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Bill Gates is a man with a coronavirus plan: Simultaneously fund the development of seven different coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to discover a fix as quickly as possible — even if it wastes billions of dollars. The Microsoft co-founder revealed his intention while appearing on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah last week. Gates, one…

Health systems around the world are in dire need of ventilators to help treat the most critical COVID-19 patients. These ventilators essentially breathe for a patient when their lungs become too inflamed or full to work by themselves and thus ensure enough oxygen is continuing to circulate around the body…

By Kate DuguidNEW YORK (Reuters) - Engineers at Tesla Inc showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company's YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country overwhelmed by coronavirus patients face device shortages.The design for the ventilators relies heavily on Tesla car parts,…

Sandy Munro is the guy to call when companies want to cut the excess and create a seriously lean product to roll down the manufacturing line. So he's just the person to comb over the Tesla Model Y. Autoline went inside Munro's facility with a Model Y Performance variant. In…

While many carmakers in the US and Europe have shut down production in response to the novel coronavirus, factories in China are beginning to come back online as infection counts decline.That includes the factory making the Polestar 2, a roughly $60,000, 408-horsepower electric sedan under Volvo's performance electric-vehicle brand. Production…

Cars of the future are almost certainly going to be powered by electricity. We’re not going to have much choice as governments around the world look to ban petrol and diesel powered vehicles in favor of EVs. On one hand, this is obviously great for the environment, but it makes…

Chinese auto company Geely will now give new-car buyers the option to have their keys flown to them via drone to limit human contact upon delivery, which comes at a time when limited contact is encouraged amid the coronavirus pandemic.Since February, Geely customers have been able to order a car…

pole position — As COVID-19 shutters European and US plants, Polestar's factory in China warms up. Jonathan M. Gitlin - Mar 24, 2020 2:53 pm UTC The Polestar 2 is one of 2020's most anticipated cars. Jonathan Gitlin It's a fastback sedan with 408hp (305kW) and electric all-wheel drive. Polestar…

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto retailers have been slow to embrace e-commerce, but the coronavirus pandemic is changing that. Online traffic has risen even as in-person showroom traffic has disappeared. Auto dealers are embracing digital tools to close de… Read More

At the end of February, the US National Transport Safety Board presented its findings from a two-year investigation into a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model X driving on Autopilot. Given the current state of the tech, it served as another reminder of how dangerous self-driving technologies can be. For…