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Calif. carmaker Fisker, once worth $2.9B, warns of looming bankruptcy

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Tesla driver charged with killing motorcyclist while browsing phone on autopilot

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A 28-year-old motorcyclist died in Washington State on Friday afternoon because a dipshit Tesla driver rear-ended...
A 28-year-old motorcyclist died in Washington State on Friday afternoon because a dipshit Tesla driver rear-ended him at speed. A Snohomish man, 56, was commuting in his 2022 Tesla Model S when he activated the car’s camera-based advanced driver assist system and according to his statements to police, began looking ...

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Tesla cuts Model Y, X and S prices in the US, ends the referral program

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Drive-Through Car Wash Was Too Much for Tesla Cybertruck

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This story originally appeared on Jalopnik.After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles...
This story originally appeared on Jalopnik.After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles of ownership, Tik Tok user @captian.ad’s Tesla Cybertruck was effectively a several-thousand-pound paperweight for several hours. After taking his truck to the beach and stopping off at a car wash to clean it up, he par...

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Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks over Accelerator Pedal Defect

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Tesla’s Cybertruck has been quite an embarrassment and not just because of its looks. The electric...
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been quite an embarrassment and not just because of its looks. The electric vehicle that looks like it was designed by a child already has rust issues, doesn’t do well with puddles, and some can’t even survive a car wash, but an issue that causes the accelerator pedal to stick finally prompted...

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Tesla Cybertruck No Match for Car Wash

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After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles of ownership, Tik Tok user...
After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles of ownership, Tik Tok user @captian.ad’s Tesla Cybertruck was effectively a several-thousand-pound paperweight for several hours. After taking his truck to the beach and stopping off at a car wash to clean it up, he parked the truck in his garage, where it decid...

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Elon Musk says new X users have to pay to tweet

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Tesla Software Update Traps Woman Inside 115-Degree Car

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This article originally appeared on Jalopnik.A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for...
This article originally appeared on Jalopnik.A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for 40 minutes in the hot sun while it was installing a software update, and as of this writing her video has over 10.7 million plays after a single day of being online. Before you go jumping to conclusions about her inept...

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Tesla Model 3 Traps TikToker Inside 115-Degree Car During a Software Update

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A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for 40 minutes in the hot...
A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for 40 minutes in the hot sun while it was installing a software update, and as of this writing her video has over 10.7 million plays after a single day of being online. Before you go jumping to conclusions about her ineptitude, Brianna Janel was actually following t...

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Tesla's Cybertrucks were 'rushed out,' are malfunctioning at astounding rate

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Tesla’s long-delayed — and pricey — Cybertrucks are getting panned by furious owners for malfunctioning at...
Tesla’s long-delayed — and pricey — Cybertrucks are getting panned by furious owners for malfunctioning at an alarming rate just months after Elon Musk’s futuristic vehicle hit the road. Tales of the stainless steel Cybertrucks dying after traveling just 1 mile, randomly hard-braking on a wide-open road and already ...

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Tesla Cancels Mass-Market $25,000 Car, Musk Says This Is a Lie

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A mass-market, low-cost electric family car has long been touted as the holy grail of EVs...
A mass-market, low-cost electric family car has long been touted as the holy grail of EVs with the potential to be as transformative to society as the Ford Model T was in the early 20th century. Elon Musk promised to deliver this dream, but those plans have seemingly been put on the back burner. Reuters reported on ...

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Apple is cutting workers in SF Bay Area

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Posts About Broken Cybertrucks Fill Tesla Owners' Forums

gizmodo.com

This article originally appeared on Jalopnik.From gunky surfaces t0 embarrassing off-road exploits to malfunctioning after going...
This article originally appeared on Jalopnik.From gunky surfaces t0 embarrassing off-road exploits to malfunctioning after going through water, the stainless steel Tesla Cybertruck seems like an all-around mess. We cover a lot of those concerns here on Jalopnik, but if you want an even clearer picture of just how di...

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Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliveries sends stock down

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Detroit went all in on big, expensive EVs nobody wants

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When the automotive industry started looking toward an electrified future, Detroit automakers decided to throw their...
When the automotive industry started looking toward an electrified future, Detroit automakers decided to throw their hat in the ring with what they do best: pickup trucks.The first entrants to the electric-pickup market enjoyed some early success, particularly in the Ford F-150 Lightning. But sudden changes to the e...

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Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry for Fingers

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Cybertruck Engineer Begs Owners to Stop Shooting and Abusing Their Trucks

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Elon Musk opened a can of worms when he originally showed the Cybertruck in late 2019....
Elon Musk opened a can of worms when he originally showed the Cybertruck in late 2019. He passed the truck off as being incredibly tough, capable of handling anything, and “literally bulletproof.” Naturally, once owners began to get their hands on them in late 2023, they took Musk at his word. Since then, people onl...

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EVs Will Soon Be Cheaper to Make Than Gas Cars but Will Cost Much More to Repair

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The cost of making EVs is decreasing faster than the industry anticipated. EV production will reach...
The cost of making EVs is decreasing faster than the industry anticipated. EV production will reach cost parity with ICE-equipped cars in as little three years, and the latest forecast from Gartner predicts that EVs will actually be cheaper to make than gas-powered cars by 2027. One would expect prices to go down as...

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Honda and Nissan might team up against Tesla and other EV rivals

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Tesla Didn't Pay Any Federal Income Taxes for 5 Years, Got $1M Tax Refund

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Tesla, the company helmed by one of the richest men on the planet, is a cheapskate...
Tesla, the company helmed by one of the richest men on the planet, is a cheapskate when it comes to paying taxes, according to a new report released on Wednesday. In fact, the company paid exactly $0 in federal income taxes over a five-year period and even managed to get a nice refund.The data on Tesla’s tax bills c...

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Cybertruck Drivers Humiliating Themselves Are Biggest Threat to Tesla's Future

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The Cybertruck was such a misfire for Tesla that Elon Musk, close to tears, told investors...
The Cybertruck was such a misfire for Tesla that Elon Musk, close to tears, told investors “we dug our own grave” in the effort to launch the vehicle. But after years of delays, failed promises, and on-stage gaffes, the truck finally made it onto the streets and into the hands of drivers. For better or worse, the Cy...

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Want to Steal a Tesla? Try Using a Flipper Zero

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Security researchers report they uncovered a design flaw that let them hijack a Tesla using a...
Security researchers report they uncovered a design flaw that let them hijack a Tesla using a Flipper Zero, a controversial $169 hacking tool. Partners Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry of Mysk Inc. said the attack is as simple as swiping a Tesla owner’s login information, opening the Tesla app, and driving away. The v...

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Flipper Zero WiFi attack can unlock and steal Tesla cars

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An easy phishing attack using a Flipper Zero device can lead to compromising Tesla accounts, unlocking...
An easy phishing attack using a Flipper Zero device can lead to compromising Tesla accounts, unlocking cars, and starting them. The attack works on the latest Tesla app, version 4.30.6, and Tesla software version 11.1 2024.2.7. Security researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk reported their finding to Tesla sayin...

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Tesla halts production at German factory after attack claimed by far-left group

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Tesla halted production at its German factory Tuesday after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only...
Tesla halted production at its German factory Tuesday after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only European plant were set on fire in an act of sabotage claimed by a far-left group. A line of electric vehicles of the model Y is pictured during the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" plant on...

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