Apple’s long-discussed autonomous car project has been extra quiet this year, and a new report suggests that the program may need to make some moves if it hopes to enter mass production anytime soon. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a post on X, developments on the Apple Car, dubbed “Project Titan” internally, appear to have “lost …
Billionaire Elon Musk, who also owns X, formerly known as Twitter, described videos and images of people, mostly teenagers, looting stores in Philadelphia as “going full Joker.” The criminal activity came after, but separate from a peaceful protest that started after a judge dismissed murder and other charges against a white Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a Black …
Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, said Wednesday he has made cuts to X’s election integrity team, which seeks to prevent election interference and manipulation on the platform. Responding to reports of the cuts, Musk wrote on X, “Oh you mean the “Election Integrity” Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they’re …
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t appear to have too much faith in Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter. In an hour-long interview with The Verge’s Alex Heath, the Meta CEO said that Twitter — now X — isn’t on a path to reach its full potential with the idiosyncratic, multi-hyphenate tech billionaire behind the wheel. Zuckerberg said he welcomed the diversity …
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) may face underperformance in its third quarter deliveries and production due to limited growth and downtime caused by Model 3 EV upgrades, according to Deutsche Bank’s Emmanuel Rosner. The analyst’s forecast this Wednesday comes in the wake of Tesla’s decision not to ramp up output at its Austin and Berlin factories, which …
A Tesla Megapack battery fire at the Bouldercombe big battery in Queensland, Australia, has triggered debates about renewable energy solutions. The battery system is currently undergoing its commissioning process. Reports from fire brigades and local police indicate that the fire was initially detected at 7:45 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The fire was confined to …
Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy was recently featured in a video discussing the new Model 3. During the video, the Tesla executive shared some insights about the vehicle, such as how it was a breakthrough car for Tesla China’s engineering team. Moravy’s video with the new Tesla Model 3 was posted by the …
Atweet by Elon Musk about the COVID-19 vaccine has gone viral, after he posted about “disinformation.” The Tesla CEO took to X, formerly Twitter, which he also owns, to share a montage of news headlines that said the various vaccines for the virus were “100% effective.” “Have you heard dis information?” Musk captioned the tweet on Tuesday. But political journalist …
Ford Motor’s (F) decision to hit the brakes on a planned $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan highlights a challenge for Tesla’s (TSLA) growing crowd of rivals in the U.S. market: Tesla is pushing most of them into unprofitable, low-volume niches. Global automakers are launching scores of new electric vehicles in the United States, and pouring billions …
The industry’s top executives agree. Customization is the next hot thing in electric vehicles. On stage during the Detroit Concours d’Elegance, as part of sponsored panel discussions led by Newsweek, the executives detailed their companies’ roles in the industry’s evolution. Brembo’s North America president and Chief Executive Officer Stephane Rolland was joined on stage in front …