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Elon Musk made his nth promise on autonomous driving and Tesla will pay him expensive (already stockings)

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If something has characterized the direction of Elon Musk in front of Tesla, they have been his grandiloquent phrases and his promises of doubtful credibility. One of them is a classic that can now cost Caro: all its cars can be updated to their most advanced autonomous driving system for free. Musk already admits that they will have to take a hard cost. A key business. Autonomous driving is, for Tesla, one of its key businesses for the future. The company already said in 2023 that it could make money exclusively with the software of its cars and that they could make their cars profitable without winning a single euro with the vehicle itself. Since then, Elon Musk has been selling the benefits of its autonomous driving systems. Similarly, the company has been sliding that it is In conversations with third parties to act as suppliers of your driving aid systems. And to this we must add the promise that from next year we will see the Tesla Robotaxis in the streets. The FSD. That autonomous driving has a name and surname within Tesla. Full Self Driving (FSD). A driving aid system that, for the moment, continues to force the driver to be at all times aware of what happens around him in case he has to intervene. The name has been a reason for controversy, DECEÑIOUS ADVERTISING FACKING Because he implies that he has more capacities than he really offers. In fact, Ford with Bluecruisewhich allows you to remove your hands from the steering wheel although keeping your attention, and Mercedes, which does not force you to maintain attention In very specific circumstancesThey seem to have come further. In the specific case of Tesla, their cars are sold with Three well -differentiated packages. Basic assists includes adaptive cruise control and lane change. The improved autopilot package adds functions such as automatic lane or parking (and exit) without human intervention. Finally, the FSD or “Total Autonomous Driving”, as Tesla sells in Spain, adds the stops and torn in the traffic lights and, “in the future, self -admitted in urban areas. The eternal promise. The FSD has been one of Tesla’s great promises in recent years. The price of buying a car with active FSD or “total autonomous driving”, as sold in Spain, adds 7,500 euros to the price of the car. Another option is to activate it in the coming years when we consider it appropriate from our website. That future option is what seems to be complicating Tesla. On its website the following is read in the frequently asked questions section: As of April 2019, all new Tesla vehicles come standard with the autopilot*, which includes cruise control adapted to traffic and autogyro. Some exceptions can be applied. For vehicles without the autopilot software, but equipped with the necessary hardware, you can buy the autopilot, the improved autopilot or the total autonomous driving capacity at any time through its Tesla account; The necessary autopilot software will be added to your car.A necessary update . Since 2016, Tesla has been promising that all their cars would have the necessary hardware to support the functions of total autonomous driving, including those of“Level 5” . That is, the car can move without human intervention, as if it were a robotaxi. In 2019, however, the company had to confirm that the autonomous driving system would require greater computer power. SoThey presented the HW3 a computer designed to allow these functions. Given the promise that cars sold since 2016 could have these functions, cars already sold for free to interested drivers were updated. In 2023, again Tesla has to expand the computer capabilities of its cars with a new hardware. The long -awaited HW4 arrives That now, yes (it is supposed) it will allow a completely autonomous driving. But from the company the message is launched that drivers whose cars use the HW3 should not worry because the new software will refine to make it compatible with their vehicles.They are not valid . A year later, in October 2024, Elon Musk begins to slide the idea that cars with HW3 will not be able to count on the latest advances in autonomous driving and, therefore, they will not be able to enjoy their FSD program. We are not 100% safe. HW4 has HW3’s capacity several times. It is easier to make things work in HW4 and a lot of effort is needed to put that in HW3. There is the possibility that HW3 does not reach the level of security that allows non -supervised FSD. Words pick them upElectrek where, in addition, they explain the difficulties that the company would have to update its cars at the technical level. According to the medium, it is almost impossible due to the limitations of the hardware The Tesla Model and should be the change of paradigm in Europe. It has been destroyed as a best selling car by Dacia SanderoFree . At that time, Elon Musk already warned that if the company did not find a way to make the HW3 compatible with the total autonomous driving would launch a free update campaign of the hardware of the vehicle for all those who had acquired the car with these functions. Months after these first statements, Elon Musk has confirmed that all cars that were bought with the FSD package already active will be updated for free. “We will have to replace all HW3 computers in vehicles where FSD was bought,” Musk said At the last meeting with shareholders.Half fulfilling . In his statements, Musk made it clear that they would only be the cars that acquired the FSD package when buying it the cars that will receive this update for free. This leaves out, therefore, those who did not do first and chose to subscribe to the functions of driving aid. Therefore, Tesla would be halfway. In their day they promised that all cars bought from 2016 would be completely autonomous. This is only possible, … Read more

