Tesla’s Model 3 gets quicker cornering with ‘Track Mode’

Tesla has just made your Model 3 Performance EV a helluva lot more fun with the launch of Track Mode. The software shuts down all the traction control protection that normally prevents wheel slip in order to keep your car between the scenery. With that turned off, the dual electric motors are repurposed to improve […]

Google model identifies restaurants that could give you food poisoning

Google could soon tell you which restaurants are more likely to give you food poisoning, thanks to an algorithm that can identify lapses in food safety in near real time. Working with researchers from Harvard University, Google tested a machine-learned model in Chicago and Las Vegas to identify user search queries such as “stomach cramps” […]

Side-stepping Tariffs: Tesla Sets Chinese Target of 3,000 Model 3s Per Week

Due to China’s increased tariffs on U.S.-manufactured vehicles, Tesla’s sales have taken a moderate beating there. Like any automaker hoping to move metal within the region, it wants a solution and seems to have come up with one. While there appears to be little hope of the brand’s larger vehicles circumventing the nation’s 40 percent […]

Hyundai N Performance division working on 'exotic' halo model like the RM16

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Hyundai,Coupe,Hatchback,Future,Hybrid,Performance Division VP says brand builder will be in the ‘super sport segment’. Continue reading Hyundai N Performance division working on ‘exotic’ halo model like the RM16 Hyundai N Performance division working on ‘exotic’ halo model like the RM16 originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 28 Oct 2018 […]

FBI investigating whether Tesla misstated Model 3 production numbers

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Report: Tesla faces “deepening criminal investigation” into Model 3 production

Enlarge (credit: Troy Harvey/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Tesla is reportedly undergoing a “deepening criminal investigation” by the FBI into whether the company misled investors with respect to production of Model 3 vehicles, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper cited “people familiar with the matter,” who said that federal prosecutors based in San Francisco have […]

NOAA is about to make some big changes to its global weather model

Enlarge / Ominous wall cloud portends possible violent weather in Nebraska early in 2018. (credit: NOAA) The nation’s weather and climate organization, NOAA, has appointed a new director of its Environmental Modeling Center. This position, essentially, oversees development of the US computer models used to forecast weather around the world. The new director is Brian […]