car technology
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More Cars Should Abandon Infotainment Screens For A Nice Smartphone Mount
If you read about the demise of Datsun, you might also just be realising Datsun is (was) still around as a low-budget brand. One way it was keeping prices down: Omitting centre-console screens for simple phone mounts. That seems like something more cars could adopt across the board.
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Confusing User Interface And Poor Communication From Tesla Leaves Driver Stranded On Road Trip
If you’ve ever been within 20 metres of a happy Tesla owner, you’re likely aware that they can be fond of evangelising Tesla ownership, often with an intensity somewhere between a campus preacher with a bullhorn and a lifelong Scientologist. There’s also a non-spiritual incentive as well: Tesla gives free Supercharger miles to people who…
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Tesla’s Decade Of Survival
In June of 2008, the very-wealthy co-creator of PayPal, Elon Musk, and then-California Governor (and actor) Arnold Schwarzenegger, confirmed codename WhiteStar. This was not the plot to an Expendables movie. This was reality, and the groundwork for the Tesla Model S had been set.
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Door Handles Blamed For Driver’s Death In Tesla Model S Fire
A wrongful death lawsuit filed with the Circuit Court of Broward County, Florida earlier this month alleges the motorised retractable door handles on the Tesla Model S prevented the rescue of the driver as smoke and flames filled the cabin.