A 2015 aluminum-alloy body Ford F-150 truck during inspection at the company’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. in March 2015. (Photo: Charlie Riedel, AP) Ford suspended all production Wednesday of its profit-driving F-150 pickup, the nation’s best-selling vehicle for more than 35 years, because of a “black swan” parts shortage. The production halt… Continue reading Ford forced to stop all F-150 production because of supplier fire
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Ram truck heist at Michigan factory investigated as possible inside job
CLOSE A fleet of hot Ram trucks has vanished from an Fiat Chrysler Automobiles assembly plant in Warren, Michigan. Detroit Free Press Early Friday, May 4, 2018, police found one of eight stolen 2018 Ram trucks on East Outer Drive in Detroit. (Photo: Warren Police Department) After the initial 48 hours of investigation, police said Saturday… Continue reading Ram truck heist at Michigan factory investigated as possible inside job
Thieves crash 10 Ram trucks through factory gate in 'well-planned' heist
CLOSE A fleet of hot Ram trucks has vanished from an Fiat Chrysler Automobiles assembly plant in Warren, Michigan. Detroit Free Press 2018 Ram 3500 Heavy Duty (Photo: FCA US) A security guard called Warren Police before dawn Thursday, watching in disbelief as a convoy of stolen 2018 Ram trucks crashed through the gate at the Fiat… Continue reading Thieves crash 10 Ram trucks through factory gate in 'well-planned' heist
UPDATE 6-Musk says ‘thorough reorganization’ underway at Tesla
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) chief Elon Musk told employees on Monday the company was undergoing a “thorough reorganization” as it contends with production problems, senior staff departures and recent crashes involving its electric cars. In his email to staff, Musk said Tesla was “flattening the management structure to improve communication,” combining functions and… Continue reading UPDATE 6-Musk says ‘thorough reorganization’ underway at Tesla
Embark CEO says autonomous driving is the only way we’ll get to zero fatalities
Autonomous systems are coming. In fact, they’re already here thanks to Alphabet’s Waymo, Uber and smaller startups like Aurora, Embark Trucks and Voyage. Although there have a been a couple of fatal crashes involving autonomous software, the consensus seems to be that self-driving is still the way to go. Last year, 37,150 people died in… Continue reading Embark CEO says autonomous driving is the only way we’ll get to zero fatalities
Musk Says He’s ‘Flattening’ Tesla Structure With Defections Mounting
The Tesla Inc. management ranks that Elon Musk told employees he’s “flattening” had already been raising eyebrows by how quickly it was thinning out. Musk announced a “thorough reorganization” in a memo to employees Monday, saying Tesla was changing its structure to improve communication, combine functions and get rid of activities that aren’t “vital to… Continue reading Musk Says He’s ‘Flattening’ Tesla Structure With Defections Mounting
Tesla rejected more advanced driver monitoring features on its cars
Engineers inside Tesla wanted to add robust driver monitoring systems to the company’s cars to help make sure drivers safely use Autopilot, and Tesla even worked with suppliers on possible solutions, according to The Wall Street Journal. But those executives — Elon Musk included — reportedly rejected the idea out of worry that the options… Continue reading Tesla rejected more advanced driver monitoring features on its cars
Tesla chose not to add eye-tracking to Autopilot because it’s ineffective, says Elon Musk
New autonomous driver assist systems are coming to market using eye-tracking and other driver monitoring systems to make sure that drivers are paying attention to the road. Tesla apparently looked into adding such a system to its Autopilot, but it chose not to because it found it to be ineffective, according to CEO Elon Musk. Home Solar… Continue reading Tesla chose not to add eye-tracking to Autopilot because it’s ineffective, says Elon Musk
Apple’s self-driving car fleet grows to 55 in California
Apple now has 55 self-driving cars registered with the DMV, compared to 27 earlier this year and just three last year. That means Apple has the second largest fleet of self-driving cars in California. Apple now has more cars registered than Waymo, which has 51, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. General Motor’s Cruise,… Continue reading Apple’s self-driving car fleet grows to 55 in California
Tesla has registered a new electric car firm in China (TSLA)
Tesla has registered a new electric car firm in Shanghai, as China prepares to scrap rules on capping foreign ownership of new-energy vehicle (NEV) ventures. The new company, Tesla (Shanghai) Co Ltd, was registered on May 10, according to a filing with the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System seen by Reuters. The new company… Continue reading Tesla has registered a new electric car firm in China (TSLA)