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Ford to bring Tesla’s charging tech into its future EVs
Ford has reached an agreement with rival Tesla that will give owners of Ford EVs access to more than 12,000 Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada. However, this agreement reaches far beyond providi
Electric truck maker Nikola at risk of being delisted from Nasdaq
Nikola, the beleaguered electric truck developer, is at risk of being delisted from Nasdaq, the company disclosed Thursday in a regulatory filing. Nikola said that on May 24 it received a delisting no
VinFast recalls EVs sent to US over a software glitch
Vietnamese automaker VinFast has issued its first recall for some of its 2023 VF8 vehicles over a software glitch that causes the dashboard screen to go blank. The recall was issued after federal regu
Ford tries zagging in the EV arms race
Ford CEO Jim Farley called it a “personal bullet train.” Doug Field, the automaker’s chief advanced product development and technology officer, described it as “groundbreaking.
Lordstown Motors turns to a reverse stock split to save Foxconn deal
Lordstown Motors will issue a reverse stock split, a last-ditch move meant to pull the EV automaker out of the penny stock doldrums and salvage a deal with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn. The stock fe
A Tesla co-founder returns, TuSimple restructures again and Uber’s stickiness strategy
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. It was another busy week in the transportation world and no
Where remote driving startup Phantom Auto has found new funding and customers
Before the COVID pandemic put pressure on an already squeezed transportation and logistics industry, Phantom Auto’s remote driving systems were viewed as an interesting, not essential, piece of
TuSimple to lay off 30% of workforce, keep China business
TuSimple, the once high-flying autonomous trucks company that went public in 2021, is restructuring and laying off about 30% of its global workforce as it works to preserve cash and stay in business.
Tesla Roadster production has been pushed back again
The second-generation Tesla Roadster — the all-electric sports car that made a splashy and surprise debut in November 2017 — will “hopefully” go into production next year, CEO Elon Mus
Tesla shareholders elect former CTO, co-founder JB Straubel to board
JB Straubel is officially back at Tesla — this time as a board member. The former Tesla CTO and co-founder was elected by shareholders Tuesday as an independent board of director. A crowd of Tesla s
Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting: How to watch and what to expect
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expected to take the stage Tuesday afternoon for the company’s annual shareholder meeting, just days after announcing that he had chosen NBCU leader Linda Yaccarino as the
Chief Twit Elon Musk loses appeal to be able to tweet about Tesla unchecked
Elon Musk lost another bid to end a 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that requires oversight of some of his Tesla-related tweets. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Software snafus abound, Nuro makes more cuts and VinFast takes the SPAC road
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Automakers have been struggling with software development fo
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro to lay off 30% of workforce
Autonomous delivery robot startup Nuro will lay off 30%, or about 340 employees, across the company as part of a restructuring meant to extend its capital runway, according to the company. Earlier thi
Polestar and Volvo are the latest automakers caught in software purgatory
Software, it turns out, is hard for automakers. And building a so-called software-defined car — the term du jour in automotive circles — is even harder. Software development problems have led to e
TuSimple continues its slide into the ether with new delisting warning
It wasn’t that long ago that self-driving trucks company TuSimple was on a tear — raising funds, locking in partnerships and hitting some development milestones that seemed to push it to the f
All the ways Google is driving deeper into the automotive world
Google introduced Wednesday at its Google I/O 2023 event a number of new features and services designed for cars, including video conferencing, gaming and YouTube, as the tech company continues its dr
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro to restructure, pause commercial expansion
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is in the midst of a restructuring that will result in layoffs and shift resources away from commercial operations and toward R&D. This is the second time in less
EV maker Rivian narrows losses in Q1, beats on revenue
Rivian may still be burning through cash, but it has managed to narrow losses and generate more revenue as the automaker sells more of its EVs while paring down costs. Rivian reported Tuesday $661 mil
UVeye’s ‘MRI for cars’ system lands startup $100M from GM, CarMax
UVeye’s automated vehicle inspection technology may have started out as a system to detect security threats, but the six-year-old Israeli startup has found deep interest and investment from the