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Tesla has announced that new Model S and X vehicles officially have Steam OS integration. This means that Tesla owners can play thousands of games like Cyberpunk 2077 with fully wireless controller capabilities.

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci believes that in the next year Tesla or Ilon Musk's energy company Solar City will announce the entry into the market of environmentally friendly cryptocurrency mining. The entrepreneur expressed this opinion on Twitter. Scaramucci is ready to wager...

An app called Tesla Dating is currently in the works, made exclusively for verified Tesla owners. The app's set-up is akin to that of Tinder or Bumble, except the only people that appear on the app are fellow Tesla cult followers...

Hi I got a used TESLA K80 and I can't find a manual or anything useful document wise. I see 2 connectors on the bracket side of the GPU motherboard. Does anyone know what they do? Thanks. P.S. If someone has the user manual i would appreciate it also.

Tesla has patented a new “tabless” battery cell design that it says improves on existing designs. It's way more important than it sounds, says Elon Musk. "There’s nothing wrong with tab technology, but streamlining battery designs to remove them could save a lot of time, materials, and money...

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the looks (Hideous, but maybe it will grow on me). https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck Specs for the 3 motor version: Body built out of Cold Rolled Stainless: Video Highlights:

A few years ago, when Tesla said it was going to develop their own chip for the AI to to do self driving on their car, this was met with some skepticism. They reveal a lot of detail here: 6 Billion Transistors: 260mm2 - 14nm 72 TOPS from the AI engine 12 ARM A72 Cores 600 GFlop GPU (it's all...

Tesla has announced that is going to raise prices 3% to keep more of its retail locations open. Some stores in high visibility locations will be reopened. These stores will have fewer employees, but test drives will be available. Some stores are under review and a decision will be made over the...

Tesla has announced that it is now taking orders for the $35,000 standard Model 3. The electric car will feature 220 miles of range, a top speed of 130 mph and 0-60 mph acceleration of 5.6 seconds. No compromises in safety were made from the longer-range version. A Model 3 Standard Range Plus is...

HP and SpaceX sent some servers with off-the-shelf Intel Xeon CPUs and Nvidia Tesla GPUs to the ISS in 2017, and as of 2018, those servers were fully operational. But, according to a recent BBC report, HP's "Spaceborne Computer" was schedules to come back down to Earth about 3 months ago, and...

Polestar is an electric performance brand and a division of Volvo. Today, Polestar revealed the Polestar 2 which is priced to compete with the Tesla Model 3 as the base model is expected to start at $45,000. Polestar 2 is a premium five-door fastback with two electric motors creating 408 hp and...

Consumer Reports has a complicated history with the Tesla. The Model S an X weren't exactly loved by the nonprofit testing organization, and Consumer Reports pulled their recommendation for the Model 3 last year after it found serious braking issues with the Model 3. In a remarkable...

As we reported before, Tesla has added a new security feature to its cars called Sentry Mode. Sentry Mode uses the car's cameras to monitor its environment to detect potential threats. It will display a message on the touchscreen and record the encounter if the threat is minimal. But if it...

The Tesla Model X has become the first SUV to receive a perfect safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA.) SUVs are generally safer than cars due to their increased size, but a higher center of gravity causes the vehicles to rollover during tight maneuvering...

A recently released report claims that driving in the heat or the cold can dramatically reduces the range of an electric vehicle. AAA tested a Chevy Bolt, a Nissan Leaf, a BMW i3, a Tesla Model S 75D, and a Volkswagen e-Golf in hot and cold weather, with HVAC on and off. The i3 fared...

Jubilant Tesla Model 3 owner Amit says the Autopilot feature that enables the car to self-drive; saved his life by avoiding an accident. When another car entered his lane on I-95, the Autopilot feature in his Tesla Model 3 emitted an audible alarm and swerved to the left to avoid the accident...

Tesla has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Maxwell Technologies for $4.75 per share. Maxwell will become a Tesla subsidiary and will be wholly owned by Tesla. Maxwell is developer and manufacturer of Innovative, cost-effective energy and power delivery solutions. The company is...

Tesla previously announced that they're discontinuing the 75 kWh battery pack for their Model S sedan and Model X SUV, and Elon Musk mentioned that the company needs to keep prices more competitive than ever if Tesla is to survive. Now, Electrek says that Tesla is launching variants of the Model...

In a Twitter post, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that "Tesla Sentry Mode coming soon for all cars with Enhanced Autopilot" (EAP). This was in response to a Tesla owner who found a dent in his car close to the rear facing cameras. He expressed his desire for a 360 dash cam feature while parked...

Last week, after Tesla ended their free Supercharging program, they raised charging prices around the world to "better reflect differences in local electricity costs and site usage." That change apparently caused quite a stir, as Elektrek's own article on the subject had over 1190 comments...

