tesla News of 09/20/20

Battery Tech Superstars JB Straubel Of Redwood Materials, Celina Mikolajczak Of Panasonic Coming To TC Mobility 2020

It was a trickle at first that has evolved into a slow and steady stream. Now, a wave of new electric vehicles is building, promising to deliver an unprecedented number of models to North America, Europe and China over the next two to three years. ...

Polestar Built A Better Car Than Tesla; Now It Needs To Build A Better Brand

Polestar built a better car than Tesla; now it needs to build a better brand image Polestar is a startup in an unusual situation. Polestar has the car . It has the executives. Polestar has factories, partners, and distribution channels. It’s set for success in a way most startups are not. And yet, success is not ...

GM To Reveal, Start Taking Reservations For Hummer EV On October 20

GM will reveal its GMC -branded electric Hummer on October 20, the same day that the company will also begin taking customer reservations for the new vehicle that it describes as a “super truck.” The Hummer EV debut, which was ...

Elon Musk Says Tesla Will ‘One Day’ Produce ‘Super Efficient Home HVAC’ With HEPA Filtering

Elon Musk has previously touted the ‘Bioweapon Defense Mode’ boasted by Tesla’s vehicles, which are designed to provide excellent air quality inside the car even in the face of disastrous conditions without, thanks in part to ...

Lucid Lets Shoppers Customize Cars Like A Video Game Character

Lucid just launched its first production vehicle, and it looks impressive . But let’s talk about the new website , too. It features a remarkable buying experience that lets shoppers build a 3D car online and experience it in VR at a Lucid ...

Here’S Every Angle Of The All-Electric Lucid Air In Pictures

After years of development, Lucid Motors took the wraps off the Air, an electric luxury sedan that was unveiled Wednesday in a live-streamed event. The Air combines high-end features with eye-popping performance specs and technology that puts it ...

Lucid Motors’ Second Vehicle Is An Electric SUV, The Gravity

Lucid Motors provided Wednesday a peek of the next vehicle in its all-electric lineup — an SUV called the Lucid Gravity. The Lucid Gravity follows the Air, a luxury all-electric sedan that was revealed Wednesday in a live streamed event. The ...

Hear From The CEO Porsche Cars North America On Electrifying The Sports Car

Few electric cars made a bigger splash than the new Porsche Taycan. As President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America Klaus Zellmer has the tall order of bringing the electric sedan to America and selling it against Tesla on Tesla’s home ...

Panasonic To Expand Battery Capacity At Tesla Gigafactory

Panasonic is adding another production line to the massive factory it operates with Tesla in Nevada, an expansion that will increase battery cell capacity by 10%. The Sparks facility, dubbed Gigafactory 1, is the centerpiece of Tesla’s plan ...

Tesla Shares Drop Sharply In Broader Tech Selloff, Falling 17% In Morning Trading

Last Thursday and Friday’s public market selloff has stretched into this week, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite off 2.5% this morning. But while tech shares are down broadly to start the holiday-shortened week — and are taking stick ...

General Motors Takes $2 Billion Stake Electric Truck Startup Nikola

Nikola and General Motors today announced a strategic partnership . Through the deal, GM gets 11% ownership in startup Nikola, and will, in turn, produce Nikola’s wild fuel cell pickup truck by the end of 2022. Both companies’ shares ...

The Station: Yandex Spins Out Self-Driving Biz, Ike Takes The SaaS Road And A Solid-State Battery Startup Strikes SPAC

The Station: Yandex spins out self-driving biz, Ike takes the SaaS road and a solid-state battery startup strikes SPAC image The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation.  Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox . Hello and welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present ...

In Ego Battle, Lucid Motors Claims To Beat Tesla With 9.9 Second Quarter Mile

Lucid Motors is set to unveil its production electric sedan next week and it’s clear the company is targeting Tesla . Over the last few weeks, Lucid has teased notable aspects of the Lucid Air including recharge time, estimated range, ...

Tesla Taps Market Rally Keg, Announces $5b Stock Sale

Tesla said Tuesday will sell up to $5 billion in new stock as the company seeks to take advantage of an unprecedented run up in its share price. Tesla will sell the shares from “time to time,” through an “at-the-market” offering ...

Decrypted: Tesla’S Ransomware Near Miss, Palantir’S S-1 Risk Factors

Another busy week in cybersecurity. In case you missed it: A widely used messaging app used by over a million protesters has several major security flaws; a little-known loophole has let the DMV sell driver’s licenses and Social Security ...

The Station: Luminar Takes The SPAC Path And Voyage Lifts The Hood On Its Next-Gen Robotaxi

The Station: Luminar takes the SPAC path and Voyage lifts the hood on its next-gen robotaxi image The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation.  Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox . Hello and welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present ...

Elon Musk Demonstrates Neuralink’S Tech Live Using Pigs With Surgically-Implanted Brain Monitoring Devices

Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink’s tech live using pigs with surgically-implanted brain monitoring devices image Elon Musk -founded Neuralink has made headlines over the past many years around it efforts to develop a new kind of interface between the human brain and computing devices. On Friday, the company provided a demo of the technology, and Musk kicked ...

Daily Crunch: Tesla Targeted In Ransomware Attack

Daily Crunch: Tesla targeted in ransomware attack image The Justice Department reveals a thwarted malware attack on Tesla, Facebook tests linking your news subscriptions to your social network account and Xiaomi has plans for under-screen cameras. This is your Daily Crunch for August 28, 2020. The ...

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Was Target Of Foiled Ransomware Attack

Elon Musk called an attempted cyberattack against Tesla “serious,” a comment that confirms the company was the target of a foiled ransomware attempt at its massive factory near Reno, Nevada. The Justice Department released a ...

Chinese EV Startup Xpeng Motors Raises $1.5 Billion In U.S. Public Market Debut

Chinese EV startup Xpeng Motors raises $1.5 billion in U.S. public market debut image Chinese electric vehicle startup XPeng Inc. raised $1.5 billion through an initial public offering in the U.S. as investor interest in EVs and clean energy outstripped concerns over escalating tensions between the U.S. and China. The automaker, ...