Autos
Aurora and Werner Enterprises are testing self-driving tractor-trailers on a lonely Texas highway
06 January 2022, US, Las Vegas: Robotic truck company Aurora shows off a self-driving semi-truck at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. In the Corona pandemic, interest in autonomous freight transport increased. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Self-driving startup Aurora Innovation has gone trucking in Texas. Aurora announced Wednesday that it […]
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Elon Musk spent $2.64 billion on Twitter shares so far this year, new filing shows
Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been buying Twitter shares on almost a daily basis since the end of January, spending $2.64 billion for […]
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GM and Honda to partner on ‘affordable’ electric vehicles
General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks during a visit of the US president to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan on November 17, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors and Honda Motor will develop a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a […]
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EV start-up Polestar signs deal to supply up to 65,000 vehicles to Hertz
Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will supply up to 65,000 vehicles to car rental giant Hertz Global over the next five years, the two companies announced Monday morning. Hertz will begin making fully electric Polestar 2s available via its network in Europe this spring, and in North America and Australia before the end of 2022. […]
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Ford’s first-quarter sales fell 17% as the automaker battled a chip shortage
An employee works on the 40 millionth Ford Motor Co. F-Series truck on the assembly line at the Ford Dearborn Truck Plant on January 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor’s U.S. sales of new vehicles declined 17% during the first quarter, including a 26% slide […]
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Hertz inks deal for 65,000 Polestar electric vehicles over five years
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath and Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr join CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to break down the pair’s new strategic partnership. Source
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China’s BYD ends full combustion engine cars to focus on electric, plug-in hybrids
A BYD Co. electronic vehicle (EV) is charged at an EV charging station at the company’s campus in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen, China. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD said that as of last month it stopped making combustion engine vehicles and now produces full electric […]
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Tesla is unable to restart Shanghai production on Monday
A truck transports new Tesla cars at its factory in Shanghai, China May 13, 2021. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla has notified workers and suppliers that production at its Shanghai factory will not resume on Monday as it had hoped, according to an internal notice shared with Reuters. Reuters reported earlier on Sunday that the […]
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Tesla delivers 310,048 electric vehicles in the first quarter
Customers experience new energy electric vehicles at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, On December 4, 2021. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Tesla just reported first-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers for 2022. Here’s how they did. Electric vehicle deliveries (total): 310,048 Electric vehicle production (total): 305,407 Over the same period last year, Tesla […]
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General Motors’ U.S. sales slumped in the first quarter, trailing rival Toyota’s
A Chevrolet pickup truck is seen at the Knapp Chevrolet dealership on February 02, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images General Motors’ first-quarter U.S. sales fell 20% from a year ago, in line with analysts’ expectations, as ongoing supply-chain issues disrupted its production and kept dealers’ inventories tight. But GM’s North America […]
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