For more than a year, Tesla has defended its semiautonomous Autopilot as a vital, life-saving feature. CEO Elon Musk has lambasted journalists who write about crashes involving the system. “It’s really incredibly irresponsible of any journalists with integrity to write an article that would lead people to believe that autonomy is less safe,” he said… Continue reading Tesla’s Favorite Autopilot Safety Statistic Doesn’t Hold Up
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BMW develops new electric personal mover concept for staffers
The BMW Group has developed a new kind of micro-mobility concept for employees. The Personal Mover Concept – an electric one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site – can be used for personal transportation both inside buildings and outside and is also suitable for carrying objects. Employees at BMW Group plants… Continue reading BMW develops new electric personal mover concept for staffers
Elon Musk calls out Tesla skeptics in a tweetstorm 2 days after his confrontational earnings call
Two days after a combative earnings call found him calling out skeptics of his company, Elon Musk still isn’t done saying his piece. The Tesla CEO took to Twitter on Friday morning to once again confront his least favorite group of people: those predicting that his company’s stock will drop. Of particular scorn to Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk calls out Tesla skeptics in a tweetstorm 2 days after his confrontational earnings call
Tesla Semi lorry to have range of up to 600 miles, says Musk
The Tesla Semi electric lorry will be capable of travelling up to 600 miles to a single charge, even when fully loaded, company CEO Elon Musk has claimed. According to Electrek, Musk said during Tesla’s quarter one results conference call that he was “optimistic” the Semi would beat the 500-mile range announced at its reveal last year. His claims come after Daimler’s lorry… Continue reading Tesla Semi lorry to have range of up to 600 miles, says Musk
Oxbotica: Data sharing as a solution
A test project should show if sharing the data in the car with insurance and authorities accelerates the development. The startup Oxbotica, a spin-off of Oxford University Great Britain, wants to carry out a test in which the data of the autonomous vehicles are forwarded to other places. Specifically, the vehicle data should both the… Continue reading Oxbotica: Data sharing as a solution
Volvo and Vattenfall come together for advanced EV charging infrastructure for homes
Europe-based energy company Vattenfall aims to become a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure operator in collaboration with its partners. The initiative would be initially benefitted by the Swedish customers of Volvo plug-in hybrid cars. Vattenfall and Volvo will offer all Volvo’s plug-in hybrid customers in Sweden the charging solution ‘InCharge Smart home’ directly through… Continue reading Volvo and Vattenfall come together for advanced EV charging infrastructure for homes
BMW Group makes good start to 2018
Munich. The BMW Group has started the financial year 2018 with a strong first quarter. Despite volatile conditions and unfavourable exchange rate effects, new best ever figures were recorded for sales volume and net profit. Despite high upfront expenditure for tomorrow’s mobility, the Automotive segment also set a new record for its result from operations… Continue reading BMW Group makes good start to 2018
EZ-GO in China: a tradition of innovation, crossing all borders
Thursday 03 May 2018 by Valérie Calloch – Event Valérie Calloch Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest The Beijing Motor Show still has a few days to run. Chinese consumers can take advantage of the opportunity to discover the EZ-GO concept car presented by Renault at the Geneva Motor… Continue reading EZ-GO in China: a tradition of innovation, crossing all borders
Elon Musk says Tesla will begin Model Y production in 2 years and it will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’ (TSLA)
Tesla’s upcoming Model Y crossover will be a gamechanger for manufacturing, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday during the company’s first-quarter earnings call. “I think Model Y is going to be a manufacturing revolution,” Musk said. “It will be, I think, incredible from a manufacturing standpoint, because we do not want to go through this… Continue reading Elon Musk says Tesla will begin Model Y production in 2 years and it will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’ (TSLA)
Tesla’s Bonkers Earnings Call Was Actually Perfect
In hindsight, Elon Musk’s statement at the beginning of Tesla Inc.’s latest earnings call that “We’re going to go as long as there are good questions to answer” sounds less like encouragement and more like a warning. As you may have heard, the CEO decided the “good questions” from analysts ran out in about half an… Continue reading Tesla’s Bonkers Earnings Call Was Actually Perfect