Zoox, the autonomous vehicle startup acquired last year by Amazon, is expanding to Seattle. The company plans to open in 2022 an engineering office and operations facility, which will act as a base for its autonomous vehicle testing, Zoox, which today employs more than 1,300 people, tests its autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, Las Vegas… Continue reading Amazon’s Zoox is expanding autonomous vehicle operations, testing to Seattle
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Asia Digest: SG’s Fat Projects Acquisition raises $100m; K Car mops up $285m in IPO
SG-based SPAC firm Fat Projects Acquisition Corp has announced the closing of its $100-million IPO while K Car, a South Korean automotive marketplace fully owned by private equity firm Hahn & Company, has raised $285 million in its IPO. SG’s Fat Projects Acquisition raises $100m IPO Singapore-headquartered investment and venture studio Fat Projects Acquisition Corp… Continue reading Asia Digest: SG’s Fat Projects Acquisition raises $100m; K Car mops up $285m in IPO
Tesla Just Scrubbed the Cybertruck Prices, Specs from Its Website
This comes after its release was delayed to next year. Bad Luck Cybertruck The Cybertruck is starting to feel like it’s been cursed from the start. From its less-than-auspicious debut to its recent delay to late 2022, the vehicle is starting to seem more like a pipedream than a reality. Now, Tesla has even gone… Continue reading Tesla Just Scrubbed the Cybertruck Prices, Specs from Its Website
Volkswagen Group BEV delivery numbers still a year behind Tesla, but gaining fast at 138% YOY
Following the release of its Q3 delivery numbers, Volkswagen Group continues to grow its presence in the BEV market, up 109% compared to Q3 last year. Nine months into 2021, Volkswagen has more than doubled its worldwide deliveries, nipping at the heels of Tesla – the current undisputed EV market leader. Tesla continues to grow… Continue reading Volkswagen Group BEV delivery numbers still a year behind Tesla, but gaining fast at 138% YOY
Tesla opens Model Y orders in the UK, deliveries expected in early 2022
Tesla today opened Model Y orders in the United Kingdom, a right-hand-drive market, with deliveries expected to start in early 2022. Originally, the Model Y was only supposed to launch in Europe after Tesla started production at Gigafactory Berlin. However, Tesla changed its plan and started importing Model Y vehicles from Gigafactory Shanghai to some… Continue reading Tesla opens Model Y orders in the UK, deliveries expected in early 2022
Tesla rolls out Safety Score-based insurance product in Texas
Tesla is now selling insurance to customers in Texas, two years after first launching the offering in its now-former home state of California. But the version in Texas is different. The company says it will evaluate driving behavior in real-time using the “Safety Score” feature that it recently launched to screen drivers who want to… Continue reading Tesla rolls out Safety Score-based insurance product in Texas
Porsche’s all-electric Taycan outsells its flagship 911 sports car
The all-electric Porsche Taycan outsold the German automaker’s iconic internal combustion-powered 911 sports car in the first nine months of the year, a milestone for the EV that was introduced in late 2019. The sales figures released Friday show that Porsche delivered 217,198 vehicles worldwide in the first three quarters, a 13% increase year over… Continue reading Porsche’s all-electric Taycan outsells its flagship 911 sports car
Tesla pushes ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ to investor with poor ‘safety score’ while requiring perfect score from others
Tesla has pushed its “Full Self-Driving Beta” to an investor who had a terrible “safety driving score” based on the automaker’s own scoring system. It comes as Tesla says that it is only pushing the software to owners who scored 100 out of 100. Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD) enables Tesla… Continue reading Tesla pushes ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ to investor with poor ‘safety score’ while requiring perfect score from others
Dozens of Self-Driving Cars Getting Stuck on Same Dead-End Street
The future is here, it’s just stuck in the corner. Traffic Jam Well, this is a new one. Waymo, a Google offshoot that develops usually-impressive self-driving cars, has run into a problem as dozens of its semi-autonomous vehicles are getting stuck on the same dead-end street. 15th Avenue in San Francisco’s Richmond District is normally… Continue reading Dozens of Self-Driving Cars Getting Stuck on Same Dead-End Street
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles keep getting stuck in a dead-end street in San Francisco
Traffic is hell, but what if the cars clogging up the roadways are all robots? That’s what some residents on one quiet street in San Francisco have discovered, with a seemingly endless parade of autonomous vehicles from Waymo driving down a dead-end street in the city’s residential Richmond district, turning around, and driving away. “There… Continue reading Waymo’s autonomous vehicles keep getting stuck in a dead-end street in San Francisco