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Elon Musk boasted of having created an “apocalypse-proof” car. Now the Tesla Cybertruck’s headlights are falling out

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Who doesn’t know a C15, prays to any Tesla Cybertruck with this title we headed this article in July 2024. We did it because on social networks it was already common to find comparisons between a Tesla Cybertruck which began selling just half a year before for a price close to $100,000 (sometimes much higher) with the car of “a Spanish farmer flying with three bags of fertilizer and a pregnant sheep in the trunk”, as this X user described. It was no wonder. Since it was first announcedElon Musk did not stop boasting that Tesla’s future electric car was nothing short of indestructible. A story that began crack when, live, the car glass itself could not resist the launch of a steel ball that, in theory, should not have caused any scratches. Now, less than two years after the car went on sale we know that the crack has been getting bigger and bigger. Because Tesla has recalled its Cybertruck for review. This time there have been 6,200 units. It is the tenth time in less than 24 months. Now, the headlights are going out. Indestructible, when it does not self-destruct Elon Musk boasted during the Tesla Cybertruck launch event about having a car “apocalypse proof”. He was talking, we assume, about real apocalypses, not metaphorical ones like the one they are experiencing Tesla sales in Europe. Beyond the jokes, what the owner of the company wanted to show is that he had something like a “armored street car”. In Xataka We already explained why a car that does not deform is a bad idea. If the car does not absorb the impact, it is the passenger who suffers the impact against himself. We are talking, of course, about cars that are on the street, working with all the guarantees. The problem for Tesla is that it keeps call cars for inspection. In the first year he had to do five calls for review. Today it has already been 10 and there are two full months of 2025 ahead, they collect in Electrek. While it is true that some of the problems have been solved with simple software updates, on other occasions they have had to go to the workshop because they were losing pieces in progress. The problem, everything indicates, is the same as on this occasion. The Tesla Cybertruck has some unusual headlights falling out, according to the American media. That is why the NHTSA has had to activate a recall so that 6,197 Tesla cars return to facilities. And Tesla sells headlights that can be installed on the roof of the vehicle as an accessory in its after-sales network, expanding the car’s off-road characteristics. The problem is that those headlights fall out. The glue simply cannot withstand their weight and in some circumstances it ends up expiring. This It hasn’t been the first time that Tesla has problems with the glue used, which has led to calls for review because, among other elements, the decorative molding of the A pillar, the one located on the side of the windshield, fell off. Beyond the possible fun of having an indestructible car that pieces are falling off while movingTesla is experiencing an ordeal with the electric off-roader. The company had the opportunity to make it a flagship, aspirational model and always sell it at a very high price but without aspirations of turning it into a mass product. like Mercedes does with its G-Class. However, it opted for the opposite and now finds itself unable to put the promised versions on the market at affordable prices. But, above all, it does not seem to be selling the expected numbers. And the company says it has a production line ready capable of produce 125,000 units each year. Musk even boasted that they expected sell more than 250,000 units annually. Electrek They point out that less than 65,000 units have been sold since November 2023. Photo | Josip Ivankovic In Xataka | In an attempt to improve sales of the Cybertruck, Elon Musk has found an unexpected buyer: himself

Four acronym explain why Tesla has not launched its electric car of 25,000 euros: NSLC

