Cars

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Documents detail how Tesla struggled to to manufacture 5,000 Model 3 units per week

August 21st, 2018

Without question, demand for Tesla’s Model 3 has never been an issue. Shortly after introducing the Model 3 back in mid-2016, reservations for Tesla’s mass market EV went through the roof and easily exceeded the most optimistic of projections. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Tesla, which has a long history of …

Lifestyle

The Lexus LC 500h is the most surprising car I’ve driven in 2018

August 21st, 2018

Zach Epstein

We’ve slowly been ramping up our car coverage here at BGR and I have to say, I couldn’t be happier about it. Reviewing smartphones is great, but it’s not quite the same as spending a week in a $100,000 luxury coupe. We’ve got plenty more planned — including an exciting look next month at a …

Tech

Elon Musk claims that a $25,000 Model 3 might be just three years away

August 20th, 2018

Yoni Heisler

As laid out in Elon Musk’s first missive regarding Tesla’s “Secret Master Plan,” the company’s longstanding goal has always been rather simple: release an affordable EV for the masses. Indeed, all the cars Tesla started out with — from the original Roadster to the Model X — were done to kickstart the EV revolution into …

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Self-driving cars are delivering groceries in Arizona right now

August 16th, 2018

Chris Mills

That future we’ve been hearing so much about is actually starting to take shape — at least if you live in Scottsdale, Arizona. A partnership between Kroger and Nuro, a recent entrant to the self-driving car world, started delivering actual results in the shape of groceries on Thursday. The grocery chain is using Nuro’s self-driving …

Tech

New whistleblower claims Tesla employees ran a drug ring inside the Gigafactory

August 16th, 2018

Chris Mills

With Tesla CEO Elon Musk under SEC investigation for his Twitter habit, the company hounded by short-sellers, questions about its production capability lingering, and an ongoing case with a whistleblower who said the company knowingly shipped cars with punctured battery cells, it’s difficult to keep abreast of all the different Tesla scandals these days. But Jalopnik just …

Tech

Investors are tired of Uber losing money on self-driving cars

August 15th, 2018

Chris Mills

Uber’s self-driving car has been touted as the thing that’s going to eventually take the ride-sharing company out of the red and into the cheap, ubiquitous mass-transit future that it’s been promising. Unfortunately, Uber’s self-driving car program has also been the subject of a high-profile court case, been kicked out of San Francisco, and killed …

Deals

$64 device adds a backup camera to your car without running any video wires

August 15th, 2018

Maren Estrada

Many new cars come with backup cameras that make it so much easier to reverse without having to worry about navigating around obstacles or, heaven forbid, hitting a careless pedestrian who doesn’t want to stop walking. Most older cars don’t have this great feature though, and some new cars don’t have it either unless you …

Tech

Former Tesla engineer claims she was pushed out for raising safety concerns

August 15th, 2018

Yoni Heisler

Just about two months ago, Tesla filed a lawsuit against a former employee named Martin Tripp. According to the complaint, and offhand remarks from Elon Musk, Tripp tried to sabotage the Model 3 production line and even tried to abscond with proprietary company data. Tripp, meanwhile, views himself as a whistle blower of sorts and …

Tech

Wild rumor claims Apple may release a car as early as 2023

August 15th, 2018

Yoni Heisler

While Apple naturally prefers to keep its R&D efforts under wraps, the company in 2015 couldn’t hide the fact that it was amassing a large and talented team of engineers with a wide array of expertise across all aspects of the automotive development process. Predictably, the emerging narrative — bolstered by a number of seemingly …

Tech

Tesla looking into reports that heavy rain caused Model 3 rear bumpers to fall off

August 14th, 2018

Yoni Heisler

Despite all of the accolades that Tesla vehicles tend to garner — both for performance and design — one of the more common criticisms levied at the company is that the fit and finish on Tesla vehicles simply isn’t up to par with similarly priced vehicles from rival manufacturers. What’s more, build quality issues — …