Tesla engineer explains why Sentry Mode is safe for vehicles’ speakers

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 22, 2019 A Tesla engineer has explained why Sentry Mode, despite its use of extremely loud music, is completely safe for an electric car’s sound system. As noted by the Tesla employee, the design of Tesla’s sound system itself allows tracks such as Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor …

Tesla Model 3 loses Consumer Reports’ ‘Recommended’ rating over ‘reliability’ issues

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 21, 2019 Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) are down after Consumer Reports pulled its “Recommended” rating for the Model 3. The recommendation, which was given to the Model 3 last year following an over-the-air update that improved the car’s brakes, was reportedly pulled over reliability issues raised by numerous owners of …

Elon Musk explains why Tesla is using custom-built hardware for Full Self-Driving

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 20, 2019 ARK Invest founder and CIO Cathie Wood and analyst Tasha Keeney featured Elon Musk in a recent episode of the firm’s weekly For Your Innovation podcast, where the Tesla CEO explained the rationale behind the electric car maker’s decision to develop a custom-built hardware solution for future …