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Luxury SUVs define driving bliss, hefty prices
4+ hour, 34+ min ago The BMW Alpina XB7 and Land Rover Range Rover are in the upper echelon of automobiles and among a handful of SUVs for consumers seeking elite craftsmanship, performance and status. The collection also includes the Cadillac Escalade V, Mercedes-Maybach GLS and…...
Tesla’s ‘Musk premium’ in focus with SpaceX IPO on the horizon
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (Bloomberg/Jordan Fitzgerald) " Elon Musk is selling investors a future of driverless cars, robot assistants and life on Mars. The problem is there's only one way to buy into his vision: Tesla Inc.'s stock. The electric-vehicle maker's shares, which…...
Uber safety chief to depart in latest executive shakeup
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (Bloomberg/Natalie Lung) " The Uber Technologies Inc. veteran overseeing its safety operations is set to depart, setting off a second round of executive changes this year at a time when the rideshare giant is being scrutinized in court over the…...
Tesla’s rally to record high is leaving Big Tech peers behind
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (Bloomberg/Sagarika Jaisinghani, Julien Ponthus and Isolde MacDonogh) " There's been no dearth of sell signals for Tesla Inc. It's facing a potential sales halt in California, an electric vehicle slowdown across the US and is losing market share in China…...
Tesla faces California sales halt over marketing of autopilot
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (Bloomberg/Madlin Mekelburg, Dana Hull and Kara Carlson) " Tesla Inc.s car sales in California are poised to be suspended for 30 days over marketing practices that allegedly mislead consumers about the automated-driving capabilities of its vehicles. The California Department of…...
California sues Trump for blocking EV charging funds
5+ day, 49+ min ago California led a coalition of 16 states Tuesday to sue the Trump administration in an effort to free up billions of dollars in federal funds intended to build and repair electric vehicle charging stations that it argues the White House has…...
Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
1+ week, 2+ day ago By MATT O'BRIEN, Associated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW " Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors " too complicated, capital-intensive and "boring, honestly," says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit…...
Rivian unveils AI chip for automated driving, ditches Nvidia
1+ week, 3+ day ago (Bloomberg/Ed Ludlow) " Rivian Automotive Inc. has developed its own artificial intelligence chip, replacing Nvidia Corp. technology as part of a broader push to add and enhance automated-driving features in future vehicles. The automaker will equip its upcoming R2 sport utility…...
Elon Musk claims it’s not safe for him to be in public in wake of Charlie Kirk killing
1+ week, 4+ day ago Billionaire MAGA activist Elon Musk claims that being in public puts him at risk, particularly in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. The 54-year-old Tesla CEO expressed his concerns on "The Katie Miller Podcast," which is hosted by the wife…...
San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi
1+ week, 4+ day ago By JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO" " Self-driving Waymo taxis have gone viral for negative reasons involving the death of a beloved San Francisco bodega cat and pulling an illegal U-turn in front of police who were unable to issue…...