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Tesla customers create a rear door back-up exit fix

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Rear door back-up exit fix Tesla‘s own customers, concerned about the safety of their back seat passengers in the event of a power loss, have created their own rear door back-up exit fix. My sister-in-law sent the two pictures that follow, which is a clever variation on solutions found on various Tesla forums for her …

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Tesla OTA updates take your time

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Tesla OTA updates I saw a response to a post about Tesla OTA updates (from Tesla) that read “Teslas get better with age.” The original post was directed to Tesla and read: My 5 year old Model Y has received 107 updates since it was brand new. The average time between updates is 16 days…”. …

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Letter to Tesla shareholders informative for those on the outside

Tesla shareholders At the finish of the 2025 shareholder meeting, Board Chair issued a letter to Tesla shareholders. Among other things, she thanked them for the “approval of Proposals One, Three and Four sends an unmistakable message: you support the vision embodied by Master Plan Part IV and want us to keep steering Tesla toward …

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Tesla CEO gets his pay package

The pay package MSNBC has reported that Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly approved a massive new pay package for CEO Elon Musk. The deal is worth up to $1 trillion over 10 years if the company meets a list of benchmarks. The deal was not without opposition, but ultimately Musk, already Tesla’s largest shareholder, could consolidate influence …

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Cybercab — who covers liability?

Liability We posted a few days ago about Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims that the company would begin production of the self driving Cybercab in the second quarter of 2026. And we completely forgot about this — who cover’s liability? If there is no driver and the expectations are that the vehicle will go station …

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Tesla to start Cybercab production in the second quarter of 2026

Cybercab production According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company will begin full scale Cybercab production in Q2 of 2026. The Cybercab is a vehicle with no driver controls — steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals — at all… As reported by InsideEVs, Musk spoke at the most recent quarterly earnings call and claimed the …

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Well, Consumer Reports was close

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Consumer Reports We often cite Consumer Reports (CR) articles we see on automotive matters, but a recent CR article about one of our favorite topics, electronic locks and latches, sent us back to review our own Get Out page. They were close. We’re talking about getting out of a vehicle equipped with electronic locks and …

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