Elon Musk was at home in Los Angeles, struggling to maintain his composure. “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career,” he said. “It was excruciating.” The year has only gotten more intense for Mr. Musk, the chairman and chief executive of the electric-car maker Tesla, since he abruptly… Continue reading A choked up Elon Musk says his health has suffered and that
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‘The most difficult and painful year of my career’: Tesla CEO Elon Musk opens up about personal and professional struggles in revealing interview (TSLA)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the past year has been “the most difficult and painful year of my career,” in a revealing New York Times interview published Thursday night. Musk admitted that he has been charging full speed ahead in all directions — with the production of his electric-car company’s first mass-market vehicle, the Tesla… Continue reading ‘The most difficult and painful year of my career’: Tesla CEO Elon Musk opens up about personal and professional struggles in revealing interview (TSLA)
UPS to Deploy Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrids as Zero-Emission Delivery Trucks
Photo: Roy Peña/University of Texas Road Ready: This converted UPS truck features a 32-kilowatt fuel-cell module from Hydrogenics. Austin Mabrey steers the clanging United Parcel Service (UPS) van down a street in Austin, Texas. But he’s not driving the boxy brown vehicle to deliver packages. Mabrey is road-testing its zero-emission system—a hybrid of hydrogen fuel… Continue reading UPS to Deploy Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrids as Zero-Emission Delivery Trucks
Tesla Model 3 is ‘military-grade tech years ahead of peers’ but still expected to lose money
Tesla’s Model 3 sedan is blowing engineers away, but it might be a big headache for folks in finance.
UPDATE 1-SEC pressing Tesla directors for details on communications with Musk – WSJ
(Reuters) – Federal regulators are pressing Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) directors for details on how much information Chief Executive Elon Musk shared with them before he tweeted last week about a potential deal to take the company private, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Motors… Continue reading UPDATE 1-SEC pressing Tesla directors for details on communications with Musk – WSJ
SEC pressing Tesla directors for details on communications with Musk: Wall Street Journal
(Reuters) – Federal regulators are pressing Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) directors for details on how much information Chief Executive Elon Musk shared with them before he tweeted last week about a potential deal to take the company private, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Motors… Continue reading SEC pressing Tesla directors for details on communications with Musk: Wall Street Journal
After an inside look at Tesla’s Model 3 factory, one analyst says producing 8,000 cars a week is possible
Tesla is on track not only to churn out 5,000 Model 3s per week, but could even ramp production up to 8,000 with little impact on its spending.
A Waymo engineer told us why a virtual-world simulation is crucial to the future of self-driving cars (GOOGL)
Editor’s note: Business Insider had the chance to speak with Waymo employees from different parts of the company to learn more about their work. What we discovered were some of the coolest jobs at Alphabet, Waymo’s parent company. This is the second in the series. For a brief history of Waymo, click here. Waymo has… Continue reading A Waymo engineer told us why a virtual-world simulation is crucial to the future of self-driving cars (GOOGL)
Tesla on track to make 8,000 Model 3s per week, Evercore says
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is on its way to make 8,000 Model 3 cars per week even as it burns more cash, Evercore analysts wrote in a note on Thursday, following their visit to the electric-car maker’s California facility. FILE PHOTO: A Tesla sales and service center is shown in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,… Continue reading Tesla on track to make 8,000 Model 3s per week, Evercore says
Nuro and Kroger are deploying self-driving cars for grocery delivery in Arizona today
Self-driving car startup Nuro is ready to put autonomous vehicles on the road in partnership with Kroger to deliver groceries in Scottsdale, Arizona. This comes a couple of months after Nuro and Kroger announced their partnership to offer same-day deliveries. This pilot will serve a single Fry’s Food and Drug location in Scottsdale starting today. Customers… Continue reading Nuro and Kroger are deploying self-driving cars for grocery delivery in Arizona today