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Michigan boasts more connected and automated vehicle projects than any other state, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. And, as announced Tuesday, the Midwestern state will employ up to 400 more folks in self-driving cars in the coming years. Waymo said it will build its self-driving vehicles at a Metro Detroit facility. It will… Continue reading Waymo is opening a $13.6 million self-driving car facility in the Detroit area

Uber is broadening its self-driving vehicle ambitions beyond just cars. Now it’s going after two-wheel drives. The firm is reportedly working on self-driving scooters and electric bikes, announcing its plans at a robotics event on Sunday. Chris Anderson, chief executive of robotics firm 3D Robotics, said Uber had announced the scooters and bikes would be… Continue reading Uber’s next big idea is self-driving scooters and bikes

Uber might not IPO this year after all, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has told The Wall Street Journal. In an interview published on Tuesday, Khosrowshahi said the company is in no rush to go public and may choose to bide its time and ride out rough market conditions. “We’ll do it when we’re ready, and, hopefully,… Continue reading Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says there’s a chance the company might not IPO in 2019 after all

De-ICE-ing is happening at more places than just airports. Last week, Business Insider reported on a spate of truck drivers parking in Tesla Supercharger spots and, in at least one case, harassing a Tesla owner. Other electric-vehicle drivers have come to call these incidents “ICE-ing,” an acronym for internal combustion engine. That spurred an idea… Continue reading A Tesla owner used his Model X to prove he could ‘de-ICE’ any trucks that block Superchargers (TSLA)

Fulfilling the obligations of its $20 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in September, Tesla announced on Friday that it’s added two new directors to its board: Oracle founder Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, a Walgreens executive with a long career in human resources. Wilson-Thompson may be less prolific than Ellison, the outspoken… Continue reading Meet Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, the HR executive that just joined Tesla’s board following its $20 million SEC settlement (TSLA, WBA)

Tesla said in a filing on Friday that it had named two new directors to its board, the Oracle founder Larry Ellison and the Walgreens executive Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, fulfilling the another of its promises from a $20 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in September. In early November, Tesla announced that Robyn Denholm… Continue reading Tesla names Oracle founder Larry Ellison to board as part of SEC settlement (TSLA)

Tesla has registered a financial leasing company in China, a local business registration filing shows, in the latest sign the U.S. electric car maker is attempting to speed up its push into China. The California-based carmaker, led by billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk, has opened a wholly-owned financial leasing unit in Shanghai’s free trade zone… Continue reading Tesla has set up a financing unit in China as it ramps up its Shanghai Gigafactory (TSLA)

Some Tesla customers may still be able to take delivery before the end of the year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested on Wednesday via Twitter. Vehicles that are delivered before the end of 2018 are eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit that will begin to expire in 2019. “Reminder to US buyers that the… Continue reading Elon Musk says some Tesla customers may be able to take delivery before a $7,500 tax credit is cut in half (TSLA)