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“If they throw a 25,000 euros electric car They would be lined. ” It is usual to read this phrase when talking about the Tesla range. But there is a very simple reason that prevents Tesla from making this movement so obvious: they can’t. They can’t because accounts don’t come out. Because he is the victim of his own production process that, until now, had been so successful. And it can’t because you reduce the electric car forces you to jump into batteries … or worsen the user experience. In summary: NSLC. (N)either. That is the answer that those who expected a cheap Tesla electric car have expected. The launch of the versions Standard It is the confirmation that the company needs to reduce its product to give a boost to sales. Until now, they have based their growth in a very simple formula for the client: nobody gives more autonomy for less money. Simple, simple and Very effective if we take into account your recharge network. However, little by little the rivals begin to eat ground. Europeans and South Koreans (hello, KIA EV3) They have begun to offer cars of a very similar price. Yes, smaller, but that is not so much problem in Europe where the client does not appreciate (sometimes he does not want) so much cars 4.70 meters onwards. Rivals that, in addition, are taking very interesting cars at a similar price, compliant on a day -to -day basis Although your buyer assumes certain shortcomings if you have to go on a trip (Hello, Renault 5). (S)Alen. Yes, many Tesla Model and Tesla factories come out, also the Model 3. And, at some point, they will hit an impulse with these versions Standard cheaper (a perfect car for fleets or taxi drivers, for example). But, for now, what does not come out is the TAn expected (and promised) car of 25,000 euros. Tesla has made design its own success formula but He has also built his own jail. The automobile industry lives with cars with life cycles between six and eight years old. To four or five years, an aesthetic renewal is usually the commercial impulse necessary to sell the car. Elon Musk raised to make his car The Campbell can of cars. Simple and stylized designs that do not tire too much over the years and that allow a Gigapress that generates an innumerable amount of copies At a frantic pace. The system is the cost economy taken to the extreme. The initial investment is very high but its speed allows you to generate income to A very low unit cost pressing to amortize investment in the shortest possible time. The problem is that each change triggers the cost of the car. Any small variation in the huge piece is a headache. That prevents changes in the hard points of the car. The chassis must remain almost intact and launch a new product to the market forces huge investments in new machines. When the system is engaged it is perfect but greased is a task that requires a lot of money. (L)ace. Batteries The batteries remain the main cost of the electric car car. Although the raw material has been cheaper, Toyota and his 1: 6: 9: 90 rule Explain well why they trust hybrids more than electric. With the same economic effort for an electric battery, they get 90 electric hybrids and 6 plug -in hybrids. Tesla has been working for a long time to reduce batteries, He trusted a lot in the new 4680 batteries of cylindrical cells. But the results make it clear that You can’t get enough to reduce them enough As to sell it in a small car. Or do not get sufficient energy density To, in the same size, offer a satisfactory user experience. Right now, who buys an electric car of 25,000 euros knows that he cannot aspire to a battery greater than 50 kWh. That implies that he will not be able to travel 300 kilometers with a single load and that attempts against that intrinsic value that Tesla has to give more kilometers for less money. (C)Evenas. The results. The company is seeing how the rivals eat land. In China they are happening to them above with most ambitious proposals in software. And in Europe, the other major electric car market, Europeans (With Volkswagen at the head) They are planted by Battle in Sales. Elon Musk’s explicit support to the extreme right In Germany it has not been seen with the best eyes in the local market and/or Franceanother of the company’s great shores in our continent. It is very easy to say that Tesla could launch a cheaper electric car and sweep in the market. Yes, it is evident. But it is also evident that this statement ignores that the company has been looking for a way to simplify the car with even bigger parts of its gigapress (And he has not succeeded). It also overlooks that it has not been able to reduce the car batteries that take a huge pinch of the final cost of the car. And it ignores that Tesla would need larger or completely new facilities to assemble these vehicles. To feed these potential purchases you have to have the necessary infrastructure to be able to build those cars. And although now it looks like a giant, Tesla is still a young company that has four models in the wallet and delivered 1.81 million cars in 2023its best year. That Until 2021 did not give a positive result without adding the aid of emission loans. Because Raise a car brand from scratch It is very complicated. As it is to grow with new products. NSLC. All these data only exemplify the biggest stumbling block with which Tesla is to launch a new car. That long -awaited car of 25,000 euros: No. They leave. The. Accounts Photo | Tesla In Xataka | Tesla said he could manufacture 20 million cars … Read more

