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Elon Musk gets interviewed a lot and his latest is actually pretty revealing. Musk is interviewed by Lex Fridman a research scientist at MIT, working on human-centred AI. During the interview (around the 20-minute mark), the conversation turned to the responsibility of humans behind the wheel as autonomous driving...
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Elon’s been tweeting again. While his initial post surrounded the announcement of a new lease program from Tesla, follow up tweets responded to enquiries around the timeframe for RHD Model 3s. Australians have been waiting for the Model 3 since the announcement way back in 2016. Now we have...
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Volvo’s performance brand, Polestar announced the stunning, all electric, Polestar 2 back in February, but now the company has more information to share. Polestar has confirmed that production of the new electric performance fastback will take place in Luqiao, Zhejiang Province, in China, starting from early 2020. Owned by...
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SAE Electric is an Australian-based company that’s kicking goals on the world stage. Recently SAE Electric had a successful US launch at the ‘Work Truck Show’ in Indianapolis, where it demonstrated its electric technology, specifically engineered for heavy vehicles. The Work Truck Show saw SEA Electric take multiple vehicle...
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In the past two weeks, there’s been more written about electric vehicles in Australia than ever before, thanks to the Australian Labor Party’s announcement of an EV sales target for 2030. The goal for 11 years from now is to have half of all new vehicle sales in Australia...
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I’m pretty fond of the regional Victorian city of Wodonga, it’s been my home since the year 2000 and 19 years on, plenty of other people agree, it’s a great place to live (or at least visit). The location is important as we talk about ev ranges, Wodonga holds...
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Tesla’s march to full autonomy just took another step forward. The company has just announced they’re ready to deploy an upgraded ‘Navigate on Autopilot’. The new version has spent time in internal testing and Tesla’s Early Access Program, and having already accrued more than half a million miles, with...
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For the next week, my daily driver is Jaguar’s first all-electric SUV (crossover), the I-PACE. After spending the best part of yesterday behind the wheel and having done some 400km+ in mixed conditions, it’s time to detail my first thoughts on the car ahead of a full review after...
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Ford began producing the Focus Electric vehicles back in 2011, however they never made it to Australia. Finally after many, many years, Ford have announced they’re bringing the Ford Escape SUV to Australia with a plug-in hybrid model. Obviously a hybrid is not a full EV, which would certainly...
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The Australian Labor Party and current opposition party have announced a bold new policy today regarding electric vehicles. The party that is on track to be in power after the next federal election, which could be as soon as next month. The new EV friendly policy aims to accelerate...
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This afternoon, the image above was posted on Reddit. This image shows a Model 3 driving on public roads. Notice which side the driver is on ? Yep, the right. There are no RHD Model 3’s right now, so it makes the photo, posted by user ‘Mr Salty Peanuts’...
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Tesla founder Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla’s in-car browser (currently not available in Australia), will change to use the Chromium rendering engine. Tesla develops the software for their vehicles and like Microsoft, have given up on investing developer efforts in building the rendering engine. When a developer writes...
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Tesla vehicles have had the Summon feature for a while now, but a new update is delivering ‘Smart Summon’. This goes way beyond the first implementation which basically allowed you to drive your car forward and backwards using the mobile app to get out of a tight park or...
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During Google’s Stadia announcement at the 2019 Game Developer’s conference, CEO Sundar Pichai was discussing their progress in AI. Pichai explained how games are helping to tackle real-world challenges. Pichai went on to explain that Alphabet-owned Waymo uses AI to run simulations in gaming-like environments. These simulations are being...
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Today the Tesla Model Y was revealed to the world. A few hours on from the event, I’ve thought a lot about the car, the event and the response from the world and it’s time to talk about it. The car itself essentially holds no surprises, it is what...
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Tesla’s next vehicle is the Model Y and this week invites went out to press. Included in the email invite was the teaser image we’d all seen from Musk’s initial reveal (plus mirrors). A fairly common trick with leaked or preview images is to modify the image settings, usually...
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Tesla have detailed the third version of their Superchargers. The new high-powered chargers can deliver an additional 120km of range in just 5 minutes. The new peak rate of charge available on V3 infrastructure, is as high as 1,609km/hr, given the range of Tesla’s to date is around 500km,...
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The Geneva Motor Show is particularly fruitful this year, with the Koenigsegg Jesko being unveiled. The latest vehicle from the mastermind Christian von Koenigsegg is said to be capable of more than 300mph, that’s a face-tearing 482km/hr. Ok technically the car has never actually ran at that speed (yet),...
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Premium auto maker Bugatti have just revealed their latest creation, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. This car is now the world’s most expensive at US$18.68M or in Aussie dollars, A$26.39M. The car features an incredible design, showcasing what can be achieve when...
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When Elon Musk first announced the Model 3, the crowd (and the world) went crazy when the US$35,000 price tag was unveiled. That price point is one that is accessible to a lot of people, but until today it wasn’t available, now it is. The Model 3’s that have...
