Tesla is the most talked about carmaker these days, and a new report goes to show why buyers are impressed with the company’s designs. This time, we’re not talking about impressive efficiency or smart features, but about build quality and durability. A Model S was recently involved in a terrifying accident, but the five occupants of the vehicle escaped unharmed. The car’s driver lost control in a turn, the car flew 25 meters (82 feet) in the air, and rolled over at least once after crashing in a field at full speed.

These images are a testament of the accident’s brutality, but also speak for Tesla’s manufacturing skills.

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Backup cameras are fantastic devices that make driving infinitely easier compared to how things used to be. And dash cameras are hugely useful for all drivers, offering an indisputable record that can be referred to in the event of an accident. But you don’t have either in your car.

Don’t worry, it’s time to remedy both of those issues with a single device that pulls double duty. Meet the ihreesy Dual-Lens Car Backup Camera and Dash Camera DVR, which is 63% off retail right now on Amazon.

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While Tesla is undeniably hastening the adoption and popularity of electric vehicles, the company is also pushing the envelope as it pertains to self driving cars. Indeed, Tesla’s suite of autonomous driving technologies is one of the more impressive features baked into the Model S and Model X.

One of the more interesting sub-features of Tesla’s autonomous driving suite is Summon, a feature Tesla introduced this past January which lets owners summon their Model S or Model X when it’s already parked. Impressively, the feature can even be used when a Tesla vehicle is parked inside a garage. As we noted previously, Summon is effectively auto-start on steroids.

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It’s been nearly 15 years since the South Park episode “Simpsons Already Did It” aired for the first time on Comedy Central. In case you haven’t seen it, the conceit is that The Simpsons have already covered basically every plot imaginable, so at some point, you’re going to repeat something that happened in an episode.

What’s incredible is that real life is apparently subject to the same rule.

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Remember when we taught you how to figure out if all those glowing reviews on an Amazon product listing were fake? Well here’s an indication that product reviews are real: if a product on Amazon has a 4.1-star overall rating that includes more than 9,000 — that’s nine thousand — 5-star reviews, it’s a pretty safe bet that it’s the genuine article. And you can trust us, the Maxboost 0.2mm Ballistic Glass iPhone 6/6s Glass Screen Protector is indeed the genuine article.

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There are a lot of very freaky looking animals out there that are still being discovered to this day. One such animal was recently discovered just above the Mariana trench: A “Jack-o-lantern” jellyfish whose head lights up like a Halloween pumpkin.

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At $35,000, the Tesla Model 3 is a lot more affordable than its siblings. The car will be even cheaper to some early buyers based in the U.S. as they’ll be eligible for huge savings in the form of a $7,500 federal tax credit. That much was known before Tesla started taking orders for the car, and could explain the huge number of preorders registered in the first days. The faster you order one, the more likely to have a chance of scoring that tax cut, as this program expires after a certain sales milestone is reached.

However, Tesla had to readjust its manufacturing plan after about 400,000 people ordered the Model 3, which means that more Americans might be eligible for the tax break than initially believed.

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The fossil fuel industry is not exactly beloved, but it has us in a bind since we’re still so dependent on oil for our energy needs. The Guardian brings us word that Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes it’s time to really take the fight to the fossil fuels industry so we can really pave the way for cleaner energy alternatives. While talking at the World Energy Innovation Forum at the Tesla Factory in California this week, Musk decried the lobbying power that the oil and gas industries have over politicians in Washington and other capitals around the world.

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Of all the industries that are currently undergoing actual disruption right now, the automobile industry has to be somewhere near the top of the list. We’re not talking about “disruption” as a meaningless buzzword — we’re talking actual disruption here. Tesla’s attack on the major players in the industry started off small, but now the biggest car brands in the world are scrambling to release electric cars and help build out charging infrastructures. Beyond electric, there’s a whole new breed of autonomous vehicles lingering in the future, just waiting to change the way we travel.

And as it turns out, you might be riding in self-driving cars much sooner than you thought.

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As the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk is often regarded as a real-life version of Tony Stark. But truth be told, Musk isn’t the only prominent CEO with two jobs and grand aspirations for space travel. While Jeff Bezos is primarily known as the CEO of Amazon, he’s also the founder of Blue Origin, a privately funded spaceflight services company.

Similar to what Elon Musk is trying to do with SpaceX, Blue Origin is primarily focused on developing technologies that will allow private citizens to travel to space without breaking the bank. And though Blue Origin receives a lot less press than SpaceX, the Jeff Bezos led company this past November launched a rocket about 62 miles up into the atmosphere (the outskirts of space) and successfully managed to land it back on earth in one piece.

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