Tesla to begin selling lower-cost Model three car on Friday – CBS News

Tesla to embark selling lower-cost Model three car on Friday

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company’s lower-priced Model three electrified car will go on sale on Friday.

Musk wrote on Twitter on Monday that the company was two weeks ahead of schedule.

The car is to commence around $35,000 and with a $7,500 federal electrical car tax credit, could cost $27,500. Read more

Tesla is focused on Model three production challenges at launch, TechCrunch

Tesla is focused on Model three production challenges at launch

Tesla exposed more about its brand-new Model three than it ever has before just in time for the very first deliveries to customers. We know the details of pricing and available options, as well as a bit about how Tesla plans to scale to an annual run rate of 500,000 vehicles produced per year, hopefully by the end of 2018. Read more

Tesla Autopilot 8

Tesla Autopilot 8.0 uses radar to prevent accidents like the fatal Model S crash

Today, Tesla exposed Version eight of its Autopilot software, going live in one to two weeks. Version 8.0 includes updates to the signal processing tech used to interpret photos received from the onboard radar. The update concentrates primarily on the radar component of the Autopilot sensor system, turning it from a supplementary part of the overall tech, designed to complement the cameras, into a primary control sensor that, according to Elon Musk himself, should prevent accidents like the one that resulted in Josh Brown’s death. Read more

Tesla Announces Hardware two Sensor Suite, Future Level five Capability – News – Car and Driver, Car and Driver Blog

Tesla Announces Major Self-Driving Hardware Revision and Future Level five Capability

Fare thee well, dear Autopilot, for you are being shown the door, albeit you’re not being ushered through it fairly yet. Embarking today, all Tesla vehicles will feature hardware to enable what Tesla is now referring to as “self-driving capability,” with Tesla CEO Elon Musk adding that Autopilot “does not represent self-driving any more than autopilot in an aircraft makes it self-flying,” which could be a veiled retort to German regulators. Read more

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