Tesla Autopilot danger from “passive vigilance” effect
NTSB warns that Tesla Autopilot induces passive vigilance effect that can distract drivers away from driving their car
Tag: Tesla Model X
Tesla layoffs seen by The Market as a big non-issue
Layoffs are hard on a company, and Tesla Motors is going through a fairly large (9%) layoff. The “survivors” are often left with a kind of survivors guilt, and missing former colleagues, and can easily be demoralized. Those who are laid off must look for their next step in life,…
Tesla Motors could be profitable today, at the cost of a slower business plan
The news about Tesla Motors regularly repeats a complaint about the cash burn rate, the fact that Tesla routinely runs at a loss, is propped up by investors, and eventually the house of cards will come crashing down. There’s some truth to this – the company showed a profit in…
Tesla Model S/X 7.1 update adds self parking, summoning features
Tesla Motors is incrementally adding more autopilot autonomous driving features to the Model S and Model X. With the 7.1 update just released, the car will detect the ability to autopark into a space while driving through parking lots, and can drive itself (unoccupied) in and out of a garage.…
Tesla Motors expands production 2.5x, from 20k to 50k per year, since 2013
Tesla Motors announced today they’d (barely) hit their electric car sales target for Q4 2015 and for all of 2015. This was another make-or-break moment for the company. While the Model X launch is not quite as significant as the Model S launch in 2012, launching production of a second…
Lutz says Tesla Motors dying, Musk needs to cut costs adopt plug-in hybrids
Bob Lutz is prognosticating the death of Tesla Motors, saying the company is badly run, its costs are too high, it should be working through dealers, it should add a plug-in hybrid model, and oh-by-the-way he likes Elon Musk. Coincidentally, I see from my calendar that in exactly one…
Tesla Model X launch – first deliveries to paying customers – Sept 29, 2015
Tesla Model X driving on I-280 near Palo Alto, caught on video by passerby
With very light amount of camouflage, this Model X was video’d by a dude (nbkagzw13 on Youtube) on the highway. Tesla Model X deliveries are expected to launch in “third quarter 2015” and it’s known that Tesla is testing pre-production samples now.
The Tesla Model X was on display at 2015 CES, and this guy did a complete walkaround of the car
GigaOM’s Katie Fehrenbacher talks with Elon Musk about the Tesla Model X at Tesla’s LA Design Studio
Elon Musk explains the targeted design focus of the Model X – the worlds first hip, cool, green, high performance, minivan.
The Tesla Model X pre-alpha model shown at the Santana Row store
This showing, for people who’ve already ordered the Model X, was an early prototype. The staff when I visited later were clearly fishing for input on design choices on various details.
Tesla Model X “reveal” event shows an electric SUV that’s better than gasoline SUV’s
Tesla reveals the Model X, an all-electric SUV that’s faster than a Porsche 911
The 2013 Tesla Model X unveiled tonight is an all-electric full size SUV/minivan, capable of holding 7 full size adults and all their luggage, and with the right options is capable of out accelerating a Porsche 911. This evening Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk revealed the long-awaited Model X Electric SUV before a huge crowd…
