. At 5.8 million square feet, it will be a building with one of the biggest footprints in the world.

A Rare Look Inside The 'Gigafactory' Tesla Hopes Will Revolutionize Energy Use

6:19pm April 18, 2016

by Lauren Sommer

Tesla is building what it says is the world's largest battery factory. The scale is expected to drive down the cost of electric cars and batteries that homeowners can use to store surplus solar power.

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Customers lined up at a Tesla store on Thursday to put in down payments for the new Tesla Model 3 in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Tysons Corner, Va.

A Tesla For The Masses? Orders For Model 3 Top 100K In First Hours

1:41pm April 01, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Before the Model 3 was even unveiled, people lined up at Tesla stores to put down a deposit. With a base price of $35,000, the car will go on sale late next year at the earliest.

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The first car Tesla released was the luxury Roadster, which had a six-figure price tag.

Tesla Preparing To Charge Into Affordable Car Market

3:14pm February 10, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The long-promised Model 3 will be revealed in March — and Elon Musk has confirmed to Bloomberg that it will, as planned, be sold for $35,000 before any tax incentives.

New autopilot features are demonstrated in a Tesla Model S during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday.

National

Self-Driving Cars Hit The Streets, Sort Of

2:18pm October 15, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

The electric car company Tesla is now becoming the self-driving carmaker. Today it releases software to tens of thousands of Model S owners to automate steering, lane change and parallel parking.

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