Electric Vehicles & Cars

Elon Musk has teased the unveiling of the highly anticipated, and at this rate, mythical, Tesla Roadster, with the Tesla CEO saying in a recent interview on the Joe Rogan Experience that the company is closing in on an unveiling, and it will be "unforgettable".

Musk sat down with Rogan for a lengthy three-hour interview where a variety of topics were discussed, but at around the 40 minute mark of the episode Rogan asks Musk if Tesla is still making the Roadster. For those who don't know, Tesla announced the next generation Roadster in 2017. It was initially scheduled for production in 2020, but due to multiple delays it was pushed out. The last time we heard about the Roadster was from Musk who said it was planned on entering production in 2025, but now the CEO is saying the company is "getting close to demonstrating the prototype".

Why are car dealerships an essential business in the first place? This question became urgent during the coronavirus pandemic when many states debated whether sales facilities should stay open or close under health restrictions. The answer reveals how deeply cars and vehicles connect with the continuity of daily life.

When forced shutdowns spread across the nation, essential workers still needed reliable transportation. Customers who had to travel for related operations for medical or safety duties could not wait for delayed deliveries. Platforms like sca.auction show how important automotive sales remained when dealerships provided stability during uncertain weeks.

Car dealerships are not just showrooms with new vehicle models. They represent a point of contact between auto dealers and customers who need both sales and service. Employees keep vehicles roadworthy so essential workers can continue to reach hospitals, airports, and repair facilities.

NVIDIA is reportedly preparing its own in-house self-driving taxi project, Robotaxi, that will be announced in the very near future.

In a new report from UDN picked up by insider @Jukanrosleve on X, we're hearing that NVIDIA's new self-driving robotaxi project should be announced shortly after an upcoming all-hands meeting. UDN reports that the industry believes that sensor components and lens applications are "crucial" for NVIDIA's self-driving robotaxi development, with Taiwanese companies including Tong Hsing Electronics and Yanguang to "benefit greatly".

Industry sources report that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang plans to assign the important self-driving robotaxi project to his senior director, Ruchi Bhargava, with the project to be based on NVIDIA's new DRIVE AGX Thor system, and will adopt a new, one-step technology route.

Australia has issued a recall for Tesla vehicles as the notice states that an issue to do with windows may result in drivers being injured.

According to the notice, a "software issue" on the driver side window's automatic protection system is the source of the recall, with the notice stating the automatic protection system within the vehicle "may not operate as intended" and result in the window closing with "excessive force on any obstruction such as a body part." The notice adds, "If a body part is in the window space when the driver's side window is closing, it can increase the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant."

Notably, Tesla owners are recommended to check the version of their vehicle, and if it's running 2025.26.6 or later the vehicle is not affected. For those running software versions earlier than the aforementioned version, an over-the-air update will be issued by Tesla along with a written letter informing the owner about the recall and the update.

Tesla has just opened its first 1950s-inspired retro-futuristic diner and drive-in Supercharger station in Los Angeles, but there are plans for more if this one is a success.

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk explained on his X post: "if our retro-futuristic diner turns out well, which I think it will, Tesla will establish these in major cities around the world, as well as at Supercharger sites on long distance routes. An island of good food, good vibes & entertainment, all while Supercharging!"

The new Tesla Diner has massive screens in the car park that display videos, but those videos will play inside of your Tesla Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, or Cybertruck, too. So if you're Supercharging your Tesla and want to sit in the car in favor of sitting in the diner, you can enjoy some videos while you wait (even though your Tesla has multiple apps for video streaming such as Netflix, YouTube, and more).

Buying a used car isn't just about spotting a good deal - it's about protecting your money, steering clear of mistakes, and walking away with confidence that you made the right call. Learning the real tips on how to buy a used car gives you control at every step, from your first search to the final handshake.

Before the shine of fresh wax or low mileage sways your judgment, take a deeper look under the surface. Use trusted tools like vingurus.com vehicle history to uncover what the ads won't say. Know how to compare financing options. And whether you're working with a private seller or car dealers, understand the details that can make or break the deal.

Budgeting isn't just about sticker price. It's about the monthly payment you can handle, plus car insurance, routine repairs, and optional extras like an extended warranty. Look into options from a credit union or bank; check the auto loan or car loan rates. Before you sign a financing agreement, be sure to know all the terms of the interest rate, hidden fees, and repayment terms.

Tesla has officially launched its Robotaxi service in Austin today, with customers paying a $4.20 flat fee.

Tesla's new Robotaxi service in Austin will work in a geofenced area of Austin during its launch, with "safety monitors" inside of the vehicles making sure nothing goes wrong. The teleoperators are from a small internal fleet, which is different to what Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised when he said there would be "no driver". Sure, the teleoperators aren't driving, but there's still a human in the car of the Robotaxi.

Right now, Tesla is sending out invites to known pro-Tesla influencers, who get to experience the Robotaxi service in its limited Austin run. These invitations are extremely rare, with a bunch of limitations and requirements that include:

Waymo and Toyota have just announced that they're exploring a new autonomous vehicle platform and integrated Waymo's self-driving technology into new fleets of "personally owned vehicles" or POVs.

