Tag: automotive
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The Station: The startups edition
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B. I’m…
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Tesla is taking reservations for its Cybertruck in China
Tesla has started reservations for its all-electric Cybertruck to customers in China, a move that can test the marketplace ’s desire for a huge, autonomous truck. The reservations site on Tesla’s China site was initially posted in Reddit station r/teslamotors by consumer u/aaronhry. Electrek also reported to the Reddit post. The Cybertruck, that was unveiled…
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Tesla blows past Toyota to become most valuable automaker in the world
In 10 years, Tesla has gone from public market newbie to the most valuable automaker in the world by market value. The electric automaker had long since passed the valuations of Ford and GM and in January became the most valuable U.S. automaker ever when its market cap hit $81.39 billion. Still, a few automakers…
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Daimler-backed Momenta says its robotaxis will be fully driverless and profitable in 2024
In China and the U.S., there’s much debate about when and how humans will achieve fully autonomous robotaxis at scale — cars that chauffeur passengers under complex road conditions without safety drivers behind the wheel. Many pieces are needed to make this happen: mammoth amounts of test data, advanced algorithms, strong operational teams, big checks…
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Tesla’s US-made Model 3 vehicles now come equipped with wireless charging and USB-C ports
Tesla Model 3 vehicles made in its Fremont, Calif. mill will reportedly come standard with a wireless charging pad along with USB-C interfaces, upgrades which were first spotted by Drive Tesla Canada. Electrek additionally reported to the changes. The upgrades now set U.S.-made Model 3s on par with the very same vehicles made at Tesla’s…
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Elon Musk: the Tesla Cybertruck isn’t getting any smaller
In the days and weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk demonstrated the cybertruck — a post-apocalyptic automobile made of cold-rolled steel — there was a lot of speculation about whether it would be smaller once it made it to sell. Generation of this Cybertruck is a long ways off. There isn’t a factory to construct…
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Tesla drops lawsuit against Alameda County over Fremont factory reopening
Tesla has officially dismissed a lawsuit filed earlier this month against Alameda County that sought to force the reopening of its factory in Fremont, Calif. The dismissal, which was granted Wednesday, closes the loop on a battle between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and county health and law enforcement officials. The lawsuit, filed May 9 hours…
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The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash, and a VC Mobility survey
The Station is a newsletter. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it each Saturday in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, I’m host Kirsten Korosec, mature transport reporter at TechCrunch. If you’re thinking about all the future and ways people and packages go from Point A to…
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Elon Musk just put a new person in charge of production at Tesla’s Fremont factory
On precisely exactly the identical day which Elon Musk defied local regulations and reopened Tesla’s mill in Fremont, California, ” the CEO place a brand new person in charge of production. Musk named Richard Miller, who was manager of paint operations at Tesla, to head of production at the mill, according to an internal email…
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Daily Crunch: Tesla sues Alameda County
Tesla turns to lawsuit in an attempt to reopen its California mill, and we examine Microsoft’s Surface Go 2 along with Mount Sinai hospital starts using Nest cameras to track patients. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 11, 2020. 1. Tesla sues Alameda County to induce California factory reopening Tesla filed a suit Saturday in…