First look at Tesla’s Sentry Mode HAL 9000 ‘Space Odyssey’ Easter Egg

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 14, 2019 A photograph from a Model 3 owner has given a brief, first look at Tesla’s recently-released Sentry Mode. As it turns out, Tesla’s newest security feature contains one very appropriate and cool Easter Egg when it gets activated — the domineering crimson “eye” of HAL 9000 from …

No, Rivian is most definitely not ‘Tesla’s worst nightmare’

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 13, 2019 With Detroit-based Rivian Automotive stepping into the limelight, the electric car maker has seen itself being compared to Silicon Valley-based Tesla, a first mover in the EV market. Over the following week, Rivian and its CEO, RJ Scaringe, has been dubbed as several things, among them being …

Tesla’s updated deadline for referral program winners shows focus on logistics

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 12, 2019 Tesla has announced that all winners of the recently-concluded Referral Program must select their prizes by February 28. After this date, those eligible for rewards would not be able to redeem their prizes anymore. Based on the deadline cited by Tesla, it appears that the electric car …