Uber is in talks to sell its self-driving vehicle division, ATG, to autonomous vehicle startup Aurora, TechCrunch reported Friday. ATG has been hobbled by a deadly crash, infighting, and unreliable tech — leading investors to lose patience and sparking rumors the company would try to offload the struggling unit. Despite a previous $7.25 billion valuation,… Continue reading Uber is reportedly in talks to sell its self-driving vehicle division to a startup run by former Uber, Tesla, and Google executives and backed by Amazon (UBER)
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@VW Group: Bugatti Speedline – A record-breaking brand
The digital speedometer shows 304.77 miles per hour. 490.484 km/h. In summer 2019, the practically impossible became possible with the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+*: with its hyper sports car, the French company became the first manufacturer to break the 300-mph barrier, highlighting the brand’s technically outstanding performance. A record that has yet to be… Continue reading @VW Group: Bugatti Speedline – A record-breaking brand
Jaguar Land Rover’s design team shuffle may signal bigger changes
To the casual observer, the reshuffle of design leadership at Jaguar Land Rover might not be much more than internal house management and a reward for Gerry McGovern‘s unusually successful long run (from a 1985 MG concept to the next Range Rover) at the various brands that once made up British Leyland. However, a source has told Autocar… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover’s design team shuffle may signal bigger changes
Inside the industry: Self-driving tech is beset with difficulties
Perhaps the most complex challenge facing the car industry today is vehicle autonomy, the path to achieving it and the motivations for doing so. To most, the end goal isn’t in question; a utopia of zero accidents is too compelling for legislators to ignore and the rewards of success (this is an industry estimated to be… Continue reading Inside the industry: Self-driving tech is beset with difficulties
German Manager Magazin: Oliver Zipse, BMW: “A hard Brexit won’t kill us” 000295
BMW boss Oliver Zipse (56) sees the elections in the USA and the struggle for one Brexit trade agreement calmly. “We can get along with any government,” Zipse told journalists in Munich. And if Great Britain and the EU should collect customs duties on cars and parts from January, that would be a burden, but… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Oliver Zipse, BMW: “A hard Brexit won’t kill us” 000295
@Daimler: 70 years ago Daimler-Benz bought the Unimog
The contract was signed on 27 October 1950 Until then, the Unimog was produced by the Boehringer Bros. machinery factory in Göppingen The Mercedes-Benz 170 D passenger car diesel engine was also used in the Unimog Stuttgart / Göppingen – 27 October marks the 70th anniversary of the Unimog take-over by Daimler-Benz AG. This date thus… Continue reading @Daimler: 70 years ago Daimler-Benz bought the Unimog
Tesla appears to have quietly killed its 7-day, no questions asked return policy (TSLA)
Tesla’s 7-day return policy was one of the most lenient in the auto industry. The program appears to have been axed, though, and no longer appears on Tesla’s website. A webpage that previously explained the return rules now points to a generic support website. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Tesla’s generous, 7-day return… Continue reading Tesla appears to have quietly killed its 7-day, no questions asked return policy (TSLA)
SCOTT GALLOWAY: Tesla is the stock story of the decade, and Robinhood is the fuel
Scott Galloway is a bestselling author and professor of marketing at NYU Stern. The following is his recent blog post and video, republished with permission. It originally ran on his blog, “No Mercy / No Malice.” Galloway says today’s financial crisis is partially due to a widespread, imperfect belief that the market always goes up.… Continue reading SCOTT GALLOWAY: Tesla is the stock story of the decade, and Robinhood is the fuel
A Facebook Ban Won’t Stop QAnon
QAnon, the conspiracy theory that claims President Trump is secretly battling a Hollywood-Jewish-Democrat-deep state-globalist cabal of Satanist-murderer-pedophile-human traffickers, is huge. In both the span of its reach and the depth of its ideas, the conspiracy has grown into a juggernaut of misinformation. (“We call it a superconspiracy,” says Antonis Papasavva, a data scientist at University… Continue reading A Facebook Ban Won’t Stop QAnon
Six Arrested on Federal Charge of Conspiracy to Kidnap the Governor of Michigan
The Michigan Attorney General Charged Seven Additional Individuals Following a Coordinated Disruption of the Plan The Department of Justice today announced that six men have been arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. According to a complaint filed Tuesday, October 6, 2020, Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin,… Continue reading Six Arrested on Federal Charge of Conspiracy to Kidnap the Governor of Michigan