The nation of Bhutan is seriously considering replacing all of its government-owned and -run fleet vehicles and taxis with electric vehicles. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is in ongoing discussions with Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn to import Nissan Leaf electric vehicles (EVs) by the handful, as well as installing charging stations throughout the grid. Tobgay has […]
Tesla has been fighting automotive dealer associations in several states around the US. One of the latest battles between Tesla and dealer associations is taking place in Ohio. An amendment in Ohio being pushed by the Ohio Auto Dealers Association that would have blocked Tesla’s direct sales method was not taken up by the Ohio […]
Tesla head Elon Musk has posted a missive to us in the media, who have as a group led consumers to believe the electronic vehicle brand is more fire-prone than gas-powered vehicles. The facts support Musk’s claims that Tesla is far and away the safest car brand on the road today. Yet the company is […]
Tesla’s growing at home and abroad, as customer demand continues for it’s Model S sedan — even while the EV’s gotten some negative publicity due to a few cars catching fire after being wrecked. So, to ensure that there is no “false perception about the safety of electric cars,” Elon Musk has requested that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigate these fires. This is the same governmental testing body that performs crash tests on all cars driven on US roads, that previously found that the Model S is the safest car it’s ever evaluated. Should anything turn up from the NHTSA looking into the recent fires, Tesla will, quite naturally, make the necessary fix to new models and retrofit the old ones for free. Furthermore, the company’s also updated its warranty to cover Model S fire damage, even if it’s the driver’s fault. The one limitation on that very generous offer? You can’t be actively trying to destroy the car. Makes sense to us.
Filed under: Transportation
Via: Autoblog
Source: Tesla blog
NVIDIA’s Tesla GPUs are already mainstays in supercomputers that need specialized processing power, and they’re becoming even more important now that the company is launching its first Tesla built for large-scale projects. The new K40 accelerator only has 192 more processing cores than its K20x ancestor (2,880, like the GeForce GTX 780 Ti), but it crunches analytics and science numbers up to 40 percent faster. A jump to 12GB of RAM, meanwhile, helps it handle data sets that are twice as big as before. The K40 is already available in servers from NVIDIA’s partners, and the University of Texas at Austin plans to use it in Maverick, a remote visualization supercomputer that should be up and running by January.
As part of the K40 rollout, NVIDIA has also revealed a partnership with IBM that should bring GPU-boosted supercomputing to enterprise-grade data centers. The two plan on bringing Tesla GPU support to IBM’s Power8-based servers, including both apps and development tools. It’s not clear when the deal will bear fruit, but don’t be surprised if it turbocharges a corporate mainframe near you.
Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals, NVIDIA
Source: NVIDIA
A incident at Tesla‘s Fremont, CA. factory has left three employees injured, the car company has confirmed today. Reports of an explosion were first made by NBC Bay Area, but downplayed by emergency services called to the scene, with a Fremont Fire Department spokesperson blaming “pressurized equipment that they use at the plant” but insisting […]
Tesla has announced UK pricing and availability for the Model S, opening its first showroom in the country, as CEO Elon Musk reawakens chatter of a future Tesla truck. The right hand drive version of the Model S will start at £49,900 for the 60 kWh model with roughly a 240 mile range, Tesla said […]
The owner of a Tesla Model S recently survived a catastrophic collision with an errant three-pronged trailer hitch while doing 70 MPH on the Interstate, and wrote an account of his adventure for Tesla Motors’ website. The tale tells of a chillingly smart warning system built into the full-size hatchback, a granite-solid undercarriage, and a […]
A third fire involving Tesla‘s Model S has prompted renewed calls for a full investigation into the electric car’s safety, after the award-winning EV caught alight following a crash earlier this week. The incident, in Smyrna, Tennessee, saw the Model S hit a tow hitch in the middle of a lane on the highway, a […]
Tesla‘s more affordable, third-generation cars will begin development next year, the company’s chief designer has confirmed, describing the upcoming BMW 3-Series rival as “more expressive” than the award-winning Model S. Former VW, Mazda, and GM designer Franz von Holzhausen was playing Tesla’s cards close to his chest when he spoke to Gigaom this week, saying […]
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