Ford adds 26K vans to recall list for fire risk

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BMW, Ford and GM want to bring blockchain to your car

Roberto Baldwin/Engadget Seemingly every company is determined to hop on the blockchain bandwagon, and that includes automakers. BMW, Ford, GM, Renault and and a string of tech partners (including Bosch and IBM) have formed the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative, a group that hopes to use blockchain’s distributed, decentralized ledger technology across many aspects of your… Continue reading BMW, Ford and GM want to bring blockchain to your car

Elon Musk offers more detail about Tesla’s ridesharing network

On Tesla’s Q1 2018 earnings call today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shed some light on the company’s ambitions to launch an autonomous vehicle ridesharing network. The short answer is that, from a technical standpoint, Tesla will be ready by the end of next year, Musk said. It’s not yet clear, however, when Tesla would actually… Continue reading Elon Musk offers more detail about Tesla’s ridesharing network

Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’

Elon Musk said that Tesla’s forthcoming electric crossover vehicle, the Model Y, will be a “manufacturing revolution,” even though the automaker is still struggling to get its mass-market Model 3 out of the door and into customers’ driveways. In an earnings call Wednesday, Musk said that Tesla has yet to spend any capital expenditures on… Continue reading Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’

Tesla Ramps Up Model 3 Production and Predicts Profitability

After a tumultuous year in stormy seas, Tesla is making progress toward a safe harbor. In a report to investors today, the automaker revealed that it built more than 2,000 Model 3 sedans for three consecutive weeks in April, an encouraging number for a company that has lagged badly on its production targets for this… Continue reading Tesla Ramps Up Model 3 Production and Predicts Profitability

Tesla sued for $2B over semi-truck patents

Rex Crum, The Mercury News Published 4:04 p.m. ET May 2, 2018 Tesla Semi (Photo: Tesla) There’s never any shortage of drama with Tesla. If it’s not concerns over the production levels of its Model 3 sedan, it’s controversy over the possible role of Tesla technology in a fatal car crash. If it’s not one… Continue reading Tesla sued for $2B over semi-truck patents

Tesla: Model 3 production could hit 5,000 per week in two months

Engadget One of the major stories about Tesla’s car business has been its struggle to build sufficient quantities of its Model 3 electric car. In a just-released earnings report the company said that prior to its most recent shutdown, it had managed to build over 2,000 cars per week for three weeks in a row… Continue reading Tesla: Model 3 production could hit 5,000 per week in two months

Tesla posts quarterly loss, Model 3 production on track

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Wednesday posted its worst ever quarterly loss and said its Model 3 production target remains on track, expecting about 5,000 per week in about two months. A Tesla Model 3 car is displayed during a media preview at the Auto China 2018 motor show in Beijing, China April 25,… Continue reading Tesla posts quarterly loss, Model 3 production on track

Automation, the real challenge of Tesla and its Model 3

It was one of (too many?) Many Elon Musk’s dreams: a factory without humans. While the attention of the fans and especially financial markets is turned on Tesla, which must reveal this Wednesday, May 2 after the closure of the New York Stock Exchange (around 22 hours in Paris) its results in the first quarter… Continue reading Automation, the real challenge of Tesla and its Model 3

Rents impacted by new transit options, new study details

Few things can guarantee a premium price for new housing like transit access. Demand so far outstrips supply in the United States, that the relative handful of walkable, transit-rich neighborhoods often become the most expensive places to live in their respective cities. A study by the National Association of Realtors and the American Public Transit… Continue reading Rents impacted by new transit options, new study details