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Austin Welcomed Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way).
The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming ...
Exclusive: Musk took leased cars back so Tesla could use them as "robotaxis." Instead, Tesla sold them
Tesla last November ended an unusual policy that prohibited U.S. leasing customers from buying their cars at lease-end.
Tesla lease buyouts reinstated as robotaxi strategy shifts
Until the recent reversal, its website stated Tesla vehicles delivered after April 15, 2022 "are not eligible for purchase." ...
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Tesla barred lease buyouts for ‘robotaxis,’ but resold the cars at a markup
Tesla last November ended an unusual policy that prohibited U.S. leasing customers from buying their cars at lease-end.
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Tesla lease customers can now buy their cars: Report
Tesla last November ended an unusual policy that prohibited U.S. leasing customers from buying their cars at lease-end. The ...
'It is not AI that scares me, it is us': Psychologist Charan Ranganath’s video on tech’s impact on human behaviour resurfaces
AI isn’t the villain—we might be. A viral throwback of psychologist Charan Ranganath on the Lex Fridman podcast reopens the ...
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Exclusive: Musk took leased cars back so Tesla could use them as "robotaxis." Instead, Tesla sold them
In 2019, when Tesla first offered leasing for the Model 3, Musk told podcast host Lex Fridman that the ability ... As Tesla models age and face rising competition from other electric vehicle ...
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The group chats that changed America
In February, he described the group chats to the podcaster Lex Fridman as “the equivalent of samizdat” — the self-published Soviet underground press — in a “soft authoritarian” age of ...