Published on Saturday, May 18, 2020
Screenshot: Hertz Car Sales, Photo: Axel Schmidt (Getty Images), Apu Gomes / Stringer (Getty Images), Sean Gallup (Getty Images), Ford, Mike Blake (Reuters), Tesla, Justin Sullivan (Getty Images), Image: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times (Getty Images), Illustration: Dado Ruvic (Reuters)
Screenshot: Hertz Car Sales
: Environmental activists protest near the Tesla Gigafactory electric car factory on May 11, 2024 close to Gruenheide, Germany. Photo: Axel Schmidt. (Getty Images).
A car company is rarely divisive. Except for labor strikes, scandals or recalls, there’s not much to fight about over Thanksgiving dinner. Tesla is, as always, the exception.
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What is Elon Musk praying about here? Only wrong answers. Photo: Apu Gomes / Stringer (Getty Images)
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images)
Tesla’s production rate is so high that it seems impossible for the automaker to sell as many cars and trucks. According to Tesla’s own figures, it produced 46,561 vehicles more than it sold to customers in the first quarter 2024. Where do all these cars go? There are parking lots in factories, malls, and airports.
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A dog and his owner wait for a recharge to be complete at a Tesla Supercharger station at the corner of 14th St. and Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, April 17, 2024. Image: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times (Getty Images)
What does it take to use the Superchargers of Tesla? Amazon and other online retailers sell NACS adapters which look like they will allow non-Tesla electric vehicles to charge at Tesla Superchargers. However, none of them actually work. Amazon does not have a quick fix for EV owners who want to use Tesla Superchargers. It’s important to remember that a car is expensive and it takes a lot more power to charge a car than a smartphone.
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Power down. Photo: Mike Blake. (Reuters).
The Android mascot Bugdroid is seen in front of the Apple logo Illustration: Dado Ruvic (Reuters)
Your phone will start to alert you if someone places a tracking device on your person. This is true whether you use an Apple or Android.
Apple devices alert users when an Air Tag, or other Apple bluetooth device, is in the vicinity. Android phones can detect Bluetooth devices that are unknown, whether they have Air Tags or not, since July. New update enables gadgets from both manufacturers to be cross-functional.
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Source: Quartz