Author: Business Insider

Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of this year’s corporate espionage trial between Waymo and Uber, has a history of bending the rules when it comes to self-driving cars, the New Yorker reports. While working at Google’s Project Chauffeur, the self-driving car program that would later evolve into Waymo, Levandowski allegedly modified the car’s… Continue reading A Google self-driving car reportedly caused a crash in 2011 after a former engineer changed its code to drive where it wasn’t supposed to (GOOG, GOOGL)

We’ve all said “I’m sorry” at some point in our lives, but that doesn’t mean we’ve always been forgiven. As it turns out, we may be doing apologies wrong. That’s what University of Chicago economist John List found out after studying the science of apologies as it related to disappointed Uber customers. Last year, List… Continue reading After a disastrous Uber ride last year, the company’s chief economist examined the economics of apologies — and discovered there’s something more important than ‘I’m sorry’

Tesla drafted new confidentiality agreements after the contents of internal emails from CEO Elon Musk to employees were included in 2016 articles by Bloomberg and CNN, Bloomberg reports. According to the publication, Tesla legal vice president Jonathan Chang testified on Wednesday in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing that the automaker’s general counsel told… Continue reading Tesla gave employees new confidentiality agreements after internal emails were leaked to the media: Report (TSLA)

Tesla has a second outdoor tent on the property at its Fremont factory, a city building permit shows. The electric automaker applied for a permit to build a 4,000 square-foot outdoor tent to be used for “wrapping vehicles to protect in transit.” A Tesla spokesperson told Business Insider on Monday that the tent is also… Continue reading Permit reveals Tesla has a second tent at its Fremont factory (TSLA)

Tesla is building its own car carriers, as the electric carmaker faces vehicle distribution problems. The company is upgrading its logistics system but running into an “extreme” shortage of car carrier trailers, Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted on Monday in response to a customer, who placed order for a Model 3 All Wheel Drive (AWD)… Continue reading Elon Musk said Tesla has an ‘extreme’ shortage of car carrier trailers so the company is making its own (TSLA)

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing company, is now recording in-car audio during passenger trips in an effort that it says will improve customer safety. The company, most recently valued at $50 billion, began trialing the new feature on several of its platforms including Express, Select, Premier, Luxe and Minibus on Saturday, which asks users for… Continue reading China’s largest ride-hailing company is now recording in-car audio during passenger trips

BMW unveiled an electric concept SUV, the Vision iNEXT, on Saturday. The concept shows some of the technology the company may use in the future. A production vehicle based on the concept is planned for 2021. The concept includes autonomous driving technology, voice control, a projector that can show images or videos on objects held… Continue reading BMW just unveiled a new electric SUV concept to take on Tesla’s Model X — take a closer look

After placing an order for 15 Tesla Semis, Walmart is keen to buy even more. The discount retailer plans to purchase 30 additional electric semi-trucks from the Silicon Valley automaker. Reuters reported Thursday that the 30 additional Tesla Semi trucks would operate in Canada and join 10 trucks for which it’s already placed an order.… Continue reading Walmart plans to purchase 30 more Tesla Semis (WMT, TSLA)