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Tesla just received its largest preorder of Semi trucks yet

Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser beer, announced today that it had placed an order for 40 Tesla Semi trucks, even though the truck won’t enter production until 2019. It’s one of the largest reservations of Elon Musk’s new truck to date. Each reservation requires a $5,000 deposit, so that’s $200,000 in Tesla’s bank account right now.

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The EPA Confirms The Expensive Tesla Model 3 Has A Range Of 310 Miles

The Tesla Model 3 debuted with two different models-the standard car with a 50 kWh battery pack and the “Long Range” spec with a 75 kWh battery pack, and the EPA has just confirmed Tesla’s claimed 310-mile range for the latter.

GM’s Self-Driving Bolt Gets Publicly Stumped By Taco Truck

Ahead of a big meeting with Wall Street investors this week to lay out its “vision for an autonomous future,” General Motors showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, offering the first public test rides for non-employees. The rides didn’t exactly go as planned.

Apple might test self-driving cars at this track

Apple’s self-driving car project might have a new test site. The company is leasing an Arizona proving ground to experiment with its nascent autonomous platform, according to a Jalopnik report citing a source familiar with the project.

DHL orders 10 Tesla Semi electric trucks, mainly for shorter routes

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Deutsche Post AG’s () DHL and Fortigo Freight Services Inc, one of Canada’s largest fleet management companies, said on Tuesday they have pre-ordered Tesla Inc’s () electric truck unveiled earlier this month to test on limited routes. High-profile logistics and transportation customers like fleet operator J.B.

Waymo officially clocks 4 million self-driven miles on the road

Self-driving technology has come a long way in the last several years – 4 four million miles, to be exact, if we’re talking about Waymo. The Alphabet-owned technology company has been one of many firms responsible for moving autonomous vehicles from nothing but a pipe dream to the next big thing in the automotive pipeline.

Lidar just got way better-but it’s still too expensive for your car

Velodyne The iconic spinning laser sensors atop autonomous cars may be making their final turns. Velodyne, the world’s market-leading lidar manufacturer, has built a new device that sees further and in more detail than any lidar sensor currently on sale, in a package a fifth the size of its previous high-resolution device.

Tesla’s semi-truck is priced surprisingly competitive

Looking at the $180,000 model, it’s still around $60,000 more than a diesel-powered semi truck. However, the Semi could cost around 20 percent less to run, Tesla estimates, putting savings over a million miles at around $250,000.