EV/AV Report: Autonomous espionage and charging roads
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s EV/AV report, autonomous vehicles (AVs) join the United States’ list of national security threats, Detroit announces prototype roads that wirelessly charge electric vehicles (EVs) and Tesla escalates the full self-driving beta (FSD) to all interested customers in North America. This is the latest in electric and autonomous vehicles. Weakest […]
Field Testing: Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta tears down geofence in downtown Toronto
An FSD-powered self driving route, right in the heart of Toronto. (Twitter/Chansoo Byeon) Toronto, Ontario — Tesla has removed Full-Self Driving (FSD) beta restrictions from Toronto’s downtown core, following complaints among drivers that much of the city’s urban centre is geofenced off by the software. This was confirmed in a tweet by FSD tester Chansoo Byeon […]
EV/AV Report: Full Self-Driving Beta remains uncertified for 2022, OEMs miss sustainability targets
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s report, Tesla says Full Self Driving (FSD) will remain uncertified by the NHTSA for the foreseeable future, Lyft says that autonomous vehicles won’t replace humans for the distant future, and a think tank critiques OEMs for failing to meet sustainability targets. This is the latest in electric and autonomous […]
Invisible Borders: Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ unavailable in large sections of Toronto’s downtown
Toronto, Ontario — As its “Full Self-Driving” beta dropped into select Canadian vehicles earlier this week, Tesla enthusiasts were excited to get on the road and be taken for a drive, but those in the Toronto-area found themselves hitting a cyber roadblock in the city’s downtown core. Met with a dashboard notification reading “Full Self-Driving […]
AV Arrival: Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta launches in Canada
Toronto, Ontario — Canadian Tesla drivers are excited to sit back and do nothing, now that the “Full Self-Driving” beta has officially launched, which offers autonomous driving capabilities to a select batch of customers. With the 2022.4.5.20 software update, Canada becomes the first country outside of the U.S. to join the beta which, at this […]
New Driver, Caution: self-driving Teslas in Canada by Feb. 25, says Musk
UPDATE: As of March 14, 2022, Drive Tesla Canada reports there have been no known Full Self-Driving beta downloads in Canada. Toronto, Ontario — Elon Musk confirmed that 60 self-driving cars in Canada were being tested by Feb. 25, marking the first expansion of Tesla’s self-driving beta outside the United States. “Hoping to go wider […]
Tuesday Ticker: February 15, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly Tuesday Ticker, Snow Lake Lithium plans a Manitoba-based lithium mine for EV battery materials; Canadian Tesla drivers grow anxious over the soon-to-be-released Full Self Driving Beta and PPG enters an agreement to acquire an Italian powder coatings supplier. Lithium mines in Manitoba A Manitoban company has a vision to […]