Clean Technica: US EV Registrations Surge For Q1 2022, Largely Driven By Tesla001994

A recent article at CarScoops gives us some great news about EV sales so far in 2022! According to Experian, 158,689 EVs were registered in the United States in January through March of this year. As you’d expect, Tesla took most of these sales, with an estimated 113,882 vehicles coming from the company. Everyone else… Continue reading Clean Technica: US EV Registrations Surge For Q1 2022, Largely Driven By Tesla001994

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

Image by Getty Images/Futurism In the early 2000s, scientists from the Human Genome Project announced a breakthrough: they had sequenced the complete human reference genome, including all three billion DNA letter, a scientific undertaking likened at the time to landing astronauts on the Moon. While the reference genome has come under question as of late, with… Continue reading Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

Twitter is working toward ‘closing the transaction process’ with Elon Musk

If attendees at Twitter’s annual shareholder meeting were hoping to clear up confusion surrounding Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company, they likely left disappointed. Despite numerous questions about the future of Twitter, the company’s executives had little to say about Musk, who did not attend the meeting. “We’re working through the transaction process,” CEO Parag… Continue reading Twitter is working toward ‘closing the transaction process’ with Elon Musk

G.M.’s Profits Fell 3% in the First Quarter

General Motors said on Tuesday that its profits dipped in the first three months of the year. But the company said it expected to grow rapidly as it started selling a wider range of electric cars and trucks. Although it has sold only a small number of electric vehicles this year, G.M. has several new… Continue reading G.M.’s Profits Fell 3% in the First Quarter

Tesla is preparing to enter Thailand market with its EVs, batteries, and solar

Tesla has filed to enter Thailand as its latest market expansion. Interestingly, it plans to sell not only its electric vehicles but also its batteries and solar products. It has been a little while since Tesla has expanded into a brand new market. The company was trying hard to enter the Indian market for years,… Continue reading Tesla is preparing to enter Thailand market with its EVs, batteries, and solar

Elon Musk will put up $6 billion to drop Tesla loans from his Twitter deal

After a brutal month for Tesla stock, Elon Musk will no longer fund his Twitter buyout by borrowing against his Tesla ownership stake. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk announced the expiration of a series of margin loans against Tesla stock, which had been included as part of his original financing… Continue reading Elon Musk will put up $6 billion to drop Tesla loans from his Twitter deal

Tesla Investors Getting Tired of Elon Musk’s “Circus Show”

Investors are getting tired. Twitter’s Shadow SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter is casting a long shadow on his other much larger responsibility — Tesla. Market experts weighed in this week on how Musk’s seemingly crumbling deal to buy the social media platform is wreaking havoc on the electric car manufacturer’s stock prices.… Continue reading Tesla Investors Getting Tired of Elon Musk’s “Circus Show”

Volkswagen CEO Says It Will Soon Overtake Tesla in Electric Car Sales

They’re pretty far behind right now, but that could change by 2025. Gold Star Look out, Tesla — Volkswagen may soon be the new sheriff in town when it comes to EV sales. During an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess said that as soon as… Continue reading Volkswagen CEO Says It Will Soon Overtake Tesla in Electric Car Sales

Mercedes Shows Off Electric Car That Can Spin in Place By Controlling Wheels Separately

It did a full 360 on the spot! Spin Around German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has shown off an impressive new feature of its upcoming EQG an all-electric version of its premium G-Wagon off-roader. The move, which the brand is calling “G-Turn,” allows the massive vehicle to literally spin around its own axis. A video of the… Continue reading Mercedes Shows Off Electric Car That Can Spin in Place By Controlling Wheels Separately

Apple’s secretive car project loses yet another top executive

Christopher “CJ” Moore, the former Tesla Autopilot software engineer who left to join Apple’s secretive car project last year, has left Apple to join Luminar, an Orlando, Florida-based lidar company, as its new head of software, the company announced. Moore only lasted seven months at Apple. Moore is among a group of top executives from… Continue reading Apple’s secretive car project loses yet another top executive