It's a good day to Blow Up Your #Tesla. In this short clip from #Finland
An old Tesla is blown up and discarded after only getting 10,000 km before it's battery failed. This was lots of fun in 2021 and might enjoy a comeback.

Brian Krebs had mentioned something weird about Finland: they have some different ideas. @briankrebs

Multipass: Tesla looks beyond the horizon for charging stations in future

Tesla wants to make it easier for its customers to use charging stations from other providers. The big question with the Multipass is at what price this will be

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Multipass-Tesla-looks-beyond-the-horizon-for-charging-stations-in-future-10642748.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Tesla Optimus 2.5 humanoid robot: slow AI assistant, bumpy gait

Version 2.5 of the humanoid Tesla Optimus Bot integrates the AI voice assistant Grok. However, this does not work entirely smoothly, as a video shows.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tesla-Optimus-2-5-humanoid-robot-slow-AI-assistant-bumpy-gait-10637320.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Tesla shows Full Self Driving at the Berlin plant

Tesla demonstrates Full Self-Driving on the factory premises in Berlin. For European roads, however, FSD remains a dream of the future.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tesla-shows-Full-Self-Driving-at-the-Berlin-plant-10634313.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Whoa! #BuildYourDreams is eating #ElonMusk’s lunch in #Europe!

#Tesla Is Collapsing In Europe As #BYD Skyrockets https://insideevs.com/news/770492/tesla-ev-sales-rapidly-decline-europe/

#Tesla sales in Europe slump 40% as #BYD new car registrations more than triple - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/28/tesla-sales-in-europe-slump-byd-new-car-registrations-more-than-triple-elon-musk these chinese are coming...oh, they've arrived #ev

US authority investigates: Tesla reports accidents with Autopilot too slowly

The US auto safety authority complains that Tesla has repeatedly informed it far too late about crashes involving self-driving cars.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/US-authority-investigates-Tesla-reports-accidents-with-Autopilot-too-slowly-10590689.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Carefree Tesla drivers: TeslaMate installations openly on the network

Anyone who drives a Tesla can collect and process operating data with third-party tools such as TeslaMate. Hundreds of instances are available online.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Carefree-Tesla-drivers-TeslaMate-installations-openly-on-the-network-10556712.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Model 3: Tesla offers retrofit turn signal levers for the first time

The removal of the turn signal lever on the Tesla Model 3 caused much discussion. In China, the US car manufacturer now offers retrofitting.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Model-3-Tesla-offers-retrofit-turn-signal-levers-for-the-first-time-10547518.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Hey, check out this great tip for maintaining a cybertruck finish in like-new condition! Saltwater and lemon juice, ordinary supplies you already have at home.

(OP @ CamWeck @ mastodon.social )

Tesla discontinues in-house AI project Dojo

Dojo was intended to process video data and improve the driving assistants in Tesla vehicles. Now CEO Elon Musk has announced a change in strategy.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tesla-discontinues-in-house-AI-project-Dojo-10515073.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Ray Delahanty ( @nerd4cities ) takes a look at the new stations on Elon Musk's Las Vegas loop.

Somehow, the system has managed to get even more stupid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPjODKUxV5g

#city #cities #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #Musk #ElonMusk #USpol #politics #trump #Tesla

I made a submission this week to the Treasury of the Australian Government on the right to repair in the age of Tesla https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5379231 #auslaw #auspol #righttorepair #consumerlaw #competition #IP #product #stewardship #SDGs #cars #Tesla

The Australian Treasurer Hon. Jim Chalmers has been promising to expand the right to repair - it will be interesting to see what emerges in this policy space.

Picture - ‘Tesla Cybertruck with Shattered Windows’, Wikimedia, CC-BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20191121-tesla-cybertruck-shattered-windows-url.jpg

Tesla wants to keep Musk from resigning with 27 billion US dollars

Elon Musk is to receive 96 million Tesla shares at a bargain price to keep him in the company. Despite the recent slump in sales, his role is essential.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tesla-wants-to-keep-Musk-from-resigning-with-27-billion-US-dollars-10509300.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

US jury: Tesla partly to blame for fatal accident with Autopilot

Tesla loses a lawsuit for negligent homicide caused by "Autopilot" and is ordered to pay hundreds of millions of US dollars in damages -Tesla defends itself.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/US-jury-Tesla-partly-to-blame-for-fatal-accident-with-Autopilot-10507890.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Tesla has stopped paying some suppliers and others.

"Tesla (TSLA) is not paying its bills and it is destroying small American businesses"

"In Texas, contractors have filed liens for more than $110 million against Tesla in the last five years"

This is Americas future.
The growth of Trumpism.

Contractors and small businesses who supported trump, what are you going to do? Vote them out?

https://electrek.co/2025/08/01/tesla-tsla-is-not-paying-bills-destroying-small-american-businesses/

#Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M punitive damages - https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/tesla-partly-liable-in-florida-autopilot-trial-jury-awards-200m-punitive-damages/

#Tesla is facing a #personalinjurytrial over a fatal #Autopilot #crash in 2019. The plaintiffs, including the surviving family of the deceased and her boyfriend, are seeking $345 million in damages, arguing Tesla’s partially automated driving systems have dangerous defects and that the company overstated their safety benefits. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/tesla-autopilot-plaintiffs-seek-345-million-over-fatal-florida-crash.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Tesla takes Model X and Model S out of the program in Germany

Tesla has removed its Model S and X luxury models from the configurator in Germany. The US car manufacturer now only offers Model 3 and Y here.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tesla-takes-Model-X-and-Model-S-out-of-the-program-in-Germany-10505892.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon