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Drako Motors’ 1,200-horsepower GTE is Silicon Valley’s latest crack at electric cars
There are a number of aspiring electric vehicle startups in and around Silicon Valley, but very few have shipped actual cars, let alone established a steady business. A new startup called Drako Motors is the latest company to try to change that, and it wants to do so with a 1,200-horsepower $1.25 million supercar called…
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Watch a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot crash into a parked truck and burst into flames
A Tesla Model 3 burst into flames through the weekend after stepping into a tow truck parked on a highway shoulder. The incident happened in Moscow and the driver — named Alexei Tretyakov — noted that the car was on Autopilot at the time of the wreck. Incidentally, Tretyakov left a point of noting that…
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Watch: Tesla On Autopilot In Moscow Slams Into Tow Truck, Explodes Into Flames
Just days following we reported that who Tesla could be on the brink of an official investigation by the NHTSA, a dad and his two kids in Moscow both suffered serious injuries following their Tesla Model S on Autopilot slammed to a tow truck before exploding into flames, based on RT. Shocking video footage out of…
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14 of the Best Public Relations Examples to Inspire Your Next Campaign
Sometimes, a press release about your company’s new product launch, significant hire, or acquisition fails to pick up the coverage you were expecting. Journalists crave juicy stories and viral marketing campaigns, but standing out in a sea of conventional pitches is one of the biggest challenges for any public relations professional. When you need a…
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Week-in-Review: YouTube’s awful comments and Google’s $1B tech-free investment
Hello, weekend subscribers. This can be Week-in-Review where I give a heavy amount of investigation and/or rambling thoughts on a single story while scouring the remaining countless stories which appeared on TechCrunch to confront my favorites for your reading enjoyment. Last weekI talked about how the gambling industry franchises were demonstrating immortal and this may…
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Self-driving cars: your complete guide
Self-driving car technology is advancing every day, and it's only a matter of time before fully driverless vehicles appear on public streets. Almost daily, there's a new development in the driverless car space, and nearly every major car manufacturer, ride-sharing service and tech company from Apple to Google has bought into the driverless car industry. …
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What If We Gave Up on the Stars?
In the middle of the night, the view from the rooftop of my eight-story building is bursting with light. The bright beams of passing cars throw luminous tracks across the pavement, and the windows of homes and offices, restaurants and shops, glow gold even from miles away. The Washington Monument cuts the night sky like…
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Elon Musk shows us the 60 satellites that will one day help power a better internet
The first seeds of SpaceX's Starlink project will shortly be planted.On Saturday, Elon Musk tweeted a photo of 60 satellites packed into the fairing, or nose cone, of his company's Falcon rocket. The hardware represents a first step toward finishing Starlink, an eventual satellite constellation which will beam high-speed net down to Earth from space.The…
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Warren Buffett Mocks Musk’s “Insurance” Pivot
When Tesla declared during its last earnings report that it was considering entering the insurance business (because that’s clearly a natural pivot to making electric cars and batteries), some people were amazed, others weren’t. Supporters of the company, clinging to Elon Musk’s every desperate business model pivot, applauded the idea. “Great way to diversify, Elon,” they…
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Tesla sued by family of man killed in Autopilot-related crash
Tesla is being sued by the family of Wei “Walter” Huang, a software engineer who died when his Model X with Autopilot engaged crashed into a street safety barrier in March 2018. In the complaint, the family claims that Huang’s Model X lacked safety features, like an emergency braking system that is automatic. Features are…