Electric Car

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…

Elon Musk just said he was planning to break the law. Musk just tweeted that he and Tesla intend to disobey public health orders and restart work at the electric car company's Fremont, California factory today. Earlier today, California governor Gavin Newsom said it was too soon and that Tesla…

BMW has just released a new electric kiddie car as part of its 2020 lifestyle collection. Taking the form as a children’s version of its powerful M8 GTE flagship, the toy car features a full racing paint job with decals appearing over its white surface. On top of acting as…

REUTERSTesla production has come to a worldwide standstill after the sudden shutdown of its China plant as US workers, meanwhile, prepare to reopen its California factory in the next week, according to reports.Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reported that the electric car manufacturer informed workers at its…

Coronavirus — Car sales in Spain, Italy, and France all declined by 90 percent or more. Timothy B. Lee - May 5, 2020 4:27 pm UTC New car sales in the United Kingdom fell 97 percent in April, according to data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.…

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In January, Rivian and Lincoln announced a partnership to build Lincoln's first electric vehicle. The joint EV is now canceled, although Ford said its "commitment to Lincoln, Rivian and electrification remains unchanged."Ford will instead focus development efforts "on Lincoln's own fully electric vehicle," and will save the Rivian platform for…

Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk is on the verge of a $750 million payday, Reuters first reported Tuesday morning. Musk stands to receive an option tranche of 1.69 million Tesla shares if the electric car market reaches a six-month average market cap of $100 billion. With Tesla shares sitting near…

Published: April 29, 2020 at 7:18 a.m. ET Tesla expects to hit a market cap milestone in months, triggering windfall for Musk Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Tesla Shanghai groundbreaking in January. Reuters Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk is close to getting a windfall that would dwarf any payday…