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Elon Musk says in talks with Saudis on taking Tesla private

Aug 13, 2018 (AFP)

The revelation came after Musk claimed in an August 7 Twitter post that financing for a deal to take Tesla private had been "secured." Musk said in a blog post ...

Tesla: Musk's tweet a bridge too far?

Aug 12, 2018 (AFP)

Many in US financial circles are wondering where he will he get all this money, and have turned skeptical despite the reverence in which they normally hold Musk...

By turning its back on Wall Street, Tesla could avoid market pressures

Aug 08, 2018 (AFP)

- Testing the waters - Tesla debuted on Wall Street in 2010, seven years after its launch, with a Nasdaq listing under the ticker symbol "TSLA." As with other f...

Volatile visionary: Tesla's Musk divides Wall Street

Aug 08, 2018 (AFP)

The now-infamous conference call in a nutshell represents the unorthodox approach of Musk, whose brazen aspirations to remake the transportation universe and co...

EV charging in cold temperatures could pose challenges for drivers

Aug 07, 2018 (SPX)

The new study, which looked at data from a fleet of electric vehicle (EV) taxis in New York City, was posted last week by the journal Energy Policy. "Battery re...

California fights back against EPA proposals on vehicles

Aug 03, 2018 (UPI)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a 37 mile per gallon average for cars and light-duty trucks by 2026. That's far less stringent tha...

Trump administration seeks rollback of Obama-era fuel efficiency rules

Aug 02, 2018 (AFP)

The tough standards favored by former President Barack Obama "are no longer appropriate and reasonable" beyond 2020, according to the proposal released by the E...

Tesla says on track for profit despite bigger 2Q loss

Aug 02, 2018 (AFP)

Tesla shares raced up more than 9 percent to $328.99 in after-market trades that followed release of earnings figures and a call in which chief executive Elon M...

ULEMCo hydrogen dual-fuel vehicle makes cleaner deliveries for Ocado

Aug 02, 2018 (SPX)

Converted from a standard Mercedes Sprinter, the new van will go into immediate service from the Ocado spoke in West Drayton, making conventional deliveries of ...

Economists say dynamic tolls could ease traffic problems

Aug 01, 2018 (UPI)

In an op-ed, newly published this week in the journal Nature, scientists argue the use of dynamic pricing to positively influence driving behavior and alleviate...

Uber hits brakes on self-driving trucks

Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)

Uber is among a number of technology and car companies racing toward what some contend is an inevitable future in which vehicles drive themselves. Uber's aspira...

EU carmakers 'inflating' emissions to skew carbon targets

Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)

Authorities are currently switching over from an older emissions testing procedure known as NEDC to a new, globally-agreed one called WLTP. During the changeove...

GM launches peer-to-peer car sharing service on rental platform

Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)

The US auto giant said GM car owners would be able to list their vehicles via Maven, its car-sharing service in which the company offers hourly or daily rentals...

Uber resumes testing for autonomous cars in 'manual mode'

Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)

The ridesharing giant said its specially equipped vehicles would be back in service for the first time since it suspended tests following a fatal accident in Ar...

Elon Musk's latest outburst raises doubts on leadership

Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)

But his latest outburst on Twitter attacking a British rescue worker in Thailand has raised fresh concerns over the star tech entrepreneur's stability and leade...

EU says VW repairs most cars with cheating devices

Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)

"Volkswagen has largely fulfilled the action plan they promised, EU consumer affairs commissioner Vera Jourova said. However, she said the firm's attitude to Eu...

Washington state sets high bar for electric vehicles

Jul 12, 2018 (UPI)

Charles Knutson, Inslee's executive policy adviser on transportation and economic development, said there are around 28,000 electric vehicles on state roads now...

Departing Apple engineer stole autonomous car tech: FBI

Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)

Xiaolang Zhang was in custody for stealing trade secrets from the Apple project, according to a copy of the criminal complaint posted online. The charge is puni...

Tesla unveils Shanghai factory plans amid US-China trade row

Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)

Musk said the plant, which has been in the works for a year, would eventually have an annual production capacity of 500,000 cars, and he hoped it would be "comp...

Uber joins scooter wars with Lime investment

Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)

Lime announced the new $335 million investment to be led by GV -- formerly Google Ventures -- with additional funding from Google parent Alphabet and others inc...