Tesla’s New CFO Will Have To Do Double Duty In New Position
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 8, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
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Tesla’s $15,000 ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ Can Be Worthless At Trade-In
Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images) Like clockwork every year, Elon Musk promises that Tesla’s vehicles will be fully-autonomous by next year. Despite not delivering on the promise, Tesla owners can …
Fired Tesla Employee Posts Video Of FSD Running A Red Light
In March of last year, a Tesla employee was fired for posting a video of his private Model 3 running into bollards while in Full Self-Driving Mode Beta. Well, he’s …
Elon Musk Still Thinks Self-Driving Can Save Tesla
Elon Musk is still pretty sure he can sacrifice Tesla’s margins now for better ones at some nebulous later date when full self-driving is – in theory – fully integrated …
Feds Thinking About Maybe Regulating Autonomous Vehicles
Lawmakers in Washington are reportedly looking to reignite much-delayed legislation on the safe and regulated adoption of self-driving vehicles. According to Reuters, a congressional hearing is now scheduled for July …
Tesla Self-Driving Under Another Special Federal Investigation Over Fatal Crashes
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Tesla …
How The Self-Driving Car Dream Became An Absolute Nightmare
It can be tough to keep up on the myriad of messed-up decisions and scandals in just the automotive industry alone, but a story from the New Republic manages to …
Regulators To Decide If GM Can Run 2,500 Self-Driving Cars
Photo: Terry Chea (AP) U.S. regulators are reportedly on the verge of deciding on a petition filed by General Motors’ Cruise self-driving technology division that would let the company deploy …