Tesla add telemetry data to video recordings

Tesla is finally giving vehicle owners access to telemetry data that was previously locked away inside the company’s proprietary logs.

Say "Keep Tesla Safe" to turn on Sentry Mode on your Tesla

Tesla's 360º Sentry Mode can now be enabled or disable via voice commands, and it doesn't even failed to include a Rick and Morty easter egg.

Woman tries to fill up Tesla Model S at gas station

While lots of people dream of having an electric car in order to say goodbye to gas stations, for a particular lady it became the place that got her to be a world wide sensation and garner her two minutes of internet fame.

Autonomous Uber kills woman

Autonomous cars will help reduce traffic accidents, but sadly that won't be the end of fatalities on the road. A driverless Uber has just killed a woman in Tempe, making it the first fatality caused by a autonomous car (other than the driver, in the previous Tesla accident).

Tesla S 100D goes over 1000km on a single charge

Back in June a couple of Belgians were able to push a Tesla Model S for over 900km, now, the Italians went even further, rolling for 1078km without recharging (that's 669.8 miles for you folks missing the metric system. ;P)

Tesla's frunk can be opened in under 5s using nothing but a screwdriver

If you own a Tesla Model S or Model X, beware of what you leave on the "frunk", as it can be opened quite easily in just a couple of seconds using nothing a but a screwdriver - and it's intended to be that way.

NYC would need only 2000 autonomous shared cars instead of 13k cabs

Autonomous cars will change the ways we move around in our cities, and a new MIT study shows that it would suffice to have 2000 shared autonomous vehicles to do the same job as the current 13k cab fleet.

Tesla prevents crash by stopping before you could even see what was happening

Tesla is not using the 3D scanning (and very expensive) LIDAR units on its cars, but in some cases it can see even further that what you can actually see. Now we have a perfect example of the system that uses radar to see the car in front of the one you're following in action.

Tesla Auto Pilot drives slower after latest update

Tesla's latest update seems to be a lot more cautious when driving by itself, and not everyone is happy about it.

Tesla cars now have the hardware for full self-driving mode

It's not often that we see cars with "future-proof" technology but that's precisely what Tesla is doing, as all cars being produced from now on will come with the all hardware needed for full self-driving mode, allowing it to become completely autonomous, when the software is ready.

Nvidia shows its A.I. system driving a car

Nvidia may not build card but it sure wants all future driver-less cars to have their hardware powering its systems, and nothing better than to put it into action and show what it can do.

Tesla P100D can drive over 300 miles before recharging

Range is important for any vehicle, but even more so for pure electric vehicles. Now, Tesla helps ease the pain of range anxiety with the new P100D with a 100kWh battery, allowing it to go more than 300 miles on single charge.

First fatality on a Tesla with Autopilot engaged

After the accusations that its autopilot isn't preventing crashes, we now have the first cast of an accident resulting in the death of a driver, cruising on his Tesla with Autopilot engaged.

Sweden opens first electric motorway

The problem with electric vehicles is that they need big batteries to store energy, in Sweden they decided to simply use the same method that so far has worked very well for trains: overhead power lines.

Nexar alerts you for bad drivers on the road

Using a dash cam is something increasingly common, and there are even apps that turn a smartphone into one. But what if instead of simply recording video, they could analyze how other drivers drive, and alert you for potential dangerous drivers? That's what Nexar does.

Self-crashing Tesla sets record straight

As cars get more intelligent there's also a growing number of reports that they might misbehave - such as a driver that said his Tesla decided to crash all by itself while he wasn't even around. But Tesla has records that prove otherwise.

VW losses reach 16.2 billion euros due to its emission cheating software

VW may have felt to be in total control for some years as it cheated its way through emissions tests, but it's now about to pay the price, and it's quite a heavy price: 16.2 billion euros... for now.

Tesla unveils the Model 3

A decade later, Elon Musk finally delivers on his promise of an electric car for the masses. The new Model 3 is here (sort of) and over 100,000 people lined up to buy a car they've never seen and will have to wait almost two years to drive.

Cars vulnerable to simple range extender for wireless keys

Wireless keys have made cars much easier to use, but that system can also easily be abused by thieves, which can use range extenders to easily open up a car (and even start it) even if the legitimate key is hundreds of meters away.

Automatic emergency braking as standard for all cars in 2022

There's nothing more annoying that being involved in an accident when you know there's technology available that could have prevented it. Thankfully, by 2022, all cars in the US should come with automatic emergency braking systems as standard.