Hacker News with Generative AI: Tesla

Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK (bbc.com)
A striking Tesla Cybertruck which is illegal to drive in the UK due to safety concerns has been seized by police in Greater Manchester.
Tesla, Cybertruck, UK, Law Enforcement, Safety
4 points by Fischgericht 10 hours ago | 0 comments
Tesla Cybertruck seized after being unlawfully driven on UK roads (news.sky.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck has been seized after being unlawfully driven in Greater Manchester.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, UK Laws, Transportation, Law Enforcement
6 points by belter 11 hours ago | 9 comments
Say bye to Tesla Cybertruck: Elon Musk announces decision after fall in sales (ecoportal.net)
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Business, Elon Musk
4 points by ColinWright 11 hours ago | 4 comments
Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Musk's meddling in politics (electrek.co)
A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party.
Boycotts, Germany, Tesla, Politics, Elon Musk
23 points by doener 17 hours ago | 2 comments
Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Musk's meddling in politics (electrek.co)
A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party.
Tesla, Germany, Politics, Boycotts, Elon Musk
14 points by zfg 1 day ago | 0 comments
Tesla Sales Are Tanking in Europe (insideevs.com)
Tesla is having a rough time in Europe.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Europe, Sales
123 points by belter 4 days ago | 216 comments
Musk Distorts Data: Tesla Still Years from Full Self-Driving (electrek.co)
Elon Musk is praising data that he claims shows Tesla is on the verge of achieving unsupervised Full Self-Driving, when in fact, it shows it is still years away and he is misrepresenting it.
Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Misinformation
21 points by belter 4 days ago | 19 comments
Elon Musk misrepresents Tesla self-driving data (electrek.co)
Elon Musk is praising data that he claims shows Tesla is on the verge of achieving unsupervised Full Self-Driving, when in fact, it shows it is still years away and he is misrepresenting it.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Artificial Intelligence, Technology
21 points by panarky 4 days ago | 7 comments
Tesla issues recall on over 200,000 vehicles for self-driving computer failure (electrek.co)
Tesla has officially issued a recall on over 200,000 vehicles in the US over the self-driving computer inside the vehicle short-circuiting and failing to work.
Tesla, Automotive, Self-Driving Cars, Recalls
8 points by zfg 7 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla is just another mid-size automaker amid competition thats eating its lunch (wolfstreet.com)
Tesla is now just another mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch.
Tesla, Automotive Industry, Electric Vehicles, Competition
8 points by passwordoops 8 days ago | 0 comments
Man who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT in planning, police say (npr.org)
LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Tesla, Generative AI, News
10 points by hackernj 10 days ago | 7 comments
Waymo Picked Up 4M Rides in 2024, Tesla Had Zero (mishtalk.com)
Ride-sharing companies are embracing Waymo’s autonomous vehicles. Where’s Tesla?
Autonomous Vehicles, Ride-sharing, Tesla, Waymo
8 points by nova22033 10 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion (apnews.com)
Your car is spying on you.
Tesla, Data Privacy, Law Enforcement, Accidents
6 points by geox 13 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla stock slides after Q4 delivery miss, first yearly sales decline (yahoo.com)
Tesla stock (TSLA) skidded to start 2025 following a big fourth quarter delivery miss and an overall down year for the electric vehicle maker.
Tesla, Stock Market, Electric Vehicles, Business
29 points by this_weekend 15 days ago | 4 comments
Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years (apnews.com)
Tesla’s global annual sales fell for the first time in at least 9 years, with a 2.3% increase in the final quarter not enough to overcome a sluggish start to 2024 despite offers of 0% financing, free charging and low-priced leases.
Tesla, Automotive Industry, Financial News, Sales, Business
93 points by nancyp 15 days ago | 269 comments
Tesla confirms delivery of 495,570 EVs, way below its own guidance (electrek.co)
Tesla (TSLA) released its production and delivery results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024 today.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Financial Results
12 points by etimberg 16 days ago | 5 comments
The Cybertruck that exploded and the New Orleans vehicle both rented using Turo (businessinsider.com)
The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on Wednesday in Las Vegas was rented on Turo, the same car-sharing app used to rent the pickup truck used in the New Orleans attack early Wednesday.