The two companies will combine their respective strengths to develop the new autoonmous vehicle platform, while at the same time Waymo and Toyota will explore how to use Waymo's autonomous technology and Toyota's vehicle expertise to "enhance next-generation personally owned vehicles (POVs).

In a press release released on Waymo's website, the company explains that Toyota has long advanced research and development in support of a zero-traffic-accident vision, guided by a 3-pillar approach that combines people, vehicles, and traffic infrastructure. The company notes that automated safety technologies play a central role, enhanced by the development and global deployment of Toyota Safety Sense (TSS).

Tesla has provided an update to the construction of its new Semi factory near Giga Nevada, as well as the new logo for its Semi truck on X, check it out:

In a new video shared on the official X account for the Tesla Semi, program lead Dan Priestley says that the company has been spending the lastg few months building the factory shell of the Semi factory, from its walls to its columns and its concrete floors. The shell is complete, with the company moving onto outfitting the facility with the requried equipment to mass produce Tesla Semi trucks.

Priestley said in the video: "This factory is designed with an annual capacity of 50,000 units a year. So over the next several quarters, we're going to be industrializing the factory, installing the equipment, and preparing for high volume production. First units are set to be on the line by the end of this year, and we'll be ramping the factory through 2026".

There's no room for error in business. Especially when it comes to acquiring cars or managing a commercial fleet. Mistakes in this area aren't just inconvenient-they can cost companies six figures in legal disputes, failed inspections, or broken warranties. What's the first step to avoiding all that? A VIN check.

This isn't a background check for vehicles-it's a financial defense system. Fleet operators, logistics managers, and procurement officers across industries now treat VIN lookups as non-negotiable. Why? Because they streamline vehicle acquisition, support compliance, and prevent costly errors before contracts are signed. VinInspect: Detailed Vehicle Reports & Data report gives business buyers easy access to ownership history, accident data, title status, mileage anomalies, and more. That level of transparency is crucial in a trade where margins are thin and risk exposure is high.

An acquisition vehicle isn't just the physical car, truck, or van-it's the legal and financial mechanism used to purchase it. Think of it as the instrument a company uses to structure the deal: it could be a direct purchase, operating lease, or subsidiary setup. Additionally, it can also refer to the entity acquiring the vehicle assets on behalf of a parent company.

Elon Musk and his push for Tesla's stack of Full Self-Driving technology doesn't sleep, where he has said that Teslas will drive themselves from the factory floor and to your driveway "this year".

In a new post on X by the official Tesla account, it posted "One day it'll drive itself right to your house" to which CEO Elon Musk replied with a simple "this year". We should expect the full release of FSD at a Tesla event held in Austin, Texas, in June.

Tesla will begin its roll out of its self-driving Robotaxi fleet in multiple US cities in the months to come, already taking appropriate regulatory steps in both California and Texas. Tesla unleashing its FSD would be a game-changer in the automotive market, as other carmakers are close but Tesla is miles ahead and a full release of FSD this year would cement that, especially if you want your self-driving Robotaxi roll out to happen.

Former NASA engineer and popular YouTuber Mark Rober pitted a Tesla's object detection system against Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system to determine which was better at recognizing objects impeding the path of a vehicle.

Rober tested the Tesla's detection system and the LiDAR system in various scenarios, such as a mannequin child running out onto the road at the last minute, fog, direct sunlight/truck lights, rain, and a wall that was painted to look like the road behind it. The idea with the last test was to see if he could trick the Tesla into thinking the wall was just more of the road, therefore bypassing the detection system. To spoil the video below, LiDAR was able to easily detect the wall due to the fundamentals of the technology, and Tesla's detection system failed, resulting in the famed electric vehicle smashing through.

However, the tests by Rober were called into question by some, and now others are attempting to replicate the results with their own Tesla. Kyle Paul has posted a video on YouTube and X where he attempted to replicate the result by Rober, and he found that even with Full Self-Driving (FSD) he had to slam on the breaks to stop his Model Y from going through the wall. It should be noted that Rober's tests didn't include FSD, which is the much better version of Autopilot. So, even at the most expensive tier of Tesla's automatic driving detection system, the car failed to detect the wall painted to look like a road.

Multiple Tesla vehicles have been fired upon and set alight at a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas, following a string of attacks against Elon Musk's electric vehicle company over his involvement in the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Reports indicate the events took place early Tuesday morning when a man hurled molotov cocktails at the vehicles and proceeded to fire upon them with an unknown gun. Police have confirmed the man responsible for the attack at the Las Vegas dealership is still on the run. At least five vehicles were damaged in the attack, which only last week President Trump vowed to label as acts of domestic terrorism. Two vehicles were completely engulfed in flames, with the other three still sustaining considerable damage.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has responded to the recent attack during an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News where he said, "Tesla is a peaceful company, we've never done anything harmful. I've never done anything harmful, I've only done productive things. I think we have a deranged mental illness thing going on here because this doesn't make any sense." Musk added that he thinks there may be "larger forces at work as well," and asked who is funding and coordinating these attacks.

Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer and long-time YouTuber, has tested a Tesla's Autopilot visual imaging detection system against Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), which many other vehicle manufacturers use to detect their surroundings.

The goal of the tests was to demonstrate the strengths/weaknesses of both detection systems, with Tesla being criticized for using visual data-only Autopilot as specific physical obscurifications can result in the system failing to detect a potential danger, resulting in the correct time to break being missed. On the other hand, LiDAR has been criticized by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has said it's "fricking stupid, expensive and unnecessary," despite its ability to see through physical tests such as fog or heavy rain.

Rober tested various environments on both detection systems and found both the Autopilot system and the LiDAR system stopped the vehicle for a motionless child mannequin in the middle of the road. Both systems also passed the "child running out onto the road test." However, the systems differentiated when the child mannequin was engulfed in fog, as the LiDAR system was able to detect the mannequin through the fog, while Autopilot wasn't. The Tesla failed this test and slammed directly through the mannequin.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was once one of Tesla's biggest advocates. A decade ago, he praised the company's innovation and called his Model S the best car he had ever owned. But nowadays, his opinion has shifted dramatically.

As reported by Fortune, Wozniak has been a very vocal critic of both Musk and Tesla. In particular, criticizing Tesla's evolving design, calling the user experience "miserable" and the company's approach to technology one of the worst he has encountered.

BYD is spicing up the EV market in China with the addition of a new on-vehicle drone system as a new premium feature in its autonomous driving system and premium EVs. A drone... that launches from your car.

BYD is the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, with the Chinese company launching the "Lingyuan" drone system in partnership with China's largest drone maker, DJI. The new drone system sits on the roof of the EV with a docking station, enabling the drone to take off, land, charge, and track EV travels.

The first-of-its-kind drone system is now available in mainland China for 16,000 yuan (around $2195 USD) which includes a drone, a drone hanger, an on-board module handl,e and apps for artificial intelligence (AI) recognition, and film editing.

Tesla has reportedly tapped TSMC to make its new FSD chips for China, using the company's 4nm-5nm process nodes according to the latest reports, just as the company has expanded its Full Self-Driving capabilities to its vehicles in China.

In a new report from UDN, we're learning that as Tesla's huge Full Self-Driving (FSD) rollout in mainland in China is happening right now to great success, industry sources suggest TSMC has secured orders for Tesla's new FSD chips built on the company's 4nm-5nm process node.

Samsung is still providing production and memory support for older Tesla FSD chips, so not all of the chips are in TSMC's basket: pun not intended, but I couldn't not write that. Tesla's Dojo AI supercomputer trains its FSD system, running on chips made by TSMC on its 5nm process with advanced InFo-SoW packaging to provide customized high-speed computing needs.

Tesla has issued a public recall of nearly 400,000 Tesla vehicles over failing power-assisted steering systems, according to a new statement by the U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

A new safety recall report posted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration details Tesla is voluntarily recalling precisely 376,241 vehicles across the US, which includes Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that were manufactured between Feb. 28, 2023, and October 11, 2023. Additionally, the vehicles were equipped with an older software release.

According to the document, the printed circuit boards (PCBs) within the affected vehicles could become overstressed, resulting in the power-assist steering failing and the driver having to exert more force to turn the wheel, thus increasing the risk of a collision. Reports indicate Tesla has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that as a remedy, it has offered an over-the-air software update and that it isn't aware of any crashes as a result of the issue.

The Boring Company has just announced its exciting new Dubai Loop, to build a 17-kilometer pilot Loop transportation system as the initial phase of the project.

The initial Dubai Loop pilot will feature 11 stations and 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) of tunnels, transporting over 20,000 passengers per hour, with The Boring Company's goal to ultimately expand into the Dubai Loop: a next-generation underground transportation system throughout the Emirate of Dubai.

Elon Musk's company explained on its website: "This collaboration will explore the use of sustainable, innovative technologies to safely and efficiently transport passengers via The Boring Company's proven Loop system, which has already transported over two million passengers across Las Vegas, USA since 2021. Vegas Loop is currently under active development and has been entitled for 104 stations and 110 kilometers of tunnel, eventually transporting over 90,000 passengers per hour throughout the system".

Sir Lanka's energy minister confirmed to the press the nation's power grid was brought down after a monkey came into contact with the grid transformer, resulting in 22 million people being left in temperatures above 86 degrees (30C).

The nationwide power outage was traced back to a power station located south of the capital, Colombo, and according to energy minister Kumara Jayakody, a monkey interacted with the grid transforming, resulting in an imbalance in the power system and the eventual outage. Sri Lankan media and social media users were very quick to start poking fun at the situation, with some pointing out that even just one monkey can cause total chaos across a nation. On a more serious note, some users pointed out the flimsiness of the grid if it can be brought down by one explorative monkey.

Jamila Husain, editor-in-chief of local newspaper the Daily Mirror, wrote: "Sri Lanka's national grid is so outdated that even a monkey can cause an island-wide blackout." How did this happen? According to the Power and Energy Ministry, a group of monkeys made their way into the Pandura Power Station and a fight between the monkey's broke out. During the brawl one of the monkey's hit the transmission line, resulting in an immediate imbalance in the power grid and the outage.