Tesla Backs Off Goal Of Building 20 Million Cars A Year By 2030
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What Car Has The Worst Build Quality You’ve Ever Seen?
Are these Tesla bots responsible for the shoddiest build quality out there? Photo: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post (Getty Images) It takes a lot to build a car, you’ve …
Tesla Will Sell You A Stainless Steel Travel Mug So You Can Pretend To Own A Cybertruck
Photo: Tesla I love it when an automaker comes out with pointless junk to go along with their vehicles, and we’ve got another great example of that exact sort of …
Tesla’s ‘Full-Self Driving’ Software Doesn’t Understand New York City
Driving in Manhattan is not difficult. It’s slow, often frustrating, and can put you at risk of horse-related mishaps, but it’s not hard in the way that tourists often describe. …
The Cybertruck Is Getting A New Off-Road Mode. Does It Work?
Screenshot: TFLoffroad We haven’t been particularly nice to the Tesla Cybertruck since it was first revealed, and it’s not just because it’s a 7,000-pound monstrosity sold by a company whose …
Ford reopened quarry to get limestone for Michigan Central Station
Ford re-opens abandoned Dark Hollow Quarry As part of the Michigan Central Station restoration, Ford re-opened Dark Hollow Quarry in Indiana, source of the original limestone used for the train …
Tesla Cybertruck’s Tonneau Cover Is Also Hungry For Limbs
Tesla Cybertrucks consume more than just electricity. They also apparently run on people’s appendages. For the most part, the arm carnage has been focused on the stainless steel truck’s power-closing …
Elon Musk, Who Claimed ‘Tesla Will Solve Autonomy’ With Or Without Him, Now Wants To Hold AI Hostage For His Compensation Plan
Elon Musk has recently become convinced that his floundering car company is actually, secretly, an incredibly powerful robotics company. Model Xes and Ys are no longer the big business to …
Kid Rock’s General Lee Cybertruck Rolls So Many Bad Ideas Into One
Remember “The Dukes Of Hazzard,” that neat little show that went off the air 40 years ago yet inexplicably remains a major part of car culture to this day? Well, …
Tesla Employees Wait Nervously For Next Round Of Layoffs
In an all-too-common theme of today’s world, Tesla employees are working under the immense fear they’re going to receive a dreaded “Dear Employee” layoff email from CEO Elon Musk. He …