Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2021

Following the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) decision to award the 2021 Tesla Model 3 with pure vision Autopilot a Top Safety Pick+ rating, Consumer Reports has decided to reinstate its “Top Pick” rating for the entry-level sedan. This was confirmed by the magazine in a post on its official website. .

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2017

Tesla had long been a darling of Consumer Reports magazine since the time the Model S electric car was first revealed, and it consistently scored well in the magazine's tests.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Even car companies have reason to worry about their report cards. Consumer Reports released its annual Top Picks and Brand Report Cards today, and in a shock for traditional automakers, its Best Overall vehicle award went to the Tesla Model S electric car.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2013

Chalk up another huge accolade for the Tesla Model S electric car: Consumer Reports has awarded it 99 out of 100 points, and said it''s the best car the magazine has tested since 2007. In fact, the magazine''s descriptions of the luxury sport sedan brim with adjectives.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Well, give Car and Driver points for high concept: In picking a car to test against a 2013 Tesla Model S luxury electric sedan, the magazine chose.a Yep, the most advanced, most talked-about battery-electric vehicle on the planet was pitted against the car that put the world on wheels a century ago.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Car buyers looking for a used Tesla Model 3 in the UK may be in luck, as recent reports have revealed that the prices of the all-electric sedan in the second-hand market are starting to level off. As noted by Car Dealer Magazine UK , used vehicle prices in the UK dropped by just 0.5% in October. of their value.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sometimes these publications have chosen to embrace and celebrate Tesla short sellers while, simultaneously, throwing shade at the company’s CEO. And, to make matters worse, Tesla doesn’t even advertise. The announcement from TIME Magazine was, perhaps, the most notable. It’s understandable. TIME […].

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Tesla Giga Berlin could start Model Y production by the end of December, according to German media outlet Automobilwoche. Brandenburg’s Office of the Environment could also grant Tesla’s long-awaited full approval for Giga Berlin in a few days, the report stated. . Tesla Giga Berlin will start with Model Y production.

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Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2021

The Model 3 may not have the conventional posh amenities of traditional luxury vehicles, but this did not stop the entry-level Tesla from topping MotorTrend’s list of “Best Compact Luxury Sedans to Buy in 2021.” Credit: Stefan Chen via Tesla China/Twitter. Don’t hesitate to contact us for news tips.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 15, 2022

Elon Musk has been pretty open with the idea that Optimus (Tesla Bot) will be Tesla’s next big product. In a recent essay, Musk shared some insights about the upcoming humanoid, particularly his thoughts about the Tesla Bot design. Tesla Bots are initially positioned to replace people in repetitive, boring, and dangerous tasks.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2014

Since it purchased its 2012 Tesla Model S, Consumer Reports has basically adored its electric luxury car. As problems have gradually emerged with the long-term test car, the magazine has begun to modulate its praise. Consumer Reports previously called the Model S as the best car it''s tested since 2007,and named.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2014

Consumer Reports'' love affair with the Tesla Model S electric car is proving to be more than just a casual fling. One year and 11,380 miles after taking delivery of its Model S, the magazine is still raving about its battery-electric luxury sport sedan.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Former Tesla CTO and co-founder JB Straubel recently shared some insights about the electric vehicle revolution and the focus of OEMs on pure electric cars. As noted by Straubel, Tesla was actually quite surprised that the Model S did not cause a substantial shift among OEMs to commit fully to battery-electric cars.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 23, 2021

For the longest time, Consumer Reports has heavily criticized Tesla’s driver monitoring systems since the EV maker primarily relied on the vehicles’ steering wheel to determine if a driver is paying attention to the road or not. According to Fisher, Tesla’s camera-based setup is still inadequate.

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Teslarati

JULY 20, 2021

Consumer advocate group Consumer Reports (CR) has issued a sharp rebuke of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta V9, which began its initial rollout earlier this month. Tesla FSD Beta V9 adopts the company’s pure vision approach, which uses a camera-based Autopilot model. Safety is always top priority at Tesla.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2017

Back in 2014, Tesla had a spate of problems with the drive units in early-production versions of its Model S electric sedan. The drive unit is essentially the car’s power train: electric motor, inverter, and gear box.)