The Danish ITV has suspended one in four Tesla Model 3 in one year and is a music that sounds to us

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The Tesla Model 3 is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting electric cars in the autonomy/price relationship. Since arriving on the European market, he has played to stay at the level of the rest of competitors but always offering an extra autonomy and with the security network provided by Tesla superchargers. Year after years, Tesla sales in Europe They have continued increasing What has filled the car market that adds years. That is what has happened in Denmark, where the electric berline is facing the First mass calls to ITV. Last year, for example, they had to go to the periodic exams to certify the good condition of the vehicles Tesla Model 3 Buy in 2020. And the results have not been good. One in four The Tesla Model 3 arrived in Denmark in 2019. According to the accounts of ‘FDM Test & BILSYN’the main organization of ITV in the country, about 35,000 units of the completely electric Berlina circulate on its roads since they began to be sold just over a five years ago. Every year that passes, periodic inspections receive more and more cars in their facilities. Specify that in First 11 months of 2024some 28,000 electric cars underwent the ITV. Of these, many are units are a Tesla Model 3 that, four years after their arrival at the hands of the drivers, the examination of the inspectors passes for the first time. And the results have been extremely bad. As reflected in their accounts, of the 4,668 Tesla Model 3 examined between January 1 and November 21, 1,051 units suspended the test. That is, almost one in four units of the electrical model were left without approved. That 22.5% of Tesla Model 3 units that did not receive the approved one is far from the average suspensions between electric cars, which is 9%, according to the data collected by the country’s ITV stations. “This percentage is alarmingly high and reflects quality and durability problems in the first generations of Tesla Model 3,” they affirm from the association. The problems referred to are recurring in brakes, lights, axes and direction. And emphasize: “The Tesla Model 3 accumulated more than triple failures compared to other inspected electric cars. “ When talking about ITV it is easy to ask whether the problem is really in the vehicle or in the neglect and lack of interest of drivers. In Spain, for example, The most recurring failures Among the suspensions is a malfunction of the lights or excessive wear in the tires. The latter is not a minor issue. In fact, doubts about the little maintenance that must be done to an electric car has led some to wonder If the car uses oil or not. The Spanish Association of Collaborating Entities of the Administration in the Technical Inspection of Vehicles (AECA-ITV) indicates that, before going to the ITV, some of the simpler elements to review are tires. In spite of everything, we must not overlook that it is not the first time that Tesla is pointed out by an ITV organization. The Tüv Süd, the German ITV, also prepared its own report alerting that The Tesla had recurring failures and that Dacia won them in reliability. In that case, the German organism remembered the importance of keeping the car In the best possible state. They pointed out that an electric car also had to comply with minimum maintenance And that, again, the most recurring failures collected in the Tesla suspensions had to do with the tires and lighting. These are the most recent reports but already in 2022 The OCU pointed to Tesla as one of the least reliable brands of the market. And JD Power, a specialist in this type of reports in the United States, showed the same results in 2023. While Japanese brands occupied the first positions, Tesla was one of the least reliable manufacturers. Photo | Tesla In Xataka | The Tesla Model and should be the change of paradigm in Europe. It has been destroyed as a best selling car by Dacia Sandero

The Tesla Model and should be the change of paradigm in Europe. It has been destroyed as a best selling car by Dacia Sandero