Several media outlets, including Electronic Design, recently spotted an interesting patent Tesla filed in 2017. Called "Technologies for Vehicle Positioning," it seemingly addresses one of the major hurdles future self-driving vehicles face: the accuracy of GPS. As anyone with a smartphone...

In an open letter to employees, Tesla announced plans to cut their workforce by about 7% this morning. The letter written by Elon Musk notes that they grew by 30% last year, suggesting that Tesla may have expanded a little too quickly, and that the staff cut is necessary for Tesla to meet its...

As cars get smarter, they also become more vulnerable to digital saboteurs. We've reported on several incidents where hackers managed to unlock a drive a Tesla away, but the company has repeatedly reaffirmed its commitment to security, as it did again this week. A post on the Zero Day...

Elon Musk has announced that the successor to its Summon feature called Summon+ is currently clearing regulatory hurdles in some regions as the electric car manufacturer readies for its release. The Summon+ feature will grant Tesla owners the power to summon their cars and the vehicle would...

A common assumption about Tesla is that demand for their vehicles is high, and that the company is basically limited by their manufacturing capacity. The past few months have reportedly been particularly busy, as a $7500 U.S. tax credit for electric vehicles ended at the start of 2019. But a...

Tesla has added two new independent directors to its Board of Directors. Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson joined the Tesla Board of Directors on December 27, 2018 to meet compliance with the terms of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement. Elon Musk had drawn the ire of...

Tesla has achieved its production goal of making 1,000 cars per day. Elon Musk confirmed the numbers in an email to employees and reaffirmed the need to maintain the production efficiency and quality of Tesla vehicles. The next goal for Tesla is to lower the price of the Model 3 from $38,000...

An anonymous source told Reuters that Volkswagen is planning a $23,000 electric car designed to compete with Tesla. The company publicly announced plans for a large electric lineup in 2020, but European cities are increasingly putting more pressure on the German manufacturer as they ban diesel...

Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla vehicles made within the past 2 years are getting upgraded auto-parking features. The new upgraded 'Summon' feature will allow Tesla vehicles to drive around a parking lot, read parking signs and find a parking spot on its own. Then the owner can...

Tesla made some big changes to their autopilot with the v9 update. The neural net can now use all the car's cameras to recognize things on the road, and one particular Tesla owner managed to overlay the computer's metadata on top of the camera feeds. Check out the footage here, or watch a more...

A UK Tesla Model S was hacked and stolen in just under three minutes. The car jackers used a tablet to find the distant key fob's signal. Once that got the car open, they struggled trying to unplug the car's charger for about a minute, jumped inside, disabled Tesla's Remote Access system, and...

Tesla has announced a cheaper version of the Tesla Model 3. The $45,000 version will forgo some of the range, 260 miles versus 310 miles, of the more expensive Model 3 cars. The cheaper Model 3 is rear-wheel-drive while the upscale versions have dual motors. Also the 8 year warranty for the...

Electric car manufacturer Tesla has successfully purchased the land for its Shanghai Gigafactory. The 860,000 square meter plot in China cost the company $140.51 million and will be home to a $2 billion factory. The annual output of the factory is estimated at 500,000 electric cars. China has...

A U.S. judge approved the settlement between Elon Musk, Tesla and the SEC. The settlement means that Elon Musk will lose his position as chairman at the electric car company for 3 years. He has to pay a $20 million fine and has agreed to have his communications controlled by a board committee...

The Tesla Model 3 has gone where no electric car has gone before. The America's best-selling sedan list has never had an electric car crack into the top 10 ranking before, but against all odds and SEC settlements, Elon Musk has done it. It is noted that the number of Tesla Model 3 cars sold to...

Tesla has made progress ramping up their production lines as the electric car manufacturer has produced ~80,000 vehicles in the third quarter according to sources familiar with the company. Electrek says that Tesla made almost as many cars in 3Q as the last two quarters combined. 53,000 Model...

Social media darling and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a series of tweets in which he announced "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." He later said that he was in talks with the Saudis to fund a bid...

Even though Tesla gets some flak for self driving incidents and battery fires, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seems to think their cars are safe. The Model 3 just got a 5 star crash safety rating in every single category, just like the Model S and Model X. Check out a video...

Back in August, Elon Musk announced that he wanted Tesla to go private on Twitter. But after detailing the funding plan, it never materialized, which made quite a few investors unhappy. Now, Bloomberg reports that the Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into Tesla over...

Hot on the heels of the revelation that security researchers can steal a Tesla in less than 30 seconds with $600 in parts, a 21 year old has stolen a Tesla Model 3 using just a smartphone and his wits. The car in this case was a rental car that had been previously rented by the suspect. One of...