Daimler CEO points to future electric Mercedes G-Wagen

2019 Mercedes-Benz G Class, 2018 Detroit auto showThe Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen might be seen as the dinosaur of the lineup to those with environmental leanings; but with it now due to go electric, that might not be the case for long. Speaking at Germany’s Automobilwoche Kongress, Daimler CEO Ola Källenius revealed that the G is slated for electrification, likely making it one of the 10 electric…
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Lucid readies site of Arizona factory for Air electric sedan

Lucid AirThe Lucid Air moved one step closer to production last week, as Lucid announced Wednesday via Twitter that preliminary work is underway in the construction of its assembly plant in Casa Grande, Arizona. The EV startup, which is far more reserved about its ambitions compared to other startups, has also begun accepting employment applications for…
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Watch how Tesla trains its neural networks for self-driving in 10 minutes

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s head of AI and computer vision, gave an interesting talk to get into how Tesla trains its neural networks for self-driving.

It results in an interesting overview of the concept in about 10 minutes. more…


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Tesla next-gen Roadster: a look at folding backseat based on diecast

We get a rare good look at the Tesla next-gen Roadster’s folding backseat through its new diecast model, which is based on the production CAD files – meaning it should be representative of what will get to production. more…


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Watch Tesla’s new over-the-air performance update put to the test

Tesla recently increased vehicle performance by ~5% through an over-the-air update, and today we have a video confirming the improvement with some side-by-side testing.

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