Waymo had small win Monday in its fight to keep certain details about its autonomous vehicle operations from public view. The Alphabet-owned company filed a lawsuit last week against the California Department of Motor Vehicles to keep some information from its autonomous vehicle deployment permit, as well as emails between the company and the DMV,… Continue reading Waymo can keep some driverless data secret for another 22 days
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Former Employees Say Elon Musk Was an Absolutely Terrible Boss
He barely kept in touch with the company. Absentee Leadership Leadership at Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup cofounded by Elon Musk, has been an absolute disaster, according to a scathing new report by Fortune. We already wrote about Fortune‘s take on dysfunction at the company. But it sounds like Musk’s own leadership role at Neuralink… Continue reading Former Employees Say Elon Musk Was an Absolutely Terrible Boss
Tesla is now selling karaoke microphones in China
Tesla last week released its latest distraction product: a set of karaoke microphones dubbed TeslaMic for use in its vehicles (via Electrek) and works with accompanied in-car software. The accessory, which is only available in China for now, was released alongside a Chinese New Year software update that includes a companion karaoke app called Leishi… Continue reading Tesla is now selling karaoke microphones in China
Tesla has a new feature that will disable your seat controls if you keep messing with them
Tesla’s new vehicles rolling out of the factory will include a bizarre feature designed to prevent abuse of the seat adjustment controls. The new seats will track and measure the amount of adjustments users make and will disable the controls if they detect “excessive” changes. The feature was first identified by @greentheonly, an anonymous hacker… Continue reading Tesla has a new feature that will disable your seat controls if you keep messing with them
The Station: Waymo sues to protect trade secrets, Wisk lands more Boeing capital and a chat with Toyota’s chief scientist
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. As… Continue reading The Station: Waymo sues to protect trade secrets, Wisk lands more Boeing capital and a chat with Toyota’s chief scientist
Kia’s EV6 is the new benchmark for affordable electric cars
We got our first good look at the EV6 last March and, nearly a year later, finally got to sit in it, drive it, and push every button in the cabin last week during a day-long press event in Northern California. It’s the first Kia vehicle to be produced under the company’s new Plan S… Continue reading Kia’s EV6 is the new benchmark for affordable electric cars
Nissan teases retro styled Micra EV, solid-state batteries for Europe, €23 billion investment
Nissan plans to manufacture its all-new, all-electric successor to the compact Nissan Micra at the Renault ElectriCity center in France, where the retro-styled hatchback will serve to kick off the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance 2030 roadmap, its planned 23 billion Euro investment in EVs, and the group’s push for solid-state batteries. A year and a… Continue reading Nissan teases retro styled Micra EV, solid-state batteries for Europe, €23 billion investment
Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake or plagiarized
One of the largest online marketplaces for non-fungible tokens is once again the center of controversy. Mere months after one of its employees resigned for using insider information to profit on NFT drops, OpenSea caused a stir among its users this week when it abruptly announced it was putting a restriction on its free minting… Continue reading Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake or plagiarized
Joby Aviation wants to conduct dramatic eVTOL flights over San Francisco Bay
Joby Aviation is seeking permission for a series of high-profile air taxi flights over San Francisco Bay, according to documents filed with the FCC and obtained by TechCrunch. The tests of the startup’s second-generation pre-production prototype, called the S4, would be the first in full view of the public and the first in an urban… Continue reading Joby Aviation wants to conduct dramatic eVTOL flights over San Francisco Bay
Tesla launches ‘TeslaMic,’ a microphone for in-car karaoke
Tesla has launched a new product: a microphone called ‘TeslaMic’ designed for its in-car karaoke system. It’s only available in China for now. Today, Tesla started pushing its ‘Chinese New Year’ software update in China. Like in the rest of the world, Tesla often bundles up features for a bigger end-of-the-year software update that most… Continue reading Tesla launches ‘TeslaMic,’ a microphone for in-car karaoke