NIO’s Q1 Loss Narrows Year Over Year, Sales Increase 24%

NIO Inc. NIO reported first-quarter 2022 loss per American Depositary Share (ADS) of 18 cents, narrower than the year-ago loss of 48 cents amid higher operating expenses. The China-based electric vehicle (EV) maker posted revenues of $1,563 million, up 24.4% year over year on the back of robust deliveries. NIO delivered 25,768 vehicles in the first… Continue reading NIO’s Q1 Loss Narrows Year Over Year, Sales Increase 24%

Tesla Stock Vs. BYD Stock: The Hottest EV Maker Is Tesla’s New Frenemy

Motley Fool ‘Apple Pay Later’ Might Crush These Growth Stocks Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is best known for its consumer tech devices like the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch, and its Mac line of computers. Apple Pay is used by over 500 million people globally, and at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this week,… Continue reading Tesla Stock Vs. BYD Stock: The Hottest EV Maker Is Tesla’s New Frenemy

Chinese EV maker Nio to make self-developed battery packs from 2024 …

Chinese electric-car maker Nio said that in 2024 it will start making high-voltage battery packs that it has developed itself, as part of a drive to improve profitability and competitiveness to take on rivals such as Tesla. Nio, plans to start producing an 800-volt battery pack in the second half of 2024, its chairman William Li told… Continue reading Chinese EV maker Nio to make self-developed battery packs from 2024 …

Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes

Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes Regulators to look with enhanced scrutiny after cars with driver-assistance function crashed into parked emergency vehicles Elon Musk at a Tesla event in Shanghai in January 2020. The NHTSA is upgrading its preliminary inquiry to an ‘engineering analysis’. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Elon Musk at… Continue reading Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes

Tesla secures multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung for new cameras for self-driving

Tesla has reportedly secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung to get new cameras for its self-driving sensor suite. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program relies on cameras to get imagery to feed its neural nets. Unlike most other self-driving programs, the automaker doesn’t use radar and lidar. However, we recently reported on Tesla’s filing with the… Continue reading Tesla secures multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung for new cameras for self-driving

China’s GF Xinde Investment sets up RMB fund to invest $450m in new energy sector …

GF Xinde Investment, the wholly-owned private equity (PE) investment unit of Chinese investment bank GF Securities, has set up a new RMB-denominated fund to invest 3 billion yuan (almost $450 million) in the new energy industry. The new fund, which recently completed its registration with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC), counts the country’s… Continue reading China’s GF Xinde Investment sets up RMB fund to invest $450m in new energy sector …

German Manager Magazine: Tesla Autopilot: US Transportation Administration NHTSA expands investigation after accidents001832

The US Department of Transportation has expanded its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after a series of rear-end collisions. Since the investigation began in August, she has identified six other incidents in which Teslas with the “Autopilot” system turned on crashed into emergency vehicles parked on the side of the road. Originally, there… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Tesla Autopilot: US Transportation Administration NHTSA expands investigation after accidents001832

Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031

Tesla’s Full-Self Driving is using generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) for vision, Elon Musk tweeted recently. He added that the GPTs are running natively on Tesla TRIP chips versus needing to round trip to iGPU. I think it’s important to take a quick deep dive into this, because this is kind of the heart and soul… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031

Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030

Ford cracks me up. I’ve been accused of many things over the 15-ish years I’ve been writing, but being a Tesla fanboy isn’t one of them. I don’t think that’s particularly fair, to be honest — but I did chuckle when I read about the new F-150 Lightning’s Tesla charging adapter. To understand what’s happening… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030

Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029

Ford F-150 Lightning owners are doubling down on the Ford pride. They’re comfortable with the familiar F-150 body and cabin yet intrigued by the swap from gasoline-powered V-6 and V-8 engine options for a pair of electric motors and one of two different battery packs. The pickup is winning hearts and minds not with messages… Continue reading Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029