Cars
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GM’s Ultra Cruise Wants to Be What Tesla Promised
General Motors seems to have looked at the issues that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta has dealt with and thought to itself, “there must be a better way.” Pitfalls like complicated intersections and city streets have proven to be a real issue for Tesla’s less-than-reliable system. So, when GM debuts “Ultra Cruise’’ – a semi-autonomous driving…
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Tesla’s New Gigafactory Will Be Built in Northern Mexico
On Tuesday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador officially announced that Tesla would build its latest production plant in the northern state of Nuevo León, which shares a border with the U.S. The new Tesla plant would be the biggest one yet, according to AMLO’s statement to the press (link in Spanish). But Elon Musk…
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Science Says Your Range Anxiety Is Bullshit
If you have the money and want an electric vehicle with the longest possible range, the Lucid Air is the way to go. Pick the right version, and it comes with an EPA-estimated range of 837 km. Take the right route, and that’s enough to drive from Atlanta, Georgia to Richmond Virginia without stopping. No…
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Musk’s Focus on World Domination Is Getting in Tesla’s Way
Elon Musk has a plan. A Master Plan, as he calls it, to solve the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. It’s his biggest effort, alongside bringing humanity to Mars — he truly seems to see himself as the saviour of the human species. But how does his plan to shift the world to an “electric…