Tesla Energy
Tesla has thousands of Supercharger stations in construction/permit phase with new map coming, says Elon Musk
Musk now says that there are actually “thousands” of Supercharger stations currently in the works as Tesla might actually accelerate the already record pace at which it has been bringing online new stations this year. He made the comment on Twitter in response to famed hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick, who is now a new Tesla owner: "Yeah, there are thousands of Supercharger locations going through permitting/construction, including that area. Will publish an updated map in the next few days." — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2018
Model X
Tesla Tests Power Of Model X By Towing A Qantas Dreamliner
Tesla TSLA put the power of its Model X P100D to the test by having the electric SUV tow a Qantas 787 Dreamliner for a distance of almost 300 meters at Melbourne Airport. A Tesla Model X P100D electric SUV tows Qantas' new 787-9 Dreamliner at a remote taxiway at Melbourne Airport. The Dreamliner weighs 130 tons, far more than the Tesla’s rated towing capacity of 5,000 lbs. The feat was an attempt to earn the Guinness World Record as the heaviest tow by an electric passenger vehicle.
Model 3
IIHS rates Tesla Model 3 automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning
Now the IIHS, which rates accident avoidance systems across many automakers, has given the Tesla Model 3 its highest rating of "Superior" in its front crash prevention tests. The IIHS gives three ratings for forward collision avoidance systems: 1. It verifies whether car has a forward collision warning system that meets the standards of the NHTSA, with an adequate alert to the driver when the crash is imminent. Cars that meet the requirement get one point. 2. It tests the car's automatic emergency braking system in a 12-mph crash scenario, where the car approaches a stationary target at 12 mph. If the system stops the car before hitting the target, or reduces its speed by at least 5 mph, the IIHS awards another point. If it reduces the speed by 10 mph or more it awards two points. 3. Then it repeats the second test at 25 mph and awards an additional three points if the car avoids a collision or reduces the impact speed by 22 mph or more, two points for 10 to 21 mph, or one point for 5 to 9 mph. A score of one point earns a rating of "Basic" for the front crash prevention test, a score of 2 to 4 points rates "Advanced," and a score of five or six rates "Superior." The Model 3 received the maximum of six points in the three tests, earning the system a "Superior" rating, or, among the best of such systems.
TSLA
Just how much is Tesla worth to the Bay Area and California?
Report claims Tesla responsible for 50,000 jobs in California:
In the Bay Area, Tesla’s biggest impact is seen in the number of jobs the company has created. Alameda County, which is home to Tesla’s Fremont factory, claimed 5,081 Tesla workers as residents, while 5,737 jobs came from residents of Santa Clara County, 735 from San Mateo County and 352 hailed from Sacramento. The study showed Tesla having a total of 20,189 jobs in all of California, with another 31,424 jobs supported by Tesla operations across the state.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk's Boring Company wants to charge $1 for a 150 mph Loop ride
The billionaire entrepreneur on Thursday showed off his concept for the Loop, a "personalized mass transit" system that carries 16 people and travel at 150 miles per hour, which could get you from Downtown Los Angeles to Los Angeles International Airport in eight minutes in a vacuum tube. His projected fare for people would be only $1. He also said he envisions dozens to hundreds of small stations, about the size of a single or double car parking spot, to alleviate traffic at any one spot. Musk also unveiled the project details, including 2.7 miles of tunnel that will run north to south parallel to the 405 freeway. It will be privately funded, and not utilized for public transportation. He spoke to a crowd of roughly 750 people crowding the pews of the Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles, which sits alongside the 405 freeway by the Getty Center.
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