The move effectively makes founder Elon Musk the company’s lone voice Ayelet Noff 12 hours Ayelet Noff Contributor Ayelet Noff is the founder and CEO of SlicedBrand, a top global PR agency headquartered in Berlin. A solid public relations team solves many issues within a company. It helps spread important news announcements and topics integral… Continue reading Tesla’s decision to scrap its PR department could create a PR nightmare
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Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup
JB Straubel, the Tesla co-founder and former CTO, is often cast as the humble and pioneering engineer, the quiet one who toiled away in the background for 15 years on some of the company’s most important technologies. That characterization — which intensified as the hype and media attention on Tesla CEO Elon Musk grew —… Continue reading Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup
Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon
At our recent TechCrunch Mobility event, we spoke with Amy Gu, the founder and managing partner of Hemi Ventures, Olaf Sakkers, a founding partner at Maniv Mobility and Reilly Brennan, the founding general partner at Trucks VC. We discussed a wide range of things, from frayed U.S.-China relations, to the mobility industry’s eager embrace of… Continue reading Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon
Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating
Polestar is a young automaker spun out of Volvo and Geely. Now, just four years old, it has two cars on the market with more launching soon. Like many startups, the company is weathering early storms coming from government regulators and early recalls. Earlier this week, the EPA released its findings on the Polestar 2’s… Continue reading Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating
Porsche is researching synthetic fuels to make gas-powered cars sustainable
The road to sustainable vehicles likely ends at electric cars, yet the route to this goal isn’t clear. There are multiple ways to get there, and Porsche is looking at synthetic fuels as a potential path. These so-called eFuels are produced from CO2 and hydrogen. If produced using renewable energy, they can help vehicles powered… Continue reading Porsche is researching synthetic fuels to make gas-powered cars sustainable
Hong Kong logistics unicorn Lalamove unveils foray into the US
Lalamove, an on-demand logistics service active in China, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, has officially entered the U.S. seven years after launch. As the COVID-19 pandemic keeps millions of Americans home, Hong Kong-based Lalamove believes it can seize the growing demand for delivery services in the country. It makes its debut in the Dallas Fort-Worth area,… Continue reading Hong Kong logistics unicorn Lalamove unveils foray into the US
Waymo and TuSimple autonomous trucking leaders on the difficulty of building a highway-safe AI
[embedded content] TuSimple and Waymo are in the lead in the emerging sector of autonomous trucking; TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou and Waymo trucking head Boris Sofman had an in-depth discussion of their industry and the tech they’re building at TC Mobility 2020. Interestingly, while they’re solving for the same problems, they have very different backgrounds… Continue reading Waymo and TuSimple autonomous trucking leaders on the difficulty of building a highway-safe AI
Daily Crunch: Waymo opens up driverless ride-hailing
Alphabet’s self-driving technology company hits a major milestone, Apple TV+ extends its free subscription period and Affirm files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch for October 8, 2020. The big story: Waymo opens up driverless ride-hailing Waymo hit a major milestone today: It’s offering fully driverless rides to (some) members of the public.… Continue reading Daily Crunch: Waymo opens up driverless ride-hailing
Waymo starts to open driverless ride-hailing service to the public
Waymo, the Google self-driving-project-turned-Alphabet unit, is beginning to open up its driverless ride-hailing service to the public. The company said that starting today, members of its Waymo One service will be able to take family and friends along on their fully driverless rides in the Phoenix area. Existing Waymo One members will have the first… Continue reading Waymo starts to open driverless ride-hailing service to the public
General Motors finally gets serious about in-car tech, taps Unreal Engine for next-gen interface
The upcoming GMC Hummer EV will feature a new in-car user interface powered by Unreal Engine. This powerful platform underpins the latest video games and is well-suited to provide vehicle occupants with a dynamic and robust experience. Epic Games made the announcement yesterday while unveiling the latest development tools for its human-machine interface program. Here’s… Continue reading General Motors finally gets serious about in-car tech, taps Unreal Engine for next-gen interface