Tag: transportation
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A year’s worth of Porsche Taycans are already reserved, mostly by Tesla owners
Porsche’s first all-electric sports car might be the most hotly likely vehicle of 2019. Even Tesla owners are more addicted. In a recent interview with CNET, Porsche North America president and CEO Klaus Zellmer stated if everybody who has put a deposit to pre-order the car really buys it, the Taycan will likely be sold in…
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Elon Musk lays out ambitious plan for Tesla Supercharger network in Europe
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is creating some audacious guarantees again to the firm ’s community of electric fast chargers, known as Superchargers. This time, he’s heading for 100 percent Tesla Supercharger coverage in Europe by next year. In reaction to a question on Twitter, Musk stated Tesla’s Supercharger coverage will expand to 100 percent of…
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Elon Musk argues comments on Twitter are protected speech in request to dismiss ‘pedo guy’ lawsuit
Elon Musk has filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by the British military rescuer who defeated the billionaire entrepreneur for calling him a pedophile. Musk’s motion presents numerous reasons to discount the defamation lawsuit, all of which come back to a two main points: Twitter is “notorious for invective and…
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The Tesla of Electric Motorcycles: The Arc Vector
Futurists at the mobility industry have a fondness for imagining the years moving forward navigated upon powered two-wheels (and to get a lot of the world, it’s already occurring ). Electric bike brand Arc takes the vision and makes it a fact, engineering a riding experience using a mutually intimate relationship between rider and machine. Launched in…
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Inboard opens general availability of its premium electric scooter
Inboard, the startup that sells a range of electric scooters and skateboardsand has just opened sales of its very first premium scooter — just in time for your holiday season. The company has sold 285 of those scooters at a, with 80 percent of those orders coming from the United States and 35 percent coming…
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Tesla, GM and Nissan are all part of a new coalition aiming to extend the EV tax credit
Tesla, GM and Nissan are one of a group of 15 firms that found a new coalition aimed at reforming the electric car tax credit. The group, known as EV Drive Coalition, brings together a mix of automakers, industry giant ABB, climate change and energy lobbying associations and EV infrastructure businesses, such as ChargePoint. The…
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Connected vehicle technology could curtail work zone crashes
Connected vehicle technology, that enables vehicles to interact with one another and together with infrastructure, may significantly reduce the amount of work-zones crashes by alerting drivers until they even see road construction signs, specialists say. Passengers will be alerted by means of an auditory, a sign or a seat. If road crews’ automobiles, such as…
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Virgin Hyperloop One has a new CEO and board chairman
High-speed autonomous transport firm Virgin Hyperloop One is changing up its direction. CEO Rob Lloyd has left after three decades at the helm and Jay Walder, who ran bike-sharing operator Motivate, is currently heading up Virgin Hyperloop One, the company said Thursday. Sir Richard Branson, that stepped down as chairman in October, has been replaced…
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Elon Musk says Tesla won’t make e-scooters, but might consider electric bikes
Tesla won’t be linking the scooter wars. But electric bikes? Yeah, possibly. During a very long podcast using Recode’s Kara Swisher, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke about everything from AI and also his fights on Twitter with journalists to Saudi Arabia along with Mars. Actually scooters. Scooters. But don’t get your hopes up for a…
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Tesla to bring portion of Model 3 production to China next year
Tesla, that reported its annual earnings in two decades Wednesday, is looking to expand its earnings streak by bringing its own new Model 3 to customers beyond North America. As part of the plan involves accelerating its production strategies in China. Tesla saw its revenue skyrocket to $6.8 billion from the third quarter (plus also a…