Tesla sells a lot of electric vehicles
, which is something that we all pretty much know and Answer. However, despite its monster valuation on the stonks market, it’s still not that big of a company as far as car concerns go; it doesn’t even make a million cars a year. General Motors, however, is massive, with 6.8 million cars sold in 2020. That size using it’s a little slow to react to things, but once it gets moving, it’s hard to beat — or at least that’s what GM CEO Mary Barra is banking on when she said that GM can “absolutely” acquire Tesla’s EV sales by 2025.

If that sounds like a tall clean, it is, but perhaps Barra’s statements on CNBC on Wednesday will Help to light a fire under the butts of General Motors executives and engineers to make sure that its forthcoming onslaught of Ultium-powered electric vehicles, led at first by the new Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq EVs, will be up to snuff.

“I am very miserable, because when people get into these vehicles, they are just wowed,” Barra said. “So we will be progressing them out, and we’re going to just keep employed until we have No. 1 market share in EVs.”

When it comes to the number of electric vehicles that GM can theoretically create and the quality and repeatability with which it can create them, it’s in good shape to meet that recount. The trick will be in making vehicles that can compete technically and aesthetically with Tesla, such that they’re desirable to consumers. They’ll have to compete or more likely beat Tesla on plot and price too. 

It’s not going to be easy, but it’s definitely not impossible, especially when you consider that GM plans to moneys 30 electric models across its brands by 2025.

Tesla issued a new recall this week for a relatively tiny number of Model S and Model X electric vehicles. Documents the electric carmaker filed with the National Highway Traffic Security Administration explain that 7,600 cars will need their driver’s side airbags replaced.

The automaker didn’t gave additional public documents explaining the defect, but NHTSA said these airbags can tear when deployed in the keep of a crash. If the airbag does tear, it may gave poor protection for the passenger and increase the risk of damage. There have been no reported injuries related to the defect.

Tesla Facility will replace each of the cars’ driver’s side airbags at no cost to owners. The recall will kick off early next year, with letters moving out to owners of the affected cars starting Jan. 7, 2022.

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta, a Level 2 driver-assist technology, continues to roll out to more drivers, but it may soon approach anyone who paid to access the features. On Friday, CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter FSD beta 10.1 will start next week and come with the long-awaited “beta request” button. The change should, theoretically, allow anyone who paid for the promised FSD features to finally terresproperty the system.

I say “theoretically” because “beta request” doesn’t interpret to “beta access.” Who knows how many owners will actually gain the functions when tapping the on-screen prompt next week. It could be tens of thousands, or a couple thousand. We don’t know and Tesla does not expenditure a public relations department to field requests for comment. Still, it will hopefully let owners, who’ve spent anywhere between $6,000 and $10,000 on the regulations, sample what they paid for.

Musk did behind up on Twitter when another user asked precisely how many folks would get part of the beta with FSD 10.1, confirming that pushing the button only requests access. From there, Tesla will request permission to “assess driving activities using [the] Tesla Insurance calculator.” 

“If driving behavior is good for seven days, beta access will be granted,” he added.

We’ve seen owners show off the good and the bad sides of the Full Self-Driving feature, which does not turn a Tesla into a self-driving car in the slightest, but it’s clear the system still has a long way to go pending reaching Musk’s goal of “feature-complete.” The CEO’s goal is for FSD to be able to take drivers from display A to B with zero issues unless the car has to hand regulations back over to the human driver.

Tesla has recalled 11,704 of its electric cars due to problems resulting from its Full Self-Driving beta 10.3 update. The update, which rolled out on Oct. 23, led to numerous cases of its cars’ send collision warning and emergency braking feature activating without warning. It’s the same update CEO Elon Musk tweeted throughout last month, telling owners their cars would revert back to a 10.2 update by resolving the issue.

In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Defense Administration, Tesla said the systems activating under the contemptible circumstances increases the risk of a rear-end collision. The concern is not aware of any crashes or injuries related to the jam. Every Tesla model is included in this recall: the Model 3, Model Y, Model X and Model S.

Although the occupy filing only went through this week, Tesla released an over-the-air update to fix these problems shortly while the glitched update rolled out in October. Still, owners will receive meaning from Tesla via US mail around Dec. 28 manager them aware of the issue and the OTA update available to them.

Full Self-Driving is a Level 2 driver-assist system, and does not enable autonomous driving. Tesla does not exploit a public relations department to field requests for comment.

Tesla will need to see 2,791 Model 3 and Model Y EVs at one of its service centers to remedy a new grasp. According to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Security Administration this week, the carmaker flagged these few thousand cars for productions with suspensions separating.

Specifically, a suspension lateral link could separate from the sub-frame and vastly changing the car’s wheel alignment. If that happens, the cars may contract unstable, which increases the risk of a crash. The quandary affects 2020 to 2021 Model Y SUVs and 2019 to 2021 Model 3 sedans.

Tesla Facility will replace or tighten these lateral link fasteners, depending on the car, at no cost to owners. The recall notices will begin mailing out on Dec. 24, according to NHTSA, so keep an eye on those mailboxes around then, Tesla owners.