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Europe should walk to the electric car market. The entrance of the new emission limits regulations will force Increase market share of the electric car or, in the worst case for manufacturers, to disburse large fines. In the market, in fact, electric cars begin to accumulate Below 30,000 euros or with autonomy that, for less than 40,000 euros, allows you to get rid of the plug and not open your head planning a trip to the millimeter. A first step of how the European Automobile Market could change us in 2023. Then, the best -selling car on the continent was the Tesla Model and. Elon Musk’s Super SUV was even The best selling car in the world. Of course, contemplating all kinds of technologies. It was expected, therefore, that Europe continued to advance towards the electric car and that Tesla Model and strengthened its leadership. But nothing is further from reality. Elon Musk’s car has been widely overcome by an opponent who is antithesis: gasoline and without electrifying. It is Dacia Sandero. The new king of Europe Dacia Sandero was the best selling car last year in Europe, with 270,111 units according to Dataforce. The data differ slightly from those presented by Dacia that presumes to place 309,392 units In the European market in 2024. For the words of the Romanian company, we can assume that in these last sales the business market is also contemplated. And is that the Dacia Sandero Not only has it been placed as the best -selling car in Europe between individuals. His leadership is absolute and has devastated. Dacia confirms that it is the best selling car in each and every one of its sales channels. Among individuals, Dacia Sandero has taken almost 60,000 units To Tesla Model and, who in 2023 managed to get first position in the table. The electric car has added 210,484 units, which represents a 17.4% drop in this channel. This has barely left him as the fourth best -selling car in Europe. The Renault Clio (second best -selling car in Europe) and the Volkswagen Golf (third) have exceeded 6,000 units the figure achieved by Tesla Model Y. Although it can be seen as a European failure of the electric car, the truth is that already in 2023 The only electric car that really presented battle was the Tesla Model Y. No other car among the ten best -selling models was exclusively electric. It cannot be overlooked that the electric car in Europe punctured in 2024. 1,447,934 electric cars were sold, by the 1,538,106 cars of this type sold in 2023. It is a drop of 5.9%. This, in addition, caused a drop in the market share of the electric car 14.6% to 13.6% last year, According to ACEA data. But, without a doubt, the greatest responsible for this fall was Germany. No aid to the electric car, This technology collapsed 27.4% in the market that most buys electric cars from Europe. The fall was overwhelming And without the French relay (-2.7%), the entire market was conditioned in a year where Germany placed almost 144,000 electric cars less than the previous year. That is, the total market for the electric car in Europe moved in about 90,000 units less than the previous year. However, the fall of its locomotive palpated in part (about 54,000 units, which left another 54,000 units along the way. And without a great year of France, second market, the sales catastrophe did not extend. Therefore, losing the throne in favor of Dacia Sandero are Worst news for Tesla Model and than for Europe. Elon Musk’s supervent electric car sold in Germany 45,818 units in 2023. Figures that were very far from last year, when only put 29,896 in the market. They are worse, even that those registered in 2022, when the electric car had not taken so much in other markets and in Germany added more than 35,000 units. They are not good noticas for Tesla because Model and is called to be a real alternative to combustion vehicles and is taken for granted that had no rival in the electricity market for equal size and price. However, other models have not noticed so much the fall in sales of this technology in Germany or, they have even grown. The Skoda Enyaq, for example, has gone from selling 23,498 units in 2023 to 25,262 units in 2024. The Volkswagen ID.3 has remained at 20,101 units by 22,270 units of 2023. Tesla begins to find a market unknown to the company. The rivals begin to tighten and begin to position products in a price range and size unknown to the company. Cars like him Renault 5he KIA EV3 or the Volvo Ex30 They move Between 30,000 and 35,000 euros with smaller and practical cars in city but, in addition, they can be useful in escapes outside the city or on a long trip. As long as some discomforts in the models with smaller batteries are assumed. To reverse the situation, Tesla should expect that The image soda of the electric supervent Serve as a push to electric SUV. However, we are talking about a car of about 60,000 euros that will have to battle against options that are already much cheaper in the market. While they may not have the efficiency of Tesla, they are cars that already arrive with a more settled recharge network and the tranquility of not needing immense batteries. That without forgetting that its most traditional appearance can also play in their favor with customers who value a less disruptive interior. Photo | Tesla and Dacia In Xataka | Tesla joins Byd, Saic and Geely: He has also sued the European Commission for Tariffs, according to Politico

Tesla’s robotaxi for 2026: they see it as “impossible”

