After a teasing fans over the last couple of years, Tesla will take the Model S beyond Ludicrous Mode tonight when it unveils an even faster version of the sedan. The Model S Plaid promises owners they’ll have the “quickest accelerating car in production today,” equipped with three electric motors that will push the car… Continue reading Tune in for Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event at 11:15 PM ET
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Apple hires former BMW and Faraday Future exec to EV team
Apple has hired former BMW executive Ulrich Kranz to join its automotive team. Bloomberg confirmed the news on Thursday, noting he joined the tech giant in recent weeks. Kranz spent 30 years at BMW, eventually leading the team that developed the i3, the automaker’s first fully electric vehicle. After leaving BMW in 2017, Kranz went on… Continue reading Apple hires former BMW and Faraday Future exec to EV team
Apple hires former Canoo CEO as it ramps up electric car project
Ulrich Kranz, a former BMW executive and the recently departed CEO and co-founder of EV startup Canoo, has been hired by Apple, the company has confirmed to The Verge. Kranz will reportedly work on the Silicon Valley behemoth’s electric car under Doug Field, the former Tesla executive who runs the day-to-day operations of the project,… Continue reading Apple hires former Canoo CEO as it ramps up electric car project
Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cars.
Three months after Tesla said it would begin accepting the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as payment, the electric carmaker has abruptly reversed course. In a message posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, said Tesla had suspended accepting Bitcoin because of concern about the energy consumed by computers crunching the calculations that underpin the… Continue reading Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cars.
Tesla warns new Model S Plaid won’t hit advertised 200 mph at launch, needs tire/wheel upgrade
Tesla is warning that its new Model S Plaid won’t hit its advertised 200 mph top speed at launch since it will need a tire and wheel upgrade this fall. When Tesla announced the new Model S Plaid, the automaker announced some impressive specs, like a 0-60 mph acceleration in 1.99 seconds, a quarter-mile run… Continue reading Tesla warns new Model S Plaid won’t hit advertised 200 mph at launch, needs tire/wheel upgrade
Tesla’s splashy event may underwhelm as battery doubts loom
Tesla’s glitzy marketing event Thursday to showcase its quickest car yet may not be the catalyst for shares such spectacles have been in the past. Go to Source
Widespread electrification requires us to rethink battery technology
Moshiel Biton Contributor Dr. Moshiel Biton is the CEO and co-founder of Addionics, a battery technology company providing AI-optimized, Smart 3D Electrodes for the next generation of energy storage. The global economy’s transition to widespread electrification has increased the demand for longer-lasting and faster-charging batteries across industries including transportation, consumer electronics, medical devices and residential… Continue reading Widespread electrification requires us to rethink battery technology
Finance professor Aswath Damodaran warns investors not to get cocky, dismisses bitcoin as a currency or store of value, and blasts the Fed in a new interview. Here are the 11 best quotes.
Aswath Damodaran. RealVision Aswath Damodaran worries investors have grown complacent and might get burned. The NYU Stern finance professor said bitcoin fails as both a currency and a store of value. The Federal Reserve has become too cocky and transparent, Damodaran said. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Finance professor Aswath Damodaran warned investors… Continue reading Finance professor Aswath Damodaran warns investors not to get cocky, dismisses bitcoin as a currency or store of value, and blasts the Fed in a new interview. Here are the 11 best quotes.
Elon Musk said he’d sell all his houses to fund colonizing Mars — but he’s kept one in California that he rents out for ‘events’
Elon Musk said he owns a house in California’s Bay Area that he rents out for events. Musk said on Twitter that he rents his primary residence in Boca Chica, Texas, from SpaceX. Musk had previously said he would sell all his houses and most material possessions to fund a Mars colony. See more stories… Continue reading Elon Musk said he’d sell all his houses to fund colonizing Mars — but he’s kept one in California that he rents out for ‘events’
Inside the cryptocurrency scam vortex
On May 22nd, a crypto finance project called DeFi100 posted a message to its website: “We scammed you guys and you can’t do shit about it. HA HA. All you moon bois have been scammed and you can’t do shit about it.” Screenshots of the message immediately went viral on crypto Twitter (always anarchic, easily… Continue reading Inside the cryptocurrency scam vortex