All the stories tagged with tesla
Tesla Model S Has Secret Menu
05/07/2013, Do you love Easter Eggs in video games as well as other kinds of software? Who would have thought that an Easter Egg of sorts can be found within the menu system of an electric car? That is exactly what [...]
USF Monster Tesla Coil Used To Play Super Mario Bros. Theme Song
02/18/2013, We’ve seen tesla coils used for some pretty neat things recently like being used as a Nerf gun, but being able to bend electricity to your will in order to play the main theme song for Super Mario Bros. is probably [...]
Tesla-inspired Nerf gun
10/10/2012, My first experience with how a Tesla coil works was not entirely scientific, as it was set in the battlefields of Command & Conquer, the unbelievable world where tanks are stopped by the presence of sandbags. Well, hacker Rob Flickenger [...]
Tesla solar-powered car charging stations for Model S owners unveiled, will be free to use
09/24/2012, Electric car manufacturer Tesla has constructed solar-powered rapid electric car chargers at half a dozen spots throughout the great state of California as an initial rollout, and they have drawn up plans to install even more solar-powered rapid electric car [...]
Tesla Supercharger network has solar panels
09/13/2012, When it comes to electric vehicles, you do not simply drive up to a gas station and “fill ‘er up”, so to speak, as there is this rather lengthy charging process that you need to go through in the first [...]
Tesla launches Model S electric sedan, to build 5,000 units by end of the year
06/22/2012, At the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California today, the company launched the world’s first electric sedan, the Model S. Tesla said that it will develop 5,000 Model S cars by the end of this year, with over 20,000 units to [...]
NVIDIA behind digital dashboard in Tesla Motors electric sedan
06/21/2012, NVIDIA is not just a name behind powerful graphics cards for the computer, but they also have broadened their interests over the years to include smartphones and now, the world of vehicles. It seems that energy-efficient NVIDIA Tegra module will [...]
Tesla Model X electric SUV unveiled
02/09/2012, Electric car maker, Tesla, recently pulled the wraps off its latest creation – an all-electric SUV, minivan hybrid called the Model X. First thing you’ll notice about the car (if its doors are open) will be its “falcon wing” rear [...]
Tesla’s flat pack battery in Model S
11/14/2011, IKEA isn’t the only one to come up with the idea of flat packs – Tesla, the manufacturer of electric cars extraordinary, has just introduced the flat-pack battery. Yes sir, this particular battery will lie at the bottom of the [...]
Tesla offers futuristic car dashboard
11/11/2011, We have seen the vehicle’s dashboard make the jump from analog dials to digital numbers, and even more recently, we have LCD or LED displays to take over the entire dashboard, while other vehicles also enlist the help of a [...]
Tesla Model S sedan is faster than a Porsche 911 Carrera
10/03/2011, According to Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, their upcoming dream ride, the Tesla Model S sedan will be quicker off the blocks compared to a Porsche 911 Carrera – and that’s saying a whole lot for the company that has [...]
Tesla Model S goes into beta production
08/04/2011, Earlier in the year we reported about Tesla and their Roadster and Model S all-electric vehicles, with the latter still being a prototype and with its production being slated for mid-2012. Well if the $100,000 Roadster being retired, it looks [...]
Kinect turns you into an “evil genius”
03/14/2011, The Kinect has had software written to let it do at least a 101 things at the moment, but every week more uses for the device just keep popping up. Some folks in the UK have managed to get the [...]
