Update on Electric Trucks
A few months ago we posted about the Tesla Takeover currently facing the transportation industry. With their latest vehicle, Tesla Semi, expected to be revealed later this month, we figured that the high tech automotive company and the electric trucks segment are worth revisiting. While Elon Musk has garnered much of the media attention, Tesla will face no shortage in competitors when they do come to market. Mercedes Benz, Nikola, and...
Tesla Takeover | Trucking Edition
As the New Year rolled around, we highlighted a few trucking industry predictions for 2017. One of these predictions was the adoption of electric commercial vehicles. Last summer, Elon Musk released the company’s master plan, which briefly touched on the types of vehicles to be released. Now, the company’s first electric semi truck will be revealed in September. We’ve seen electric vehicles shake up the automobile industry, so will...
Model S Crash | Safety with Autonomous Vehicles
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finally closed its investigation into a fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Tesla Model S using its autopilot function. Since the incident, many have become weary of just how safe autopilot features and autonomous vehicles actually are when driving public roads. Although it is by no means an underdeveloped technology haphazardly unleashed onto the open road (the Model...