Elon Musk gets interviewed a lot and his latest is actually pretty revealing. Musk is interviewed by Lex Fridman a research scientist at MIT, working on human-centred AI. During the interview (around the 20-minute mark), the conversation turned to the responsibility of humans behind the wheel as autonomous driving...
Elon’s been tweeting again. While his initial post surrounded the announcement of a new lease program from Tesla, follow up tweets responded to enquiries around the timeframe for RHD Model 3s. Australians have been waiting for the Model 3 since the announcement way back in 2016. Now we have...
Volvo’s performance brand, Polestar announced the stunning, all electric, Polestar 2 back in February, but now the company has more information to share. Polestar has confirmed that production of the new electric performance fastback will take place in Luqiao, Zhejiang Province, in China, starting from early 2020. Owned by...
SAE Electric is an Australian-based company that’s kicking goals on the world stage. Recently SAE Electric had a successful US launch at the ‘Work Truck Show’ in Indianapolis, where it demonstrated its electric technology, specifically engineered for heavy vehicles. The Work Truck Show saw SEA Electric take multiple vehicle...
In the past two weeks, there’s been more written about electric vehicles in Australia than ever before, thanks to the Australian Labor Party’s announcement of an EV sales target for 2030. The goal for 11 years from now is to have half of all new vehicle sales in Australia...
I’m pretty fond of the regional Victorian city of Wodonga, it’s been my home since the year 2000 and 19 years on, plenty of other people agree, it’s a great place to live (or at least visit). The location is important as we talk about ev ranges, Wodonga holds...
Tesla’s march to full autonomy just took another step forward. The company has just announced they’re ready to deploy an upgraded ‘Navigate on Autopilot’. The new version has spent time in internal testing and Tesla’s Early Access Program, and having already accrued more than half a million miles, with...
For the next week, my daily driver is Jaguar’s first all-electric SUV (crossover), the I-PACE. After spending the best part of yesterday behind the wheel and having done some 400km+ in mixed conditions, it’s time to detail my first thoughts on the car ahead of a full review after...
Ford began producing the Focus Electric vehicles back in 2011, however they never made it to Australia. Finally after many, many years, Ford have announced they’re bringing the Ford Escape SUV to Australia with a plug-in hybrid model. Obviously a hybrid is not a full EV, which would certainly...
The Australian Labor Party and current opposition party have announced a bold new policy today regarding electric vehicles. The party that is on track to be in power after the next federal election, which could be as soon as next month. The new EV friendly policy aims to accelerate...
This afternoon, the image above was posted on Reddit. This image shows a Model 3 driving on public roads. Notice which side the driver is on ? Yep, the right. There are no RHD Model 3’s right now, so it makes the photo, posted by user ‘Mr Salty Peanuts’...
Tesla founder Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla’s in-car browser (currently not available in Australia), will change to use the Chromium rendering engine. Tesla develops the software for their vehicles and like Microsoft, have given up on investing developer efforts in building the rendering engine. When a developer writes...
Tesla vehicles have had the Summon feature for a while now, but a new update is delivering ‘Smart Summon’. This goes way beyond the first implementation which basically allowed you to drive your car forward and backwards using the mobile app to get out of a tight park or...
During Google’s Stadia announcement at the 2019 Game Developer’s conference, CEO Sundar Pichai was discussing their progress in AI. Pichai explained how games are helping to tackle real-world challenges. Pichai went on to explain that Alphabet-owned Waymo uses AI to run simulations in gaming-like environments. These simulations are being...
Today the Tesla Model Y was revealed to the world. A few hours on from the event, I’ve thought a lot about the car, the event and the response from the world and it’s time to talk about it. The car itself essentially holds no surprises, it is what...
Tesla’s next vehicle is the Model Y and this week invites went out to press. Included in the email invite was the teaser image we’d all seen from Musk’s initial reveal (plus mirrors). A fairly common trick with leaked or preview images is to modify the image settings, usually...
Tesla have detailed the third version of their Superchargers. The new high-powered chargers can deliver an additional 120km of range in just 5 minutes. The new peak rate of charge available on V3 infrastructure, is as high as 1,609km/hr, given the range of Tesla’s to date is around 500km,...
The Geneva Motor Show is particularly fruitful this year, with the Koenigsegg Jesko being unveiled. The latest vehicle from the mastermind Christian von Koenigsegg is said to be capable of more than 300mph, that’s a face-tearing 482km/hr. Ok technically the car has never actually ran at that speed (yet),...
Premium auto maker Bugatti have just revealed their latest creation, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. This car is now the world’s most expensive at US$18.68M or in Aussie dollars, A$26.39M. The car features an incredible design, showcasing what can be achieve when...
When Elon Musk first announced the Model 3, the crowd (and the world) went crazy when the US$35,000 price tag was unveiled. That price point is one that is accessible to a lot of people, but until today it wasn’t available, now it is. The Model 3’s that have...