disassemble three tesla model and

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“It’s a great vehicle.” And that is why, Xiaomi has not had objections to take a Tesla Model and to disassemble it and be clear about what they could do so that their first electric SUV was as good or better as that of Elon Musk’s company. The words are from Lei Jun. The confirmation of that “disassembly” too. “Exceptional”. “The Model and is a very, very exceptional car” although according to the CEO of Xiaomi, front in interior space against its Xiaomi Yu7. That is what Lei Jun, CEO of the company, said in a public intervention of which they echoed in Business Insider. In it, Lei Jun did not hesitate to comply with the vehicle of the American company to, later, point out what his weak points were in front of Xiaomi’s car. Of course, according to him, Xiaomi’s option is broader, has greater autonomy and, above all, a very difficult value for ignorance. As they point out in Xiaomi worldthe CEO said that if you did not contemplate the Xiaomi Yu7 as your next purchase, the Tesla Model and is the best alternative. Three units. They are the ones Lei Jun has confirmed that bought from Tesla Model and with the aim of dismantling them and checking how cars made inside were. The intention was to take the leader of the segment (it is the best -selling electricity in the world) and shred it to verify what made it different. Xiaomi’s case is not, much less, the only one. A few months ago we knew that Toyota had opted for services of an advice to discover what made by the cars of Byd and Tesla. We also know that Mercedes did the same with Zeekr carsChinese company owned by Geely, to verify what was hidden under the body to show off 1,000 kilometers of autonomy. And Xiaomi. Although we now know that Xiaomi has been the one that bought cars from the competition, the Chinese company itself has been closely monitored by all kinds of rivals. Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, has repeated to satiety who bought an Xiaomi car and led him for months without getting tired of him. Hyundai also took it to South Korea. Even this summer a photograph at the door of Maranello, the Ferrari factory, showed An Xiaomi Su7 Ultra entering the plant. Although there is no official confirmation, everything indicates that it is the Italians have also been analyzing in depth Nürburgring faster electric car. Because? As we see, it is usual for companies to buy competition units to understand how they work, what makes them different and how they get the advantages over their own models. The Xiaomi case is not unique but it is significant to see who points to. The Tesla Model and has been the most purchased electric car in the world and, even, the first completely electric model with giving the award of the “best -selling car in the world”regardless of the technology used. But since the Xiaomi Su7 And, with the redoubled commitment of Yu7 (Electric SUV), Lei Jun’s company has focused on making it clear what makes Tesla’s car better. Xiaomi has presumed autonomous driving technology (although he omitted it for legal reasons with Yu7), autonomy and, above all, price, since Xiaomi’s versions are sold by a fraction of Tesla cars. A compliment. In addition, there is another important detail throughout this fight. When a Chinese manufacturer points directly to a rival and mentions it in its presentations, it is not a direct signaling strategy. In China, “Inspiration” (or direct copy) It serves to make clear who is the market leader and Who they want to look like and, of course, they want to overcome. It is a strategy that clashes with Western culture but is the reason why Xiaomi mobile presentations are full of references to Apple. Or why the presentations of Xiaomi cars were flooded with references to Tesla and Porsche. Because each in its field (value for money, the first, and example of sportsmanship, the second) are the market leaders. Disassemble Copy the good and try to improve it It is a strategy that is followed throughout the world but has more reason to be in a culture where “inspiration” is better seen than in the West. Photo | Tesla and Xiaomi In Xataka | I have climbed into the xiaomi car and now I am going to miss the Xiaomi Su7 Max every time I get on mine

2025 is being a relief for the sale of electric cars in Europe. For everyone, except for Tesla

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Although the electric vehicle park in Europe is still very much from what the European Union He plans For the next few years, the truth is that the European market for electric vehicles lives its best stage to date. And is that its growth It has been 26% In the first eight months of the year. In contrast to this, it is also worth focusing on Tesla, a brand that leads the electric vehicle segment on the continent with its Model and and that, however, Its sales have decreased significantly. Tesla still does not lift heads. Tesla keeps Model and as the electric most selling from Europebut their figures tell a different story. Between January and August, sales have been 83,314 units for Model Y. If we compare the figures with the same period of the previous year, we see that it is a brutal decrease of 34%. He Model 3which occupies third place in sales, does not escape the trend with a drop of 29% and 50,237 units sold. The company now faces a radically different context than that of only a few years ago, since there is greater diversity of electric vehicles and competition. If we look at concrete markets, the firm fell significantly in August in France, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy, as points Reuters In France they fell 47.3% in August, and in Sweden 84%. However, it should be noted that in Spain (1,435 cars sold in August) and Norway (rebound of 21.3%) their sales have grown, although the percentage is much lower than the performance of ByD in these regions. In Germany, which is where the brand has greater competition, between January and August They sold 11,441 cars. The American manufacturer is located in Germany in thirteenth position, behind Opel, with 13,000 electric cars sold in the same period. There was a year in which Tesla maintained the first position in this country, back in 2022, when the firm sold almost 70,000 cars Only that year. Now, with much more competition and expansion of the rest of the manufacturers, the context is very different. Volkswagen takes control. While Tesla goes back, traditional European manufacturers take advantage of the wave. Volkswagen has been crowned as The largest electric seller in August With 16,105 units, a spectacular jump of 45% year -on -year thanks to its ID.3, ID.4 and ID.7 models. Tesla was second with 14,245 cars sold during that same month, but with a general fall of 23%. BMW completed the podium with 12,546 electric vehicles, growing 7%. More adoption, but it still remains. Between 2024 and 2025, Europe has lived constant growth in the adoption of electric vehicles, the result of the largest variety of vehicles that are available for purchase, and the growing evolution in infrastructure and incentives. The 154,582 electric vehicles sold In August they represented 20% of the total new cars sold that month. Several manufacturers They point That a 20-25% quota is sufficient to meet EU emission objectives by 2025-2027, although there is still a cloth to cut, especially for The objectives that the agency is scheduled for 2030 and 2035. The conquest of China. Chinese manufacturers, especially bydthey have broken into European territory. According to data From Jato Dynamics, Byd came to overcome Tesla in April in some regions, tripling his enrollments in certain periods. Chinese competition combines competitive prices with a diverse range that includes plug -in hybrids, gaining ground despite EU tariffs. Then it is that Byd is the one that resonates the most, but there is everything A flood of Chinese brands settling in Europe, as is the case of MG, Xpeng or Nio, among many others. In Xataka | Hyundai has tired of the autonomy of its electric cars. Your solution: copy China and stuff them a combustion engine

