Share Facebook Tweet Pinterest Email Vietnamese automaker VinFast will use the Paris auto show to raise its global profile by unveiling Italian-designed first production cars. VinFast said it will debut a production-ready SUV and production-ready sedan at the Paris auto show in October. The SUV is similar in size to the BMW X5 crossover, while… Continue reading Vietnam’s VinFast gets Italian design, German engineering
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Cox Automotive forms new business division after acquiring tech platform
By Eric Mandel – Digital Producer , Atlanta Business Chronicle Aug 13, 2018, 11:11am EDT Cox Enterprises Inc. is speeding into another venture, with the formation of a new business division inside its automotive subsidiary. The Atlanta-based company said Monday that Cox Automotive is leveraging its recent acquisition of Clutch Technologies to create Mobility Solutions Group,… Continue reading Cox Automotive forms new business division after acquiring tech platform
‘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)
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
First Complete FF 91 Body-In-White (BiW) For Assembly Starts Build Path At Faraday Future Hanford Facility
– Key suppliers working side-by-side with FF BiW team to meet or beat deadlines – FF team on site projects first FF 91 user cars likely to be ready in December as announced LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Faraday Future (FF) announces today that the first complete body-in-white (BiW) for the FF 91 all-purpose fully connected… Continue reading First Complete FF 91 Body-In-White (BiW) For Assembly Starts Build Path At Faraday Future Hanford Facility
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
Ford says slow-and-steady will win the self-driving car race
Ford doesn’t want to be the first company to offer self-driving cars to the public; it it wants to be the brand most synonymous with the word “trust” — at least, that’s what the company says in its self-driving safety report, which it delivered to the US Department of Transportation Thursday. The 44-page document, entitled… Continue reading Ford says slow-and-steady will win the self-driving car race