Electric Car

1 of 2 2 of 2 Last October, Dyson ended its anticipated electric car project, but much of its details remained under wraps — until now. In a new interview with The Times, Sir James Dyson himself spoke about the car, lifting the veil of mystery surrounding the now canceled…

Electrification is in R's future. Antuan Goodwin/Roadshow The future of Volkswagen's performance-oriented R division is electric. Well, at least electrified, according to VW Group board member Jurgen Stackmann.The executive told Top Gear in an interview published last Friday the go-fast brand's future is "vibrant," though it's "going electric." He questioned,…

We Are Motley. A Message of Solidarity From The Motley Fool. The electric-car maker's annual deliveries could see sharp growth in 2020 after all. The auto industry has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic: Automakers' factories were closed in many countries amid worldwide efforts to slow the spread…

Your tech news digest, by way of the DGiT Daily tech newsletter, for Monday, May 18.1. Dyson’s canceled electric car revealedSir James Dyson, Britain’s richest man, spent £500m developing an electric car to rival Tesla’s. Then he scrapped it before the first prototype took to the road. He tells John Arlidge…

first announced in 2017, the dyson electric car project bit the dust back in october 2019. but, for the first time, james dyson has finally revealed the design of the cancelled EV in an interview to the times. as well as unveiling the first images, the inventor conceded that he…

Tesla's Secret Batteries Aim To Rework the Math For Electric Cars and the Grid (reuters.com) Posted by BeauHD on Thursday May 14, 2020 @08:02PM from the positively-charged dept. Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year…

Cruise is laying off staffers — about 8% of its workforce.The self-driving startup is based in San Francisco; it was acquired by General Motors in 2016 and has achieved a nearly $20 billion valuation with subsequent funding rounds.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. General Motors self-driving car unit Cruise…

Tesla is working on a battery that is not only cheaper but longer-lasting and can be re-used to power homes.The company plans to hold a battery day in May, CEO Elon Musk said recently. Batteries represent an overwhelming fraction of electric vehicles' expense and reducing their cost could be a huge…

Alameda County officials said Tuesday they have agreed to allow Tesla to reopen as early as next week if the auto manufacturer agrees to certain safety conditions. The decision came after the county told Tesla earlier in the day to stop manufacturing at its Fremont plant, the strongest step local…

Boing Boing pals, magician Ferdinando Buscema and writer Erik Davis (High Weirdness), have created a really lovely and provocative little four-minute “visual meditation” based on the PK Dick essay, How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later Ferdinando says he put the piece together "to alchemize…