that some Tesla clients go to diesel

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Tesla is losing the battle for the loyalty of her clients in the US since Elon Musk began His political adventure and Tesla stagnated in the renewal or expansion of its electric cars. A Global S&P report reveals that many Tesla users are changing to other brands, and some are even driving cars with diesel engines. This fall in the loyalty of Tesla users is a thermometer for the reach of the brand reputation crisismore than a change in trend in the electric car market in general. The elephant in the room. Tesla is not living its best commercial moment. Even though their shareholders trigger the price of their actions promoted by the enthusiasm that has caused the Elon Musk Billonario BonusTesla’s sales do not trace. According The published By Euronews, the data of the Association of European Automobile Constructors (ACEA) suggest that Tesla has suffered a sales drop of 40%, and only in July the company sold 42.4% less in the EU. The bad news for Tesla are that this fall It is not generalized throughout the sector of the electric car. In comparison, during the month of July its main rival, Byd, put on the street 200% more cars than in the previous registry, ensuring a market share of 1.1% in the EU, while Tesla remains at 0.7%, falling from 2.1% share that the brand signed in 2024. That means that Tesla still has an important weight in the electric car market, but it is no longer a priority option because the market It has become much more competitive in prices and models. The stagnation of Tesla. Tesla’s reputation has been seriously affected Since Elon Musk began to get involved in politics. According to A report From the S&P Global consultant, in the second quarter of 2025, the loyalty of customers in the US to Tesla fell 9.4% compared to the previous year. This percentage places the brand below Ford, although even above Chevrolet, Toyota, Honda or Mercedes-Benz. This Down in Loyalty to Tesla On the part of its clients it is not due to a loss of reliability of their cars as it could happen in other cases, but to its decisions as a company. Many Tesla users decide not to return to Buy a car Tesla and look for rival brands that offer broader ranges and equipment options that Tesla no longer offers. As a relevant fact, with the exception of Cybertruck, which is not available in all markets, Tesla does not present a new model Since 2019 with Model Y. During that time, the electric car market has been filled with options for all sizes, prices and finishes that do connect with the needs of Tesla users and, when it is time to renew it, they opt for other brands. Tesla is an atypical manufacturer. Tesla’s problem with respect to those who are already customers is that it is not a car manufacturer to use, but in the background it is a software manufacturer and electrical infrastructure. That is, its business model is not based on taking out a new car every three or four years like the rest of the manufacturers, but on creating a platform and updating its software to improve its benefits throughout its useful life. That makes, when a Tesla user seeks to renew his car, he does not find in the concessionaire A new model that makes him feel that he is buying something more modern and current, but that he meets the same car that has parked In his garage, with some aesthetic touch -ups at most. As much as at the software level they have Improved and added new functions and benefits during that time. The electric car user is not loyal. The Global S&P study data show that, in general, the electric car customer is not faithful to a single brand, not even a type of fuel. So far this year, only 58.7% of households with electric car changed to another electric, compared to 68% registered two years ago. On the other hand, combustion car users do remain on this platform when they change car by 84%, although the study indicates that they gradually lose strength in the market. The Tesla client is no different. If we focus on Tesla users, in 2025, only 52.1% of Tesla customers repeated purchase with the brand, compared to 67% recorded in 2022 and 2023. Of those who decided not to buy a tesla again, 68.9% did so to an electric car of another brand, while 31% made a more drastic change and went to combustion cars, being 28% diesel This last fact is striking, since diesel cars are very uninfused in the United States and are mainly available in pick-ups and large SUVs, which leaves Cybertruck in Very bad position Among the purchase options for this segment. In Xataka | Tesla has a good reason to offer a bill bonus to Elon Musk: it is no longer his golden egg chicken Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore), Xataka

Two companies monopolize more than 50% of Elon Musk’s fortune. None of them is Tesla

