How Elon Musk Could Make Billions Of Dollars Off Tesla's New Compensation Plan

Today, Tesla , which envisions the company growing to a market capitalization of $650 billion. The main takeaway is that Musk plans to take a $0 annual salary, and will only get paid in stock options that depend on Tesla hitting certain market value milestones and financial targets. This sounds...

Sep 11, 2025

Motorcyclist Sues GM Over Crash With Self-Driving Chevy Bolt

Oscar Nilsson filed a lawsuit against General Motors Monday concerning a collision between Nilsson on his motorcycle and a Chevy Bolt involved in GM’s Cruise self-driving test program in San Francisco. The crash occurred on December 7, where Nilsson claims a Chevy Bolt involved in GM’s self-driving testing program swerved...

Sep 11, 2025

Only Half Of Drivers Want Semi-Autonomous Tech In Their Next Vehicle

Americans are somewhat starting to warm up to the idea of fully-autonomous vehicles, but, interestingly, less drivers are interested in having their new cars equipped with semi-autonomous technology like Tesla’s Autopilot or General Motors’ . That’s according to a new study from the American Automobile Association. In early 2017, the...

Sep 11, 2025

Here's A Tesla Semi In The Wild

Tesla has taken hundreds of orders for a new all-electric semi truck that, , it’ll have in production by 2019. With right now, that’s surely a tall order to fill—but for now, there’s at least this brief sighting in California. The 7-second clip was uploaded on YouTube last week, and...

Sep 11, 2025

Faraday Future Demands ‘Loyalty’ And No ‘Negativity’ As It Fires HR Chief

Faraday Future kicked off 2018 with and a few promo videos shot by to review its prototype. The company , but it’s still having problems: It’s head of HR is out, , which obtained a noteworthy email after the departure. Crystal Peterson had been Faraday’s HR director for about three...

Sep 11, 2025

Ford Has An Idea For An Autonomous Police Car That Could Find A Hiding Spot

Here’s something to make you squirm: Ford has submitted a patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for that could function “in lieu of or in addition to human police officers.” Now, companies always file patents for technology that may never get made, but an autonomous police cruiser...

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla's Making Model 3 Batteries By Hand Amid More Gigafactory Problems: Report

The is said to be in production hell as the automaker scrambles to ramp up and meet demand and orders for the new electric sedan. There have been multiple reports of hand-built parts that should be automated, delays and poor quality control. Now Tesla employees claim batteries are also being...

Sep 11, 2025

The EPA Confirms The 2018 Nissan Leaf Has A Range Of 151 Miles

The is set to debut in two waves—a standard version with a 40 kWh battery pack and, later, a longer range spec with a 60 kWh battery pack. This week, the EPA confirmed Nissan’s claimed range for the standard version: 151 miles. The EPA revealed the official spec for the...

Sep 11, 2025

Alibaba, Foxconn Pump $350 Million Into Yet Another New Chinese Electric Car Startup

At this month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chinese-funded electric car startup Byton . But Byton wasn’t the only new Chinese-backed at the show. Xiaopeng Motors also debuted its first production model at the show, and now it has $350 million in financial backing from two big-name corporations. On...

Sep 11, 2025

Now Faraday Future Claims Ex-CFO Stole 'Trade Secrets' And Employees (Updated)

Perpetually troubled electric car startup filed a lawsuit on Monday against the company’s former chief financial officer, Stefan Krause, alleging that he stole a number of trade secrets and improperly solicited employees to join him at a new startup. The Verge on the explosive new suit earlier today. It comes...

Sep 11, 2025

A Bunch Of Ex-Google Engineers Want To Make An Autonomous Delivery Breadbox Van

It seems are all the rage these days. And now there’s a new startup looking to join the fray. Nuro.ai, started by two former Google engineers, revealed a driverless prototype that’s designed to handle low-speed, last-mile deliveries. Think dry cleaning or food. Nuro has been operating in secret, as my...

Sep 11, 2025

California's Autonomous Car Reports Are The Best In The Country—But Nowhere Near Good Enough

On Wednesday, the California Department of Motor Vehicles released its latest annual reports from companies who test self-driving cars in the state. The filings offer some of the best data for the public to scrutinize to better understand how far along AV tech has come. But companies have serious wiggle...

Sep 11, 2025

'Flying Taxi' Startup Backed By Toyota And Intel Raises $100 Million Somehow

Joby Aviation, a startup that aims to build a flying taxi that looks just like a small airplane, has raised $100 million from the likes of Toyota, Jet Blue and Intel, according to a statement from the company on Thursday. Amazingly, people are still at this idea. The company’s planning...

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla Is Collaborating With Pepsi And UPS To Build Electric Semi 'Megachargers': Report

Tesla’s all-electric semi came into this world to great fanfare, but little has been said about how the automaker plans to start making the vehicle. But now we have some insight, thanks to , which says Tesla’s collaborating with major companies to build charging stations for the semis. Tesla’s teaming...

Sep 11, 2025

Can Blockchain Ensure Electric Car Batteries Aren't Being Made Using Child Labor?

Blockchain, a digital lender of sorts that’s known for tracking transactions of , could also be used for something that isn’t dumb and fake: to help ensure child labor isn’t being used to mine crucial minerals for electric car batteries, . Lithium-ion batteries for electric cars require significant amounts of...

Sep 11, 2025