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Elon Muskknown for its ability to generate great expectations, has once again turned on the spotlight with a bold proposal: the creation of a robotaxi completely autonomous for 2026. Read also: Tesla and its $15 billion fall: causes and future This initiative, an essential part of his vision for Tesla, promises to transform mobility as we know it. You can read: Tesla raises prices in Canada and the impact is already evident However, this ambitious prediction has not convinced everyone, including NVIDIAa key player in the technological development of vehicle autonomy systems. In a recent interview, Ali Kanivice president of automotive at NVIDIA, approached Musk’s statements with a tone of well-founded skepticism. “We are not close to achieving it. It is very difficult”he stated forcefully. These words highlight the numerous challenges facing the industry in its race towards full autonomy, casting doubt on the possibility of meeting the schedule proposed by Tesla. A dream that bumps into reality NVIDIA, which has built its reputation as a leader in automotive hardware and software, works with giants such as Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover. The company has been instrumental in significant advancements in driver assistance systems (ADAS), but Kani maintains that achieving full autonomy is a monumental task. The vice president highlighted the technological requirements necessary to make an operational and safe robotaxi a reality. Among them, he mentioned the need for much higher processing powers, amplified memory bandwidths, next-generation LiDAR sensors and radars, and redundant algorithms capable of working simultaneously. “The complexity of these systems is staggering and we have not yet reached a point where it is possible to implement them on a large scale”he explained. Tesla persists in his vision For his part, Elon Musk does not seem fazed by the criticism. Tesla continues to bet on its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, a technology based on computer vision and machine learning that, according to Musk, could completely eliminate the need for human intervention in the near future. Credit: Tesla.Credit: Courtesy However, this approach has been described as risky. Many experts believe that relying solely on cameras and data processingleaving aside additional sensors such as LiDAR, could limit the effectiveness of the system in unforeseen situations. Still, Tesla maintains its strategy, trusting that the accumulation of data and the continuous improvement of its software will give it a competitive advantage. Security: the decisive obstacle One of the most critical points in the debate about total autonomy is security. Ali Kani noted that current systems often have unpredictable failures, such as phantom braking or unnecessary acceleration, which could endanger users. “The industry cannot afford a mistake. “If one company makes a significant mistake, it will set everyone back for years.”Kani warned. This comment reflects growing concern about the impact that failures in autonomous driving systems could have, both on public trust and regulation of the sector. Although the progress has been impressive, the massive accumulation of data and the development of algorithms More sophisticated technologies are essential to ensure these vehicles are completely safe before commercial deployment. Despite the differences between Tesla and NVIDIAit is undeniable that both companies are driving technology towards a future of autonomous mobility. However, while Musk projects a near horizon for robotaxisNVIDIA and other industry experts believe that full autonomy requires more time and significant advances. Kani emphasized that although automotive software development has evolved rapidly, the industry is far from reaching the level needed for a fully functional robotaxi in the next three years. This position highlights the importance of approaching technological progress with a realistic perspective, prioritizing safety and efficiency over speed. The debate between Tesla and NVIDIA highlights the balance between vision and pragmatism in the race towards vehicle autonomy. As Elon Musk envisions a future revolutionized by autonomous robotaxis in the near future, NVIDIA calls for caution, highlighting the many challenges that still need to be overcome. What is clear is that the path to total autonomy will be long and complex. Although timelines may vary, collaboration and constant advancement will remain essential to making this transformative technology a reality. Continue reading:

Xiaomi makes history and overtakes the Tesla Model 3 in sales

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When Xiaomi officially announced its first electric car, the Xiaomi SU7more than a year ago, many thought that it was going to be an absolute failure, a multimillion-dollar investment that was going to end up in the trash. And when Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, announced that the goal of the SU7 was to surpass manufacturers already established in the sector such as Tesla or Porsche, some even doubted its leadership capacity. Far from being intimidated, Lei Jun bet even harder on this project, and the results are visible. The Xiaomi car is an absolute success, to the point that one of Lei Jun’s prophecies has already been fulfilled: The Xiaomi SU7 has sold more than the Tesla Model 3one of the most popular electric cars in the sector. There is some fine print, of course. The data, shared by Lei Jun himself on his official account on the Weibo social network, refers only to the units sold throughout the month of December 2024, and only in China; Obviously, if you look at annual sales and on a global scale, Tesla is still the undisputed leader in the sector, and that probably won’t change in the near future. Even so, this is still a surprising achievement, and something that the vast majority probably did not imagine could happen. The reception of the Xiaomi SU7 was very good, with long lines just to see the car in person, and a waiting list of several months to receive the vehicle. In fact, the reception was better than the company’s own executives expected, and the company had to correct its forecast of 100,000 units sold per year. Finally, The SU7 exceeded 130,000 units delivereddespite having been released in March. In this way, Xiaomi has not only managed to surpass Tesla in the last month of 2024, it also surpassed one of the largest manufacturers in the world, Toyotaalthough only with regard to electric cars. Again, it is about an achievement that not many expectedand that has been obtained thanks to a product that offers an experience similar to the best, but with a much more affordable price. The success of the Xiaomi SU7 has allowed Xiaomi to continue investing in its automotive project. At the end of last year, the company made two important announcements: a new model, the Xiaomi YU7, and a new smart chassis which will be used in their future cars. It is the demonstration that Xiaomi is here to stay.

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