Tag: automotive
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The Station: Rivian rolls towards an IPO and Quantumscape makes a big battery hire
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and packages move (today and in the future) from Point A to…
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Huawei is not a carmaker. It wants to be the Bosch of China
One after another, Chinese technology giants have announced their plans for the auto space throughout the past couple of months. Some internet businesses, such as search engine provider Baidu, made a decision to recruit support from a conventional carmaker to create cars. Xiaomi, which makes its smartphones but has stressed for many years it’s a…
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Tesla mulls cars tailored to China amid mounting criticisms
Tesla is working on vehicles tailored to Chinese customers as complaints about the standard of its electrical cars send shock waves through the internet in the country. The American EV giant is mulling new products which are going to be designed from the ground up to get China, Grace Tao, a vice president in Tesla,…
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All the tech crammed into the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS
Mercedes-Benz lifted the final veil Thursday on its flagship EQS sedan after weeks of teasers, announcements and even a pre-production drive in which TechCrunch participated. The company peeled off the camouflage of the EQS — the electric counterpart to the Mercedes S Class — and revealed an ultra-luxury and tech-centric sedan. The exterior is getting…
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Ford takes aim at Tesla, GM with its new hands-free driving system
Ford will debut its new hands-free driving feature on the 2021 F-150 pickup truck and certain 2021 Mustang Mach-E models through a software update later this year, technology that the automaker developed to rival similar systems from Tesla and GM. That hands-free capability — which uses cameras, radar sensors and software to provide a combination…
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The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS stakes its claim on a luxury, electric future
A day spent pushing a pre-production 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS provided an cursory look at what the German automaker has been performing with all the billions of dollars it’s dedicated to electrification. The EQS is a superbly constructed flagship sedan which brings together the automaker’s MBUX infotainment system, a new electrical platform and advancements in…
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The 2021 Volkswagen ID. 4 ticks all the boxes, except one
Volkswagen, once a dabbler in electric vehicles, is now betting its future on the technology. And the new Volkswagen ID.4 — a five-passenger, fully electric crossover with a starting price of $33,995 (before federal or state incentives) — is its first global effort to make EVs a mainstream product and part of its larger goal…
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The Aston Martin DBX is a tale of two vehicles
The Aston Martin DBX is the newest ’s first SUV — as well as the bets for its iconic British luxury car maker couldn’t be much greater. Just like Astons before this, the DBX is handsome. Its sculptural form stretches out to unapologetic ample proportions, also stands out in the audience of SUVs that frequent…
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The Station: The lidar SPAC craze and 10 investors give their mobility predictions
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign here just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hi friends and new readers, welcome back to The Station, a publication dedicated to all the current and future ways people and bundles move from Point A to Point…
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Elon Musk would consider having Tesla acquire a legacy automaker
Elon Musk would look at leveraging Tesla’s mega $554 billion market cap to purchase a heritage automaker, but only as long as it was on favorable terms, the billionaire entrepreneur stated Tuesday in an extensive interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. Musk, who received an award Tuesday in the media giant, spoke his various…