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Elon Musk is again in the focus of technological news after Tesla’s proposal to offer a salary bonus 1 billion dollars To “motivate” the millionaire. While it is true that getting it will not be easy, that remuneration would be the key for Elon Musk to become the First billionaire in history. Before such a figure, many (Even Pope Leo XIV) They consider it excessive. However, Tesla has a weight of weight to offer that figure: the car manufacturer is no longer the main origin of Elon Musk’s fortune, which can see more interesting to put aside Tesla and dedicate her efforts to obtain greater benefits with Spacex, XAI, Starlink or Neuralink. A megaplan of 1 billion dollars. After Judicial cancellation of the 2018 Bono, valued at more than 56,000 million dollars (according to the value of the shares), Tesla has presented A new salary plan before the US stock and values ​​commission. To achieve such a fortune, the CEO must comply with a very demanding roadmap, which will be delivered in a staggered way as they are unlocking milestones over a decade. Most of these objectives now sound like science fiction, given the delicate Tesla’s commercial situationbut we must not undervalue Elon Musk’s ability. For example, to meet the conditions of its salary bonus, Musk must make Tesla sell 20 million additional vehicles and that the company reaches a stock capitalization of 8.5 billion dollars, starting from the current valuation of around 1 billion. In addition, you must deploy one million of autonomous robotaxis and of the Optimus robots with integrated Grok, multiplying by 24 the current benefits of the company. More tesla pastel. In reality, the remuneration of the salary bonus is carried out in the form of 423 million shares of Tesla, so that Elon Musk would expand its participation in Tesla from current 13% to 29%. This would allow Elon Musk to have More influence and power of veto on the Board of Directors. However, I would also turn Tesla back into the main FElon Musk’s income. At present, Tesla represents about 140,000 million of the almost 471,000 million that Musk treasures, according to the Millionaire index of Forbes. Tesla doesn’t shine as much as before. Such and as they highlight in CNBCalthough Tesla remains relevant in the proportion of Musk’s heritage, at this time the private companies of the millionaire are those that are experiencing a greater economic growththus winning greater prominence in his fortune. Musk’s estimated participation in Spacex is 42% and is already worth more than 168,000 million dollars, especially after New SpaceX assessment in 400,000 million dollars in its last round of investments. Up to the AI ​​train. In addition, XAI Holdings, the artificial intelligence startup that “bought“The social network X, reached an assessment of 80,000 million in March 2025. After some Additional investments of Musk, his startup of AI has been revalued up to 113,000 million dollars, according to I pointed Forbes. HE esteem that in the next financing rounds the company of AI that Grok develops It could exceed 200,000 million, of which Elon Musk controls 50%. Although in a minor average, Neuralink has also grown up to an assessment of 9,000 million dollars today, of which Elon Musk is a 51%holder. Together, the three main private companies in Musk would already exceed Tesla’s weight in the person’s fortune richer in the world. Tesla has put a price to become the gold mine that was: 1 billion dollars … if you get your goals, of course. In Xataka | The shocking thing is not that Elon Musk has lost 80,000 million dollars in 2025: others have earned 102.00 million Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore), Unspash (Anatoli Nicolae, Spacex)

If the question is what salary the richest man in the world could have, Tesla has given an answer: 1 billion dollars

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After the judicial battle that ended with the salary bonus block of 50,000 million that Tesla had to pay Elon Musk, the electric car manufacturer has launched an order to its shareholders with a New salary proposal For its CEO: a bill bonus (European billion) if you get the company out of the crisis in which it is mired. The potential value of the salary package that Tesla has presented Before the Bag and Securities Commission, it could raise the fortune of Musk, which is currently estimated at about 435.4 billion dollars, until it became The first billionaire in history If you manage to meet all the required conditions. The salary package conditions. He New salary plan That Tesla has proposed to Elon Musk does not consist of a traditional salary or cash bonuses: the entire figure depends on the flexible delivery of actions throughout the next decade, provided that it meets certain very demanding milestones, such as reaching Total sales of 20 million additional cars. All in the context of a company plunged into A sales crisis global. The shares will be delivered by sections, instead of the end of the period as it happened with its 2018 bonus, and only if Tesla manages to multiply its stock market value until it reaches at least one capitalization of 8.5 billion dollars, starting from the billion that is currently worth in the stock market. To put this figure in context, Nvidia is technological more powerful of the momentand its capitalization is 4.05 billion dollars. It’s not just money: it’s also power in Tesla. In addition, the plan could meet the historical demand of its CEO to have More power within the company. Currently, Musk control around 12% of the actions of Tesla. However, with the new salary bonus its participation in Tesla would increase to 29%. Increase your participation to that percentage would allow Musk increase your influence direct about the company. In this way, it would have enough weight to block important decisions that would not have their approval and further reinforce their position as an essential leader. In one recent interview For the CNBC, Robyn Denholm, president of the Tesla Board of Directors, made it clear to investors to “retain and encourage Elon is essential for Tesla to become the most valuable company in history.” Without a doubt, a salary package of such a draft should be enough to motivate the richest man in the world. Termination clause and a commitment to the future. Such and as they break down in Bloomberganother of the conditions of the new salary package announced by Tesla, it is established that MUSK must remain as CEO of Tesla During, at least, the next ten years to be able to opt for the entire compensation, with a minimum of seven and a half years to unlock the first section of the remuneration. “If it yields, if it reaches the ambitious objectives of the plan, it will receive a participation: 1% for each half billion dollars of stock market capitalization, plus the operational milestones it must achieve to achieve it,” Denholm explained. On the other hand, among the operational challenges that the commercial deployment of one million is found during that time of autonomous robotaxis and of the Optimus robots with integrated Grok, multiplying by 24 the current benefits of the company. Investors will have to vote. After registering the proposal to the regulatory body of the stock market, the next step in its process is to submit the salary bonus to the vote of investors. Something that is still more than A mere formal procedure since the previous 2018 salary package was also voted on a shareholders’ meeting, and finally It was canceled by a court of Delaware for the complaint of one of the shareholders. In Xataka | The shocking thing is not that Elon Musk has lost 80,000 million dollars in 2025: others have earned 102.00 million Image | Tesla, dvids (Trevor Cokley)

