Last summer, a former Apple employee was charged by the FBI for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to the company’s secretive self-driving car project. This week, Tesla sued a former employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to Autopilot. While they happened many months apart, both sets of allegations have something in common: the employees… Continue reading Chinese EV startup XPeng is at the center of major trade secret disputes with Apple and Tesla
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Tesla brings back its customer referral program — with fewer free cars
Tesla killed off its customer referral program on February 1st, citing high costs — presumably because the company was giving away dozens and dozens of $250,000 cars for free — but in a typical Elon Musk about-face, the company just announced it’s bringing the referral program back with a few tweaks on top. Basically, your… Continue reading Tesla brings back its customer referral program — with fewer free cars
Norway will install the world’s first wireless electric car charging stations for Oslo taxis
Norway’s capital city of Oslo will be the world’s first metropolitan area to install wireless, induction-based charging stations for electric taxis, in a bid to make a zero-emission cab system by as early as 2023, according to Reuters. Norway wants to go even further than that, however, and is mandating that all new cars sold… Continue reading Norway will install the world’s first wireless electric car charging stations for Oslo taxis
Tesla accuses self-driving startup Zoox and former employees of trade secret theft
Tesla filed two lawsuits late on Wednesday against multiple former employees and the self-driving startup Zoox for allegedly misappropriating the company’s trade secrets. The Silicon Valley automaker claims four former employees stole “proprietary information and trade secrets to help Zoox leapfrog past years of work needed to develop and run its own warehousing, logistics, and… Continue reading Tesla accuses self-driving startup Zoox and former employees of trade secret theft
Faraday Future just sold its headquarters to help keep the company alive
Faraday Future has sold its Los Angeles headquarters in a move to help fill the EV startup’s exhausted coffers, according to property documents obtained by The Verge. A subsidiary of New York-based real estate firm Atlas Capital purchased the headquarters on March 8th and immediately began leasing the building back to Faraday Future for an… Continue reading Faraday Future just sold its headquarters to help keep the company alive
My brief but familiar ride in Tesla’s brand new Model Y
The first thing that struck me about Tesla’s new Model Y when it was unveiled on stage in Los Angeles Thursday night was how much it looks like the Model 3. A few minutes later when I got inside it for a quick ride, the similarities were undeniable. As we zipped down and back on… Continue reading My brief but familiar ride in Tesla’s brand new Model Y
Robot valets are now parking cars in one of France’s busiest airports
Next time you head to the airport in France there might be a robot waiting to pick up your car. French firm Stanley Robotics has been trialling its self-driving robot valets for a few years, and this week started its first full-time service at France’s Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport. The system works like this. Customers park their… Continue reading Robot valets are now parking cars in one of France’s busiest airports
Tesla Model Y: Elon Musk’s fifth electric car is a compact SUV
Here’s everything you need to know about the Tesla Model Y: a compact SUV, or crossover, that will serve as a companion vehicle to the Model 3. The car was first unveiled in 2019 and will begin production in late 2020. The Model Y shares about 75 percent of its parts with the Model 3,… Continue reading Tesla Model Y: Elon Musk’s fifth electric car is a compact SUV
German regulators tell Tesla to drop ‘gas savings’ from pricing
Tesla will stop factoring estimated fuel savings into the price of its cars in Germany, according to Reuters. The German Centre for Protection against Unfair Competition said Wednesday that Tesla agreed to be more straightforward with pricing on its website by March 20th. The order pages of Tesla’s website currently feature multiple prices for each… Continue reading German regulators tell Tesla to drop ‘gas savings’ from pricing
Koenigsegg’s Jesko is a 300 mph projectile on wheels
It takes a lot for a petrol-fueled car to nudge out all of the hyper electrics that attract eyeballs at the Geneva Motor Show, but Koenigsegg has done it. The new Jesko by Koenigsegg, named after the company founder’s father, is claimed to be the world’s first road-legal 300 mph car. That top speed translates… Continue reading Koenigsegg’s Jesko is a 300 mph projectile on wheels