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A Longtime Tesla Bull Dumped His Stock, Predicting a Total Collapse
He sees the writing on the wall. Getting Out A wealth manager and longtime Tesla bull has lost confidence in multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk — and now, he’s forewarning of Tesla’s downfall yet again. As Business Insider reports, based on financial disclosures, investor Ross Gerber of the Gerber-Kawasaki wealth management firm unloaded more than 26,000 of… Continue reading A Longtime Tesla Bull Dumped His Stock, Predicting a Total Collapse
Scientists Thought They Had Spotted Flowing Water on Mars. It Turned Out to Be Something Else Entirely.
Images sent back by NASA’s Viking spacecraft in the 1970s revealed some unusual streaks stretching across the arid landscapes of Mars. The sighting had scientists excited about the possibility of free-flowing water on an otherwise desolate planet. The streaks — which, at times, were thousands of feet long — appeared much darker, contrasting against the… Continue reading Scientists Thought They Had Spotted Flowing Water on Mars. It Turned Out to Be Something Else Entirely.
Waymo gets OK to expand robotaxi service into more of Silicon Valley
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved Waymo’s request to expand its commercial robotaxi service area, opening the door for the Alphabet company to bring its driverless ride-hailing vehicles into more communities south of San Francisco. The company said in a post on X the approval won’t change its plans in the near term. Today,… Continue reading Waymo gets OK to expand robotaxi service into more of Silicon Valley
Waymo and Uber are giving some riders early access to Atlanta robotaxi service
Waymo and Uber will start offering robotaxi rides in Atlanta to select customers who earlier this year signed onto a waitlist. The move comes ahead of the companies’ public robotaxi launch this summer. Customers selected for early access will be notified in the Uber app and via email. Those who opt for the robotaxi rides… Continue reading Waymo and Uber are giving some riders early access to Atlanta robotaxi service
Nissan may have just found its saviour… Toyota?
Nissan is on the brink of collapsing. After the Honda deal fell through, it looks like another Japanese automaker is tossing it a lifeline. As Nissan struggles to stay afloat, Toyota is emerging as a potential “backer” in a new tie-up. Are Toyota and Nissan partnering? “If we don’t take action now, the situation will… Continue reading Nissan may have just found its saviour… Toyota?
Tesla paid Powerwall owners $10 million through virtual power plants
Tesla announced it paid Powerwall owners $9.9 million through its virtual power plant programs in 2024. Distributed energy is working. A virtual power plant (VPP) consists of distributed energy storage systems, like Tesla Powerwalls, used in concert to provide grid services and avoid the use of polluting and expensive peaker power plants. Peaker plants are fossil… Continue reading Tesla paid Powerwall owners $10 million through virtual power plants
Tesla wipes odometer on Cybertruck in service, scratches it, and returns it to owner
Tesla has wiped off the 26,000 miles on the odometer of a Cybertruck in service, scratched the vehicle, and then returned it to the owner like nothing happened. A Tesla Cybertruck owner in Oregon was quite surprised when he went to pick up his Cybertruck, which was in service to install a new lightbar, fix… Continue reading Tesla wipes odometer on Cybertruck in service, scratches it, and returns it to owner
Elon Musk’s AI Just Went There
Fresh off its “white genocide” freakout, Elon Musk’s Grok AI is now engaged in Holocaust denial. Over the weekend, a random provocateur asked the chatbot built into Musk’s social network about the Jewish death toll during one of history’s darkest chapters — and Grok responded with self-attested skepticism. “Historical records, often cited by mainstream sources, claim around 6… Continue reading Elon Musk’s AI Just Went There
China’s Green Energy Surge Has Caused CO2 Emissions to Fall for the First Time
As countries like the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom appear to be backpedaling on climate pledges, China is showing some massive results on its quest to reverse carbon emissions. The latest analysis of China’s annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions found that they slid by 1.6 percent nationwide compared to the same quarter last year.… Continue reading China’s Green Energy Surge Has Caused CO2 Emissions to Fall for the First Time