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Tesla’s Autopilot Predicts Crashes

Even though this is pretty awesome, I wonder how many crashes autopilot has caused?

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Ayo Technology: Driver In Auto-Piloted Tesla Killed After Crashing Into A Tree At 100 MPH

Auto-Pilot Enabled Tesla Crashes Into Tree At 100 MPH Killing Driver Auto-pilot sounds cool until… Via DailyMail A motorist has been killed in Holland after the self-driving Tesla car he was travelling in smashed into a tree at 100 mph. However, the company has insisted the crash happened after the driver switched off the auto-pilot function. The Model S sedan had been driven by the man, aged 54, near the eastern Dutch town of Baarn, when the car ploughed into the tree. It is believed it took firefighters several hours to recover his body as they feared they would be electrocuted. However, in a statement by Tesla Netherlands sent to AFP, the company says the car’s logs show the auto pilot was not activated. R.I.P. to the driver. We get the feeling this story will have a lot of Tesla owners going old school. 10 and 2. Image via DailyMail Continue reading

Ayo Technology: Driver In Auto-Piloted Tesla Killed After Crashing Into A Tree At 100 MPH

Auto-Pilot Enabled Tesla Crashes Into Tree At 100 MPH Killing Driver Auto-pilot sounds cool until… Via DailyMail A motorist has been killed in Holland after the self-driving Tesla car he was travelling in smashed into a tree at 100 mph. However, the company has insisted the crash happened after the driver switched off the auto-pilot function. The Model S sedan had been driven by the man, aged 54, near the eastern Dutch town of Baarn, when the car ploughed into the tree. It is believed it took firefighters several hours to recover his body as they feared they would be electrocuted. However, in a statement by Tesla Netherlands sent to AFP, the company says the car’s logs show the auto pilot was not activated. R.I.P. to the driver. We get the feeling this story will have a lot of Tesla owners going old school. 10 and 2. Image via DailyMail Continue reading

Electric Car Subsidies: Good or Bad?

The Tesla Model S electric car. Photo: Tesla Motors Or Somewhere In the Middle? Lately, there’s been a media backlash against electric car subsidies. Almost all big newspapers have carried op-eds about it, and they’ve almost all been negative. Are they right? Are electric car subsidies a big mistake? Let’s look at the pros and cons…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Eat, Pray, Love, and Shop? (Video)

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Tesla Co-Founder: Electric Cars with 500+ Mile Range by 2020

Martin Eberhard with a Tesla electric Roadster. Photo: Flickr , CC EV Forecast: Sunny, But Uncertain Martin Eberhard, one of the original co-founders of Tesla Motors in 2003 and now director at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), is predicting that that within the next 10 years, electric cars will have a range of 500 miles and more. It’s a bold prediction considering that the Tesla Roadster has a range of 244 miles (at a very high cost, and for a lightweight 2-seater) and that most other e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oil, War, Mobile Phones and Electric Cars: The Fully Charged Show (Video)

Image credit: Fully Charged From fast-charging electric vehicles , to checking out the Tesla Model S , legendary comic actor Robert Llewellyn has already produced some great material for electric vehicle enthusiasts on his “Gearless” internet show. But it seems it was time for a change. “Gearless” has just relaunched as “Fully Charged”. And it seems Mr Llewellyn is getting more confrontational. Watch… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bracket of Brackets 2010

SPORTS BUZZ : Your comprehensive guide to the March Bracket Madness of 2010!! Food brackets! Lady Gaga brackets! Tax brackets! Which bracket will win? Read

Drunk History: Nikola Tesla

Derek Waters Presents: Drunk History. [ Ed Note : The phenomenal drunk history series fills you in on the incoherent true story of Tesla and Edison with an assist from John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover.] Watch