• Tesla seeking ‘hardcore engineers’
    • 20/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors, is using Twitter to recruit software engineers in an attempt to accelerate the company's project to build autonomous cars. On twitter Mr Musk appealed for ‘hardcore software engineers’ to work on the firm's Autopilot software. The Tesla boss said he will be [...]
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  • Glasurit granted Tesla approval
    • 18/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Tesla Motors has granted approval for Glasurit's refinish products for its global bodyshop network. The Glasurit 90 Line waterborne paint system was convincing in numerous tests with Tesla's vehicles, which are manufactured in a lightweight aluminum. High-level colour expertise, along with a comprehensive [...]
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  • Security experts hack Tesla car
    • 07/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Tesla has issued a software update for its model S car after two researchers found a way to take control of the vehicle via its onboard systems. This follows on from the news last week, when Fiat Chrysler issued a recall for more than 1.4 million vehicles after hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek showed how [...]
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  • R-M gains TESLA approval
    • 22/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Tesla Motors has given approval for R-M automotive refinish paints for use by the Tesla distribution and bodyshop network worldwide. R-M will offer its colour competence and ONYX HD waterborne paint line which is ideally suited to the aluminium construction used in Tesla cars. In view of the high quality standards [...]
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  • TESLA MODEL S SURPASS ONE BILLION ELECTRIC MILES
    • 23/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Electric car company Tesla, has announced today that its total worldwide vehicle fleet have driven over a billion miles collectively. In just the three years since Model S hit the road, owners across the world have travelled the equivalent of over 4,000 trips to the moon, or almost 40,000 times around the Earth. By [...]
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  • Tesla announces ‘auto-steering’ plans
    • 20/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The boss of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, has stated that a software update to Tesla’s Model S vehicles, coming in three months’ time, will give them ‘auto-steering’ capabilities. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Elon Musk stated that a software update to Tesla’s Model S vehicles, coming in three [...]
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