More good news for Uber: Uber Technologies Inc. owes New Jersey about $650 million in unemployment and disability insurance taxes because the rideshare company has been misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, the state’s labor department said. Bloomberg Law Oops. For those who haven’t been following this saga closely, Uber’s entire business model depends on classifying workers […]
During the holidays when everyone in California is traveling, it can be tougher than usual to find an open Supercharger stall to recharge your car. Tesla is accelerating the deployment of V3 chargers, but it looks like they’ve also developed a few other interesting soloutions to charging congestion as well: What you’re seeing is a […]
New from Christoph Rauwald on Bloomberg: BMW AG will slash bonus payments and expand working hours for some employees in Germany as the luxury-car maker grapples with the costly shift to electric and self-driving vehicles. Bloomberg Costly? I thought they would fund the transition with all their profits on polluting cars? While BMW’s efforts lack the bite […]
In case anyone needed another reason not to drive a gas car: Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with lower scores on tests of mental acuity, researchers have found. And one reason may be that air pollution causes changes in brain structure that resemble those of Alzheimer’s disease. The New York Times Alzheimer’s Shmalzheimers! […]
Check out this new Hyperchange video. Gali got a tip from a Patreon supporter: apparently, someone’s Tesla delivery advisor said they were going to be delivering a few Model Ys before the end of the year. In their Q3 2019 update letter, Tesla said “Model Y ahead of schedule, production expected by summer 2020”. A […]
A new trend is sweeping California: As Californians face years of intentional blackouts — a strategy by the state’s utilities to prevent wildfires — homeowners are rushing to find alternative sources of power to keep the lights on. Last month’s outages, in particular, swept across affluent areas just outside of San Francisco, hitting people who […]
Who will fund the shift to electric vehicles? Today, Volkswagen annouced that nearly 10,000 Audi workers will help pay for the transition –– with their jobs: German carmaker Audi has revealed it will cut 9,500 of its 61,000 jobs in Germany by 2025 to free up funds to invest in electric vehicles. Forbes Yikes. That’s […]
Everyone’s favorite hedge fund manager turned media personality Jim Cramer is shopping for a new car for his wife. They had to take a look at the Model X and Jim was impressed with what he saw. Of course, his wife Lisa demanded they order the car. Naturally, Jim saw it as a golden oppurtunity […]
Great roundup by Simon Alvarez over at Teslarati. They even caught a few things that I missed, and I thought I was paying attention. Fortunately, some of these hidden features have been spotted by the Tesla community, thanks to photographs and videos of the vehicle taken during the unveiling event, as well as images that were released […]
The folks over at Tesmanian noticed a funny little coincidence: Justin W. Martin, who designs and engineers flying machines, may have found a little Easter Egg for those who wanted to test the aerodynamics of the Cybertruck. According to the engineer, when the all-electric pickup truck travels as 65 mph, the local velocity over the […]