There are more and more and better plugs for electric cars but Tesla continues to lead. The recipe: cheap and reliable loaders

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Holy Week of 2024. Dozens of Tesla cars They queue in a Cañavate Atalaya charger (Cuenca) in the middle of any place. The situation went viral and because scenes were repeated in Mérida and Albacete. The waiting were 15 or 20 minutes in many cases but also exceeded the time in others. They all had something in common: Tesla Load Stations. Despite the jokes and despite the intention of ridiculing the owners, in Xataka We broke a spear in favor of those drivers And we count why they had happened. If Holy Week has taught us, it is not missing chargers for electric cars. What are missing are reliable plugs. So we titled. Year and a half later, things have changed. Not only in Spain, also in the United States. But, nevertheless, Tesla still has the best load experience. And that is still key when selling the car. Tesla chargers are still ahead The data this time comes from the United States but the situation is extrapolable to what happens in Spain. JD Powerspecialists in motor market analysis, has analyzed the status of the United States recharge network and its conclusion is very simple: there are more and more chargers available and increasingly spoil. But Tesla continues to lead, with much, satisfaction among electric cars when you have to recharge a vehicle. Keep in mind that the United States has a huge Loading deficit. Especially if we consider that distances are huge. If the country is wanted to embrace the electric car to a greater extent it is necessary to create a good network of loaders as fast as reliable. A good part of that network is now in the hands of Tesla, where most users load. They do not even have a Tesla. The latter is key to understand why satisfaction with the price of loaders and the load experience has fallen in the last year. According to their data, drivers are less happy with both points because they observe that, for them, prices are more expensive and the most rough experience than for Tesla users. Something curious occurs, therefore. According to JDPOWER, the level of failed visits (the charger does not work correctly or is out of service) is the lowest in four years and the number of drivers who have reported these failures (14%) is also lower than in 2024. General satisfaction, however, has fallen. The Tesla Network is so good compared to the competition that the users themselves have pressed to the manufacturers of other cars to the point that they have assumed the Tesla standard to load, modifying their own cargo ports. The best user experience In Spain (and Europe) that is not so because fast loaders are all (except for the first Japanese cars) CCS2. That is, the plugs are the same for everyone. But Tesla’s experience is still above. To understand it, we resume the case of Holy Week in 2024. This year the same have not been observed issues. Or not, at least, with the same seriousness as last year. It is logical, as we said that happened. Tesla has “kidnap” the owner of his cars in his own ecosystem. Tesla did something very intelligent since her birth. It was as simple as proposing their own load stations. Thus they guaranteed to give a confidence network to those who made the leap to a completely new company (and technology). They also took advantage, to create synergies of which the rest of the manufacturers have not arranged. First, his recharge were free. Now that is a thing of the past but their prices are still lower than those of the competition. This guarantees that, in the day to day, the Tesla user prioritizes the load in their stations. But saving a few euros on a very specific day is no reason for users to prefer to spend more than an hour stopped before recharging the vehicle. If those queues were formed, it is because the Tesla recharge network is very reliable. In fact, myself when I try the cars of any company for our reviews soil to prioritize Tesla plugs Because they have never left me. Only Zunder has offered me this same experience. With the rest of the companies I have had problems of malfunction or inoperance. It is logical, therefore, that if a Tesla driver has hurried the autonomy of his car is reluctant to go to another load point, consume a good part of the little percentage that remains reserved and risks that the plug of another company does not work. He will think: “Better wait here for an hour than to go to another place, Not being able to load and have to call the crane“ To this we must add that Tesla’s user experience is the best because they have eliminated small frictions that are very appreciated on a day -to -day basis. It is something similar to Apple’s ecosystem. Can you have a Mac, an Android phone and use some AirPods in the latter? Yes, but there are small barriers that the average or little advanced user will hurt especially. The same goes for the electric car. Tesla has one of the best software in the market and, probably, the best route calculator. Prioritize your chargers and show you in real time the occupation of it and advances a possible wait. When you arrive, the vehicle detects the loader, opens the load gate and plugs the hose in the car. When it is time to continue, the mobile phone warns you and as the car is associated with a credit or debit card, nothing must be done. The position will be passed. Simple. When one carries in Tesla supercargers with another car you have to Log in the mobile phone and select the load point you will use. You have previously had to register the card. Finally the position will be passed. This process has to repeat it with Each and every one of the companies … Read more

