TAIPEI/TOKYO — Foxconn, the world’s largest contract consumer electronics manufacturer and the biggest supplier to Apple, has long dreamed of building cars. “If we can make iPhones, why can’t we make EVs? It is an iPhone with four wheels,” founder and former chairman Terry Gou told internal meetings more than once, according to people at… Continue reading ‘An iPhone with four wheels’: Inside Foxconn’s bid to build EVs
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ALYI Building Diverse Electric Motorcycle Fleet For Global Taxi Market Starting In Africa
ALYI has initiated an EV Rideshare Pilot Program targeting the existing motorcycle taxi market. The Pilot Program is a first step toward the planned fulfillment of an initial 2,000 electric motorcycle order. ALYI expects to begin generating revenue fulfilling the electric motorcycle order later this year. ALYI has built, and continues to add to, its… Continue reading ALYI Building Diverse Electric Motorcycle Fleet For Global Taxi Market Starting In Africa
BorgWarner Shares Congratulatory Message on AKASOL’s Grand Opening of their Gigafactory
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BorgWarner President and CEO, Frédéric Lissalde, and other members of the BorgWarner leadership team attended the Grand Opening of AKASOL’S Gigafactory 1, Europe’s largest factory for commercial-vehicle battery systems, located in Darmstadt, Germany. The grand opening, held on August 16th, was attended by Tarek Al-Wazir, Hessian Minister… Continue reading BorgWarner Shares Congratulatory Message on AKASOL’s Grand Opening of their Gigafactory
Bird shows improving scooter economics, long march to profitability
Newly reported financial data from Bird, an American scooter sharing service, shows a company with an improving economic model, and a multi-year path to profitability. However, that path is fraught unless a number of scenarios all work out, in concert and without a glitch. Bird, well-known for its early battles with domestic rival Lime, is… Continue reading Bird shows improving scooter economics, long march to profitability
Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving Report 2021: L4 Autonomous Driving for Commercial Vehicles Enters the Phase of Cross-Scenario Mass Production and Application
DUBLIN, Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving and Start-ups Report, 2021″ report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. In April 2021, Waymo’s CEO and CFO left the company. In addition, the Chief Safety Officer, head of manufacturing and global supply and general manager of Laser Bear LiDAR business, head… Continue reading Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving Report 2021: L4 Autonomous Driving for Commercial Vehicles Enters the Phase of Cross-Scenario Mass Production and Application
Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke
After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI, the company’s self-anointed Technoking, Elon Musk, capped the evening by bringing out a dancer in a spandex suit. Behold, said Musk: my Tesla Bot. The dancer in the suit, he said, was the model for a new humanoid robot Tesla will… Continue reading Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke
EV battery startup Ample raises $160 million in latest funding round
Khaled Hassounah, Ample CEO & Co-Founder, joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the company’s latest funding round and his outlook for the EV sector. Video Transcript ADAM SHAPIRO: The CEO and co-founder Khaled Hassounah is joining us with news that you just raised another $160 million. Tell us how that’s going to help you, because… Continue reading EV battery startup Ample raises $160 million in latest funding round
Elon Musk says you will probably be able to overpower Tesla’s 125-pound humanoid robot
Elon Musk revealed Tesla’s humanoid robot at the company’s AI Day on Thursday. Musk joked that the bot will be built so that humans can “run away” and “most likely overpower” it. The ‘Tesla bot’ will be 5ft. 8in., weigh 125 pounds, and be able to carry 45 pounds, he said. Loading Something is loading.… Continue reading Elon Musk says you will probably be able to overpower Tesla’s 125-pound humanoid robot
A founding member of Tesla just took an electric-truck startup public in a $2 billion deal. Here’s how he sold FedEx and UPS on his tech.
Xos Trucks is an electric-truck startup in Los Angeles. The company has attracted high-profile customers such as UPS and FedEx. CTO Rob Ferber explained the secret to the company’s growth and getting deals. Electric-truck developer Xos Trucks, which went public today through a SPAC reverse merger, uses a simple formula to attract new customers and… Continue reading A founding member of Tesla just took an electric-truck startup public in a $2 billion deal. Here’s how he sold FedEx and UPS on his tech.
Elon Musk unveils ‘Tesla Bot,’ a humanoid robot that would be made from Tesla’s self-driving AI
Elon Musk said during Tesla’s AI Day on Thursday that the company planned to build a humanoid robot. The CEO said Tesla hoped to develop a prototype for the “Tesla Bot” by next year. It would use the same AI systems that help power the company’s Full Self-Driving system. Loading Something is loading. Tesla CEO… Continue reading Elon Musk unveils ‘Tesla Bot,’ a humanoid robot that would be made from Tesla’s self-driving AI