Tesla has advised owners not to use unproven tricks that may supposedly help them, one of which is placing a wet towel on the handle of the Supercharger charger with the intention of cooling it down.
One Model S owner claims the car was charging at 60kW, and when he wrapped a wet towel around the charger’s handle, the charging speed increased to 95kW. Also, some people said that the charging speed dropped from 147 to 58 kW, and after putting a wet towel on it, it increased to 119 kW.
“Putting a wet cloth on the handle of the Supercharger charger does not increase charging speed, it interferes with temperature monitoring and causes the risk of overheating and damage. Please do not do this so that our systems can function properly and detect the real charging problem,” it was announced from Tesla.
During the company’s financial report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed the arrival of a new electric car, the Tesla Model 2. It is an affordable car that will cost less than the Model 3, and which should arrive on the market in the first half of next year.
Last year, a teaser was released showing a car with a curved roofline and similar design to the Model Y SUV and Model 3. The Model 2 is also expected to look a bit like the facelifted Model 3 with slimmer headlights compared to Tesla’s older models. It should be positioned as a rival to conventional family hatchback models with a size of around 4.4 meters, and this could be achieved with a more aggressive rear roofline.
The car will be produced on the same production lines as the current models. This will not achieve the projected savings, but it will provide an opportunity for the company to increase the volume of vehicles in a more efficient way during uncertain times. “This should help us use the maximum capacity, which is close to three million vehicles, and enable a growth of more than 50 percent compared to production in 2023 before investing in new production lines,” the company said.
The Tesla CEO also said that this car will use everything the company learned during the development of the Model S, X, 3 and Y, as well as the Cybertruck and the Semi truck.
At the beginning of July, it was announced that Tesla would not meet the deadline for the presentation of its Robotaxi, which was supposed to happen on August 8, and now we have a new date. The Tesla Cybercab is coming on October 10, 2024.
According to Elon Musk’s statement, Tesla changed the date of presentation of self-driving taxis because the company wanted to improve the vehicle with some new technological solutions. What exactly it is about has not been announced.
Musk also said that self-driving cars, including taxis, are key to Tesla’s future as an extremely valuable AI company. However, it is still unclear whether Tesla can actually perfect the technology for autonomous driving. The company already has a Full Self-Driving function, which still requires human supervision and often makes mistakes.
The CEO of Tesla Motors believes that the company cannot offer rides to customers until the Full Self-Driving technology can be used without supervision. The arrival time of the robotaxi on the market depends on technological progress and approvals.
Recently, we could see the unsuccessful presentation of the Robotaxi Verne, by Rimac Automobili. After several attempts to call a vehicle via the app, Verne did not come on stage. “Today we presented Verne, the car, the infrastructure. The car is one of the elements of the ecosystem. We make the car ourselves and are building a factory near the campus. We will produce cars for the whole world. We are now two years away from the next phase, when driving around Zagreb. We had a problem with the brake, the car wouldn’t start. It’s a completely different car, the dimensions are like a Golf, but the interior is made to be more comfortable and spacious,” said Rimac. Although the company claimed that the car was supposed to go on stage by itself, leaked information says that the car was supposed to be driven by a person with a joystick.
We should not forget that these companies take large amounts of money (hundreds of millions) from investors and even taxpayers, in order to make a show, set a new date and take more money. Are they so skilled at deception, or are we so stupid that we believe everything they say?!