Tesla has launched in China a Model and L. It is the most Chinese (and logic) bet that could do in the short term

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After months in which he has signed up for a Tesla Model and smallsomething cheaper to boost sales in Europe and press the competition for price, Tesla has surprised us with quite the opposite: a tesla model and longer. Only for China. And it makes all the meaning. The new Tesla Model Ylthat is, the elongated body version of the well -known electric SUV, increases the 150 millimeter wheelbase and its height in another 44 millimeters. A six -seater configuration is adopted (2+2+2) Therefore, a third row of seats is added that has been somewhat controversial. But it is also provided with heating and ventilation to the seats, electrical plates and integrated speakers. They are small improvements to increase the comfort of the passengers that are in tune with the bets of the L versions that the rivals usually offer in China. A category of vehicles that are based on three fundamental pillars: more space and more comfort for passengers. And that, curiously, they are transverse to all types of sizes. Purely Chinese With the presentation of Tesla Model YL, the opinions between criticism and public have been divided as usually happens with Elon Musk’s company. In Hybrids and electric They point out that some media qualify the third row like “going mounted in a convertible”given the little size between the head of the passenger and the roof. They ensure that the space that is free in the legs for a 1.70 -meter person is minimal and that it is an emergency solution for adults. In social networks a whole debate has been mounted following some images in which the same adult is seen sitting in the third row of seats. In one of them You see how it has a lot of free height between the head and the roof and ensures that it measures almost 1.90 meters. In another image it is observed as, with the trunk open, that same adult I would have serious problems traveling comfortably. Personally, I am inclined to think that the second option is the real but that does not mean that Tesla’s bet is bad. Yes, there are rivals that have a third row of more comfortable or practical seats. We have verified it in the Hyundai ioniq 9 or his brother, the KIA EV9. However, they are cars created from scratch with this intention in mind. Tesla is adding a third row of seats with a body L to improve the versatility of the car but, above all, with the intention of improving the comfort of the second row. That third row is an emergency solution and the really interesting is in a second row of a 2+2 configuration car with two good seats with all the comforts desired by a passenger. And in China the bodies L are usual. These cars are versions with longer bodies, with more wheelbase to generate a greater interior space. Europe has tired of selling this type of cars and Audi there, for example, demonstrates that the phenomenon is transverse to the size of the vehicle. The Germans have sold in China the Audi a3 l But also in those cars that, for European standards, already seem huge and do not need more interior space. Example? An Audi A8 L. To get an idea, this last car can exceed 5.19 meters to some endless 5.32 meters or impressive 5.45 meters. The latter refer to Audi A8 l horch. But the most interesting is in its interior seats with resting function or the possibility of adding a fridge in the central compartment, among other possibilities within the company’s customization program. Obviously, we talk here about a luxury car that Tesla does not intend to match but the company’s movement clearly points to proposing an experience in the cabin that is very sought in the Chinese car, transforming the interior into a kind of lounge with more space where feeling as comfortable as possible. Keep in mind that the great Chinese metropolis are huge and that the paths can languish for many minutes before the driver reaches his destination. This has made Chinese cars (and Europeans who want to sell there) have thrown into the arms of the screens and connectivity. But also that very wide rear seats are prioritized. Even sacrificing a good part of the trunk where Chinese cars tend to lose in front of the rivals. This happens because, despite its enormous sizes, in China the car is a Priority urban vehicle. It is rare that you travel with them since the distances are so long and the trains so competitive that either it is traveling in high speed or by plane. That is, cars are spaces with wheels where it is about giving the highest comfort to the client (another good example is the rise of their luxury minorities). And that is why the L -bodies L versions do not seek to have a third row of very comfortable seats. It is about prioritizing central seats in a 2+2+2 configuration and, in the best case, add a third emergency option. That is what Tesla has done. Photo | Tesla In Xataka | Tesla wants to keep certain accidents of accidents with her cars. A judge will decide if they should be made public