Car Sharing, Tesla, Accidents, Crime
34 points by alex_young 16 days ago | 89 comments
Tesla Is Recalling Cybertruck Batteries (cleantechnica.com)
Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Recalls
17 points by taimurkazmi 16 days ago | 6 comments
China's BYD closes in on Tesla as sales jump (bbc.com)
Chinese car maker BYD saw its sales jump at the end of last year, as it competes with Tesla to be the world's best-selling electric vehicle (EV) maker of 2024.
China, Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Tesla, Business
4 points by peutetre 16 days ago | 0 comments
One dead after Tesla Cybertruck catches fire outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas (theguardian.com)
One person died and seven more were injured on Wednesday when a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, authorities said.
Tesla, Accidents, Las Vegas, Electric Vehicles
13 points by n1b0m 16 days ago | 9 comments
A Tesla Cybertruck 'blew up' outside Trump's hotel in Las Vegas (theverge.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded just outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday morning, law enforcement authorities have just confirmed.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Accidents, Las Vegas, News
77 points by wslh 16 days ago | 37 comments
Tesla replaces laid-off U.S. workers with foreigners using visas pushed by Musk (msn.com)
Tesla, Labor, Immigration, Visas, Elon Musk
129 points by nabla9 17 days ago | 77 comments
H1B Leaderboard (h1bleaderboard.com)
Elon filed 3,127 certified H-1B applications for TESLA, INC. in 2024. In the same year, he laid off 14,500 workers.
H1B Visas, Immigration, Technology, Business, Tesla
10 points by joshcsimmons 17 days ago | 4 comments
The Only Real Winners Are the Trial Lawyers (realclearwire.com)
On Monday, December 2, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathleen McCormick delivered her ruling on Tesla’s proposed $56 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk, striking it down despite shareholders voting twice to approve the deal.
Lawsuits, Business, Elon Musk, Tesla
8 points by tomohawk 18 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla replaced laid off US workers using H-1B visas (electrek.co)
Tesla has replaced some of its US employees who were let go as part of a big wave of layoffs earlier this year with foreign workers using H-1B visas, which CEO Elon Musk is now campaigning to increase.
Tesla, H-1B Visas, Layoffs, Employment
66 points by wzm 18 days ago | 24 comments
Tesla wants to kill EV incentives in US because of Musk (electrek.co)
Tesla might want to kill EV incentives in the US because of Elon Musk’s politics, but the automaker is still lobbying for them in other markets.
Electric Vehicles, Politics, Tesla, Elon Musk
9 points by manmal 23 days ago | 3 comments
Hertz desperate to unload Tesla inventory, asking customers to buy rentals (jalopnik.com)
Hertz bought a bunch of Tesla Model 3s for its rental fleet and quickly realized that Tesla depreciation would be extra bad at scale.
Automotive Industry, Tesla, Business, Finance, Rental Cars
53 points by bookofjoe 23 days ago | 42 comments
Hertz Is Asking Customers If They Want to Keep Their Tesla Rentals (jalopnik.com)
Hertz bought a bunch of Tesla Model 3s for its rental fleet and quickly realized that Tesla depreciation would be extra bad at scale. In an aggressive effort to sell off its remaining Tesla inventory, the rental company is sending extra cheap buyout options to rental customers.
Business, Tesla, Automotive, Rental Cars
6 points by elsewhen 24 days ago | 0 comments
Hyundai to offer free NACS DC EV adapters to enhance charging convenience (hyundainews.com)
Starting in the first quarter of 2025, current and new Hyundai EV owners who have purchased or leased their vehicle on or before January 31, 2025 will be able to request a free NACS adapter (shipping included) through the MyHyundai owner portal.
Electric Vehicles, Charging Infrastructure, Hyundai, Tesla, Business
47 points by gnabgib 25 days ago | 57 comments
Tesla Recalls 700k Vehicles over Tire Pressure Warning Failure (newsweek.com)
Tesla is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a malfunction in the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that could fail to alert drivers to low tire pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.
Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls
10 points by doener 28 days ago | 5 comments