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Teslarati

AUGUST 15, 2022

On the official Tesla website, his last blog post was on August 24, 2018, when he explained his decision to keep Tesla a publicly-traded company. The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. Believing in Technology for a Better Future.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Tesla’s FSD Beta program has begun its expansion to more users. True to form, with the expansion of FSD Beta also came the predictable wave of complaints and pearl-clutching from critics, some of whom still refuse to acknowledge that Tesla is now utilizing its vehicles’ in-cabin camera to bolster its driver-monitoring systems.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Elon Musk has been dubbed by TIME Magazine as its 2021 Person of the Year. The award, which the magazine gives to an individual or group who most shaped the previous 12 months, for better or worse, has been ongoing for nearly a century. But it does show that Musk knows that just as ever, the risk to his endeavors is still there.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2013

In response to critiques of the first version of its financing program introduced early in April ( earlier post ), Tesla Motors has raised the Model S resale value guarantee to be the highest of any premium sedan brand made in volume (excludes rare, low volume or limited edition vehicles). —Tesla Co-founder & CEO Elon Musk.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 26, 2022

Reading the latest issue of Motor, the Danish Motorist Associations (FDM) magazine, I was stunned by how crazy the market for used electric cars has evolved in Denmark recently. It’s a classic catch-up effect development when a market gets disrupted by a new technology.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2015

From Jonathan Swift''s "modest proposal" to MAD Magazine in the formative years of many pre-teen boys, it serves as a bracing reminder of the absurdity of life. Fast forward to the ongoing state-by-state battles between Tesla Motors and lobbyists for state and national car-dealer interests, who are trying to get franchise laws modified.

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Teslarati

APRIL 30, 2023

NIO’s chairman, William Li, reportedly confirmed this strategy in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel. EV veterans such as Elon Musk have cautioned that transitioning from premium cars to mass-market vehicles is a difficult task, as learned by Tesla during the Model 3 ramp.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I ran out to Barnes and Noble today and picked up the March issue of Sports Car Market magazine. With the transmission fixed, the DC/DC fixed and the DMOC445 smoothed out, I'm starting to relax and really enjoy the car. Maybe for 2008, at least the Tesla roadster will get on the list. Got that EV Grin again.)

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Ten days from now, a working prototype of the Tesla Optimus Bot is expected to take center stage on AI Day which will be held in Palo Alto, California. Tesla fans, customers, critics, skeptics, and shareholders all have their thoughts about the Optimus Bot and in an interview with Reuters , a few skeptics shared their thoughts.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2013

In the eight months I''ve owned my 60-kWh Tesla Model S, I''ve never had occasion to drive it more than 120 miles, comfortably within the car''s EPA-rated 208-mile range. But last week, I got an invitation from Don Sherman, Technical Director of Car & Driver magazine, to meet him in Danville.'

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tesla’s “Request Full Self-Driving Beta” button is here, and so is the Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). True to form, it did not take long before Tesla critics pounced on the “Request FSD Beta” button and the company’s “Safety Score” system. Tesla’s Strategy.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A few months ago, some minor glitches in my 2013 Tesla Model S were fixed at the Tesla service center in White Plains, New York. It was a perfectly satisfactory experience, pretty much like any other service visit: Drive to the shop, read magazines for a couple of hours, get the car back, drive home.

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Baua Electric

JULY 20, 2023

. — Autohome [SAIC] At the afternoon of July 20, the individual in command of SAIC Staff replied to the former rumors that Audi had bought SAIC’s electrical platform, declaring that SAIC and Audi had reached a consensus, and the 2 events would boost up the improvement of electrical cars via cooperation.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Consumer Reports' enthusiasm for Tesla electric cars has fluctuated, but owners' enthusiasm has apparently remained steady. The magazine that once declared the Tesla Model S to be the best car it ever tested, but more recently it has raised concerns over reliability, and criticized the automaker's Autopilot driver-assist system.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2013

To put it mildly, the Tesla Model S has been a resounding success. It's won virtually every 2012 "Car of the Year" honor, including the only unanimous Motor Trend award in the magazine's 65-year history. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has a.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Consumer Reports has an interesting relationship with Tesla electric cars: it's complicated. The magazine initially praised the Tesla Model S, but pulled its "recommended" rating after reliability issues cropped up.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 10, 2012

There’s no denying that electric cars have lots of torque from standstill, meaning they can out-accelerate most cars in the stop-light derby to 30 mph. Could a car like the 2012 Tesla [NASDAQ:TSLA] Model S Performance beat a BMW M5 in a 0-100 mph drag race, for example? Automobile Magazine’s Ezra Dyer.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Mad Money host Jim Cramer has spoken out in defense of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving and Autopilot programs, both of which are designed to eventually make driving safer by allowing vehicles to take over more and more of a human driver’s tasks. pic.twitter.com/zwTLgFlBbB — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) December 15, 2021.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports, we correct the math in Forbes magazine, GM says it wants to build a Tesla competitor, and Jewish holidays cause clean air. All this and more on Green Car Reports. General Motors says it''s developing a $30,000 electric car with 200 miles of range; sounds like Tesla competition to us.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Tesla's stellar reputation was somewhat tarnished earlier this week with the news that Consumer Reports is withdrawing its recommendation for the Model S. The magazine said the electric car showed too many reliability issues in its latest owner survey. DON'T MISS: Tesla Model S: Too Many.

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National Green Transportation

MAY 9, 2013

Consumer Reports adds its accolade to the chorus cheering the Tesla Model S, awarding the all electric luxury sedan the highest score the magazine has ever awarded. The score, 99 points out of 100, ties with an old Lexus.'

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