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Apr 5, 2016
Tesla Model 3 preorders have likely doubled the electric cars sold
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Three days ago, when Global Equities Research projected more than 300,000 reservations for the Tesla Model 3 electric car by the start of this week, that number seemed outlandish.
And yet, by the end of Saturday, the global total had reached 276,000, according to a tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
When the Model 3 was first unveiled in California on Thursday evening, the number of deposits that day alone had already crossed 100,000.
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Apr 5, 2016
George Hotz Wants to Sell You a Kit to Make Your Car Autonomous
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Apr 4, 2016
Toyota forms company to make technology simpler
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, habitats, health, singularity, transportation
Very nice goal to have “all things connected” in Toyota’s and Microsoft’s case is “Singularity” lite meaning physical structures are connected; however, bio connection does not exist (only consumer profile information is available and integrated). This could be considered an interim state for Singularity.
The company called Toyota Connected has a goal of simplifying technology so it’s easier to use, perhaps even getting rid of distracting and complicated touch screens that now are in most cars and replacing them with heads-up or voice-activated technology, said Zack Hicks, the company’s CEO who also is Toyota Motor America’s chief information officer. Like other automakers, Toyota Connected will research connecting cars to each other and to homes, as well as telematics features that learn and anticipate a driver’s habits. The company, like other automakers, will explore transmitting a driver’s health data to a doctor or driving patterns to an insurance company so people are insured based on where they travel, Toyota said.
Apr 4, 2016
ORNL 20kW wireless charging system hits 90% efficiency
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: electronics, energy, engineering, transportation
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been working on a wireless charging system for EVs and plug-in hybrids for years. The goal is to create a system that makes charging EVs and hybrids easier for drivers and to make EVs and other plug-in vehicles as cheap and easy to own as a gasoline vehicle. ORNL has announced that it has demonstrated a 20-kilowatt wireless charging system that has achieved 90% efficiency at three times the rate of the plug-in systems commonly used in electric cars today.
ORNL has multiple industry partners that are participating in this program including Toyota, Cisco Systems, Evatran, and Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. “We have made tremendous progress from the lab proof-of-concept experiments a few years ago,” said Madhu Chinthavali, ORNL Power Electronics Team lead. “We have set a path forward that started with solid engineering, design, scale-up and integration into several Toyota vehicles. We now have a technology that is moving closer to being ready for the market.”
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Apr 3, 2016
Tesla Unveils Model 3 | Tesla Motors
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: automation, business, Elon Musk, energy, innovation, robotics/AI, science, sustainability, transportation
Tag: Tesla
Apr 2, 2016
Watch a Tesla drive itself through I-65 rush hour traffic
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: transportation
Mar 31, 2016
Tesla finally unveils the Model 3: Its first car for the masses
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
At long last, here’s our first look at the Tesla Model 3, the company’s debut mass-market electric car starting at $35,000 and (perhaps) launching next year.
Telsa CEO Elon Musk unveiled the vehicle to the press and relentless devotees during an event at the company’s design studio in Hawthorne, California this evening.
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Mar 31, 2016
Tesla Model 3 announced: release set for 2017, price starts at $35,000
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle that CEO Elon Musk hopes will take the electric car to the masses.
At the unveiling of the Model 3 this evening at the company’s design studio in Hawthorne, California, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the car will deliver at least 215 miles of range beginning at just $35,000 — that’s a bold claim, and an important one for Tesla to meet. Musk is “fairly confident” that deliveries will begin by the end of 2017, and “you will not be able to buy a better car for $35,000, even with no options.”