Tag: transportation
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Elon Musk met with Volkswagen’s CEO while in Germany and test-drove its competing electric models
12 November 2019, Berlin: Elon Musk (l),” CEO of Tesla, and Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen, Sought Following the Demonstration of the Golden Steering Wheel. Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in Germany this past week. He also commissioned the organization’s under-construction mill and fulfilled…
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Lucid keeps one-upping Tesla with its long-range EV
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Elon Musk confirmed a Russian national tried to bribe a Tesla employee with $1 million in a bungled ransomware attack
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Elon Musk confirmed on Thursday Tesla was the target of a failed, “serious” ransomware attack.The US Department of Justice on Tuesday charged Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov with trying to bribe an employee at a Nevada-based company to install malware for him, offering…
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Elon Musk is now worth $100 billion, half of Jeff Bezos
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Joe Skipper/Reuters Elon Musk’s net value climbed above $100 billion on Wednesdaythe same day Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos cracked the $200 billion barrier.Musk’s individual wealth has jumped by $73 billion since the start of the year.Tesla’s stock has shot up 400% in 2020. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for additional stories. Tesla…
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Elon Musk says ’embarrassingly late’ two-factor is coming to Tesla app
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged Friday that the company was ‘embarrassingly late’ rolling out a security layer known as two-factor authentication for its mobile app. “Sorry, this is embarrassingly late. Two factor authentication via sms or authenticator app is going through final validation right now,” Musk wrote Friday in response to a question from a…
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The Station: Winners and losers in Paris, Rivian sets a delivery date, Waymo and FCA deepen ties
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. It’s…
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Nissan stakes its EV future on the 300-mile range Ariya crossover
Nissan unveiled today the Ariya, an all-electric SUV with an estimated 300 miles of range and a starting price tag of $40,000 that marks the beginning of a four-year plan aiming for growth and profitability. The Nissan Ariya will first be sold in Japan in mid-2021, before heading to dealerships in the U.S. and Canada…
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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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Biofriendly’s fuel additive makes dirty fuel burn cleaner
Until we all own one of these, getting cleaner fuel at the pump should be on your radar. Okay the electrified Tesla you are dreaming about doesn’t exactly match your budget thanks to layoffs or a reduced workload from COVID-19. And there are fewer cars on the road –– at least until this summer, likely,…