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MIT To Pay Tesla Owners $1,000 To Equip Cars With Driver-Watching Cameras For Research
“A car that’s driving itself needs to know when the driver is able to take control back.” And so MIT will pay about $1k to Tesla owners who are willing to have their cars equipped with a bunch of cameras that monitor not the road, but the driver.
Jun 12, 2016
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Musk at MIT: Tesla Gigafactories, Superchargers, Zombie Apocalypses (and wuuuut? w/video)
MIT (Cambridge, MA) hosted over an hour-long one-on-one discussion with a decidedly tired-looking, but still very compelling and coherent Elon Musk this past week. Musk discussed a wide range of subjects
Oct 26, 2014
Battery Tech
Researchers Discover What's Holding Back Breakthrough Lithium-Air Battery
Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Laboratory have discovered something that's never before been observed in lithium-air batteries and it could pave the way for the technology to emerge as a commercially viable solution for electric vehicles of the future. Still Crude...But an Improvement Lithium-air, which is touted for its ability to potentially offer ...
Jun 01, 2013
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Will the Tesla Model S Lead to Cheaper Electric Vehicles from Other Automakers?
Tesla Model S Though it's argued by some that the cost of the Tesla Model S is simply too high to afford it mainstream appeal, there's an argument presented by the folks at MIT Technology Review that says the Model S lofty price tag is necessary today and will soon lead to cheaper electric vehicle from other automakers. Model S Kicks Butt on the Strip ...
May 18, 2013
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Ford To Test Range-Saving "Breakthrough" Heating System in Focus Electric
Ford Will Test a Heating and Cooling System That is Claimed to Draw Almost No Energy from the Vehicle's Battery Owners of electric vehicles who reside in northern regions of the world know that using the vehicle's heating system depletes range. It's no different for those who reside in areas where temps soar above 90 degrees Fahrenheit on a regular basis, which basically requ...
Apr 25, 2013