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Tesla cashes in on surging stock price with $2 billion stock offering
Tesla will raise $2 billion in a new stock offering, the company announced on Thursday morning.
Tesla’s shares are worth about $780 on Thursday morning—up 2 percent over Wednesday’s
Rental cars can be remotely started, tracked, and more after customers return them
In October, Ars chronicled the story of …
The auto industry’s unseen inventions—some are weirder than others
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[credit: Vanarama ]
Via Vanarama this morning, we have a curious list of patents from the auto industry. Some of them are a little wacky and unlikely to bring their inventors much fame or fortune— vertical parking falls into this
How lidar makers are coping with slow progress of self-driving tech
The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show was absolutely crawling with companies hawking lidar. Short for light radar (yes, really), this powerful type of
British Airways 747 just set subsonic speed record for Atlantic crossing
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On Sunday, February 9, British Airways flight 112, a 747-400 (tail number G-CIVP), set a new record for fastest subsonic crossing from JFK in New York to LHR in London. [credit: francescoprocida / Aurich Lawson ]
Here’s a good piece
Uber’s plan to turn billion-dollar losses into profits isn’t crazy
Uber announced on Thursday that it lost $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. As I said last quarter, this wasn’t a surprise. After
The feds just blessed a custom self-driving vehicle for the first time
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday officially signed off on a new self-driving vehicle from the delivery startup Nuro. It’s a historic move; Nuro says it’s the first time