Saudi Arabia invests $1 billion into Virgin space companies
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia intends to invest $1 billion into Virgin Group space companies, according billionaire Richard Branson’s conglomerate on Thursday. The contract is described as a “partnership on spaceflight, satellite launch and space-centric entertainment,” back by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
Month: October 2017
Inside Tesla’s Secret Second Floor | Backchannel
While working at Tesla, I always enjoyed talking to people after they finished a factory tour. As much as they raved about the amazing automation, gigantic presses, and hundreds of robots, the reality was they only saw half of the actual manufacturing that was taking place in the building.
Here’s a closer look at Apple’s secret self-driving car
A new video of what would appear to be one of Apple’s “Project Titan” self-driving cars was posted to Twitter last night, and it looks much different than it did the last time we saw it.
Uber built a fake city in Pittsburgh with roaming mannequins to test its self-driving cars
Uber is testing its self-driving cars in a fake city it built in Pittsburgh called the ALMONO. The fake city has a giant roundabout, fake cars, and roaming mannequins that jump out into the street without warning. Uber also uses the ALMONO to train vehicle operators before allowing them to monitor the cars in the real world.
Image of Tesla’s electric semi truck surfaces
We’re less than one month away from the day when Tesla plans to unveil its first electric semi truck, and of course that means it’s time for speculation and sleuthing to skyrocket. Today’s fodder is a picture of what could be the Tesla big rig that was posted to, deleted from, and reposted to Reddit overnight by a user who nabbed the photo in time.
Tesla just destroyed the world’s fastest supercars in an epic drag race | Trusted Reviews
Drag racers have pitted the Tesla Model S P100D against some of the speediest cars money can buy, and the outcome surprised us all. Tesla has earned a reputation for building all-electric cars that are capable of incredible acceleration, but lining up against the likes of Porsche, Ferrari and McLaren in a quarter-mile race, its victory was far from certain.
Senate approves legislation to get self-driving cars On U.S. roads
The Senate has agreed to pass legislation lifting regulations on manufacturers of self-driving cars. Full details will be announced the first week of October, but it’s expected the bill will cover safety and manufacturing regulations as well as driver protection.
The Senate Is About to Approve Commercial Sale of Self-Driving Cars (But Not Trucks)
You will soon be able to ride home from your local car dealership in a car that finds its way there unassisted while you nap or read. That reality came a whole lot closer this week, with bipartisan agreement in the Senate on legislation allowing self-driving cars to take the the roads.
The future is headed your way – and nobody is in the driving seat
As much as 90 percent of the miles Americans clock on the road could be spent inside driverless vehicles operated by ride-sharing services by the end of the next decade. This raises a critical question for companies like Ford, who will need to adapt their business models to compensate for the millions of consumers who might choose to no longer own and operate a personal vehicle.
Why govt’s push for electric cars is making auto industry nervous – ET Auto
There is something unusual about Nirmal Goel. The 49-year-old, Delhi-based bureaucrat and father of two has three cars: two electric vehicles or EVs – a Reva and a Mahindra e2oPlus – and a Chevrolet Spark. Goel’s first step into the EV world in 2009 was tentative and triggered out of curiosity.