Collaborate Disseminate
When Tesla unveiled the Model S in 2009, its per charge range was given as up to 160 miles on a single charge, which some electric cars don’t even manage to this day. Now the EPA has rated its Long Range Plus model for 402 miles on a single charge.Cont… Continue reading Tesla Model S Long Range Plus gets 402-mile EPA range rating
“I think the really difficult case is going to be a case in which some third party is hurt.” Continue reading Drivers Use Tesla Autopilot at Their Own Risk, Investigators Conclude
“I think the really difficult case is going to be a case in which some third party is hurt.” Continue reading Drivers Use Tesla Autopilot at Their Own Risk, Investigators Conclude
When you own an $80,000 car, a normal person might be inclined to never take it out of the garage. But normal often isn’t what we do around here, so seeing a Tesla S driven by mind control is only slightly shocking.
[Casey_S] appears to be the owner of the Tesla S in question, but if he’s not he’ll have some ‘splaining to do. He took the gigantic battery and computer in a car-shaped case luxury car to a hackathon in Berkley last week and promptly fitted it with the gear needed to drive the car remotely. Yes, the Model …read more
Continue reading Think Your Way to Work in a Mind-Controlled Tesla
Every now and then a hacker gets started on a project and forgets to stop. That’s the impression we get from [HBPowerwall]’s channel anyway. He’s working on adding a huge number of 18650 Lithium cells to his home’s power grid and posting about his adventures along the way. This week he gave us a look at the balancing process he uses to get all of these cells to work well together. Last month he gave a great overview of the installed system.
His channel starts off innocently enough. It’s all riding small motor bikes around and having a regular good …read more
One of my favorite types of science fiction character is found in the books of Ben Bova; a business mogul who through brilliance, hard work, and the force of personality drives mankind to a whole new level in areas such as commercializing space, colonizing the stars, battling governments, and thwarting competitors.
It is possible to name a few such characters in real life — influencing the electricity industry was George Westinghouse, automobiles was Henry Ford, and more recently Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. With Elon’s drive we may all finally be driving electric cars within 20 years and spreading out …read more