A hunt is aiming two Tesla Cybertruck to fly through the air

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In the military field, it is normal Try to get ahead to the scenarios that can Pose the enemy. However, what is about to happen in a specific area of the United States possibly breaks with any other operation of the past. In a play that mixes futuristic technology with military strategy, the United States Air Force has two Tesla Cybertrucks between eyebrow and eyebrow, but not to use them, but to destroy them. A singular purchase. Yes, the United States Air Force has launched a peculiar request: has acquired two Tesla Cybertrucks And it is placing them as targets for tests precision with missiles. Although at first glance it may seem an eccentricity, the decision contains a reasoning that goes far beyond symbolism or technological extravagance. The goal declared It is to evaluate how certain types of ammunition react and behave when they hit vehicles that, according to internal projections, could be in the hands of enemies in future combat scenarios. The acquisition is part of a larger package of 33 vehicles that will be allocated to the White Sands Missile Range base in New Mexico, where the Air Force Test Center (AFTC) carries out advanced exercises, many of them in collaboration with the US Special Operations Command (Socom). Cybertruck as part of the enemy. The specific inclusion of the cybertruck inside the list (when no other brand vehicle appears cited) responds to An internal study of February 13, 2025, which evaluated the design, materials, impact resistance and technological innovations of this model. He justifying documentpartially censored but published online, concludes that the angular design and the without painting stainless steel of the vehicle place it in a separate category, completely different from conventional vehicles with steel or painted aluminum chassis. To this is added its electrical architecture of 48v, an still incipient technology among competitors. According to The AFTCthere are no comparable vehicles in the market. One More Thing. But the most disturbing of the application is the premise that supports it: it is considered “probable” that future adversaries begin to use cybertrucks in combat areas, and it is pointed out that these vehicles have demonstrated unexpected resistance to damage after greater impacts. Without specifying the scenario or the enemy to which allusion is made for obvious reasons, the document underlines the need to replicate realistic environments in training, including vehicles that could be used by hostile forces. The war truck. He Geopolitical context in which this restlessness is placed has broader implications. Although it is not explicitly mentioned, SOPGM (Stand Off Precision Munitions) programs are mainly designed to neutralize mobile threats In the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and other environments where the objectives are usually adapted civil vehicles. In this context, the cybertruck not only embodies a symbol of technological status, but can represent A tactical threat real if used by armed or insurgent actors who seek improvised armor, silent electrical mobility and structural resistance. Recent history offers some clues: Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya, He showed publicly Several modified cybertrucks With machine guns 12.7 mm caliber, allegedly sent to Ukraine. Beyond its doubtful origin (given its inclusion in sanctions lists), these vehicles symbolize the growing crossing between consumer technology and irregular war. Other tests in the past with cars Musk’s “apocalyptic” car. When Elon Musk presented the cybertruck in 2019, he did it with a promise: a vehicle “Apocalypse proof”with armored windows, ultra -resistant and science fiction chassis. Since then, it has been subject to fervor and mockery in equal parts. Ha suffered withdrawalcriticism for Your finishesdoubts about Your reliabilityand a growing perception that the initial vision has been weighed by structural problems. In spite of everything, Tesla has sold about 46,000 units (according to estimates of this spring), with the majority concentrated In North America. However, it has been confirmed that some copies have already arrived in the Middle Eastand Tesla announced in April that it will open direct sales In Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar before the end of the year. The importance of the enclave. That geographical turn of the Cybertruck distribution cannot be overlooked. If the vehicle becomes available in regions where militias or state actors with interests facing the United States operate freely, it could become an impromptu platform For mobile attacksarmored transport or even paramilitary use. In fact, several companies are already offering Modified versions of the cybertruck for security agenciespolice bodies or armed forceswith additions such as additional armor, tactical kits and unnimlined unipersonal configurations. The United States Department, which this year considered Acquire cybertrucks for diplomatic use, canceled that intention shortly after, probably because of the political and symbolic implications of the vehicle. Consumer technology (or conflicts). The history of the use of civil vehicles as whites in military training It is not new. For years, the US army has employed Toyota Hilux or Land Cruisers trucks, Imimitations of Asian SUV or sedans used by insurgents, as part of its simulation exercises. The new in this case is The qualitative leap which represents the cybertruck: a high -end electric vehicle, sold as an emblem of modernity and status, which now enters the orbit of asymmetric war. The decision of the Air Force to use it as a target of proof reflects a broader transformation in the way in which armies are prepared for the conflicts of the future. It is no longer just training against armored armored or pickups, but to assume that high -tech civil arsenal (globally commercialized) can be integrated into operations theaters in an unconventional way. Between the plausible and the absurd. The Tesla case as a missile goal Raises broader questions about the evolution of modern combat. If the military considers plausible for a future enemy to use luxury electric vehicles as mobile war platforms, what other elements of the civil world could be militarized? The same logic that promotes the acquisition of these training vehicles can be applied to Other technological artifacts whose use moves from private consumption to … Read more

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