Tesla CEO unveils Powerwall 2.0 and solar roof

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk on Friday unveiled two new products, one from Tesla and another from SolarCity, the solar home installation firm Tesla is hoping to acquire and headed by Musk’s cousin Lyndon Rive. Tesla’s new product is a second-generation Powerwall home energy storage system while SolarCity’s product is a new…

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Musk: 37 of 40 Tesla Model S suspension complaints were fraudulent

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently examined the suspension of the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S after receiving a number of complaints about parts breaking. The CEO of the electric car company Elon Musk revealed in a Twitter post on Friday that NHTSA determined there’s no safety concern with the Model S suspension…

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Audi Q6 e-tron, 2017 Acura NSX, 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser: This Week’s Top Photos

Audi this week gave us our first look at a concept previewing its Q6 e-tron quattro electric SUV, which is due out in 2018 and set to target the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model X. The concept is simply called the e-tron quattro, and it makes its debut at next month’s Frankfurt Auto Show. Mercedes-AMG’s new C63 Coupe was revealed this…

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Tesla Model S Hacked… Wait… Tesla Model S Fixed

Last year, some hackers in China proved that the Tesla Model S was a hackable machine. In the wake of some more recent hackable automotive news, it shouldn’t be quite as surprising that such a connected car like the Model S is exploitable. Still, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] seems to be far more in tune with the tech world than your average automaker…

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Pod Racers Wanted: SpaceX Announces Hyperloop Competition

Hawthorne, California is hardly Tatooine—but if entrepreneur and Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk gets his way, both will boast pod racing. Plenty of details are still to come, but SpaceX, which is also headed by Musk, has announced a competition to challenge universities and independent teams to design pods for the Hyperloop concept…

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Has The Nürburgring Just Banned Lap Record Attempts?

Though there’s no official sanctioning body for Nürburgring-Nordschleife lap times, setting a lap and posting a video of the attempt online has become one of the most popular means for automakers to promote the performance of their cars. Of course, there are also critics of the practice. They typically either site the number of…

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