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Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Doing With Tesla Bot

Cars That Think

Are these fundamental breakthroughs impossible for Tesla? But from listening to what Elon Musk said today, I don't think he has any idea what getting humanoid robots to do useful stuff actually involves. Look, the neural networks in a Tesla (the car) are trained to recognize the world from a car's perspective.

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Tesla motor, Shelby Cobra body, Kia battery: watch electric Cobra stun a race crowd

Green Car Reports

Some 50 years later, a group of engineers from British Columbia, Canada has brought Shelby's idea—small two-seat sports car, very big power—into a new age. In 1962, a 39-year-old Carroll Shelby stuffed a Ford V-8 into an AC Ace to create one of the most sought after performance cars ever made, the AC Cobra.

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Tesla CEO Musk reveals Hyperloop transport idea

Green Cars News

Tesla CEO and business entrepreneur, Elon Musk has finally revealed details of his often hinted-at Hyperloop transport idea; a sort of alternative rail system he envisages could take passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just half an hour. Green credentials Tesla Motors'

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Why NASA thinks the Tesla Autopilot is a bad idea

Green Car Reports

Since news broke last month that the driver of a Tesla Model S running on the Autopilot driver-assistance system died in a crash, the technology has inspired intense debate. Regulators are investigating the crash to determine whether the fault was with the human driver, Autopilot itself—or a combination of both.

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Big Mystery Unveiled: You Can Now 'Lease' 2013 Tesla Model S

Green Car Reports

And now we know: Tesla's Big Mystery Story, teased via more than one tweet from CEO Elon Musk, is this: You will soon be able to "lease" a brand-new 2013 Tesla Model S. That's a good thing (though not nearly as much fun as some of the ideas proposed under the Twitter hashtag #TeslaPredictions). Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has.

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Ignore The NY Times; Does Tesla Model S Own Silicon Valley Already?

Green Car Reports

Yes, there's a big imbroglio going on right now over an article in The New York Times, followed by some tweets (1, 2, and 3) from Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk contradicting it. Instead, we're bringing you an idea that made us chuckle. That idea is that the Tesla Model S has already beaten the BMW 7-Series and.

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Tesla Model X Electric Crossover New Interior: Detroit Auto Show Live Pictures

Green Car Reports

Unveiled live at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is giving us new ideas as to what the interior of its Model X crossover may look like. Tesla calls it an "interior exploration", giving a hint as to the different colors and trim materials you can expect from the production Model X.

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