GM, Honda begin U.S. fuel cell production toward replacing diesel

GM, Honda begin U.S. fuel cell production toward replacing diesel

An employee assembles a fuel cell system in the module final assembly at Fuel Cell System Manufacturing LLC, GM and Honda’s fuel cell joint venture in Brownstown, Michigan. Courtesy image BROWNSTOWN, Mich. – General Motors and Honda Motor have begun commercial production of hydrogen fuel cell systems in a step toward offering alternative zero-emissions solutions … Read more

EVs Eating Tires, Mega Cruise Ship Pollution, MrBeast In This Weekend’s News Roundup

EVs Eating Tires, Mega Cruise Ship Pollution, MrBeast In This Weekend’s News Roundup

Image: Barrett-Jackson Sammy Hagar has an extensive car collection. From a Jaguar XKE to multiple Ferraris, it’s safe to say that Hagar is a car enthusiast. One of the hardest things an enthusiast can do, though, is part ways with one of their cars. Recently, Hagar announced that he was selling one of his prized … Read more

Elon Musk-Owned X’s New Moderation Office To Take A Firm Stand Against Child Exploitation

Elon Musk-Owned X’s New Moderation Office To Take A Firm Stand Against Child Exploitation

Elon Musk-led X, formerly known as Twitter, is gearing up to build a new moderation office in Austin, Texas, primarily focused on tackling content depicting child sexual abuse. The head of business operations at X, Joe Benarroch, confirmed that the Austin-based “Trust and Safety center of Excellence” will initially hire 100 full-time content moderators, according … Read more

Musk’s X aims to hire 100 content moderators in Austin by end of year

Musk’s X aims to hire 100 content moderators in Austin by end of year

Social media company X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas that will focus on fighting child abuse content, a goal it hopes to complete by the end of the year, an X executive said on Saturday. The Elon Musk-owned company announced the new “Trust and … Read more

Analyst Dan Ives blasts Tesla, calls earnings call ‘train wreck’

Analyst Dan Ives blasts Tesla, calls earnings call ‘train wreck’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk failed to address investors’ concerns about price cuts in “another train wreck of a conference call” this week, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives told clients in a research note Thursday. Ives slashed his 12-month stock price target for Tesla by 10% to $315, which still implies about 52% upside from Wednesday’s close. … Read more

Elon Musk says Chinese EV makers will ‘demolish’ other companies

Elon Musk says Chinese EV makers will ‘demolish’ other companies

Elon Musk speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City.  Slaven Vlasic | Getty Images Elon Musk said Chinese electric auto makers will find “significant” success outside of China, even as his firm, Tesla, faces intense competition from these same … Read more

Elon Musk Urges Trade Barriers To Protect Local EV Makers from Chinese Giants

Elon Musk Urges Trade Barriers To Protect Local EV Makers from Chinese Giants

With Chinese EV makers garnering huge popularity, Tesla CEO Elon Musk warns that deploying trade barriers might be the only way to protect local automakers from being demolished. While Musk-led Tesla chases its “ChatGPT moment,” rivals like BYD are taking the electric car segment by storm. Despite its price cuts in 2023, Tesla recently lost … Read more

Tesla loses $50B in value as stock plummets following Q4 earnings

Tesla loses B in value as stock plummets following Q4 earnings

Shares of Tesla fell by more than 9% at the start of trading on Wall Street on Thursday — wiping out $50 billion in market cap — a day after the world’s most valuable electric carmaker reported flat fourth-quarter earnings and warned that growth in 2024 “may be notably lower.” CEO Elon Musk, who owns … Read more

X Could Have Prevented The Holocaust, Says Elon Musk

X Could Have Prevented The Holocaust, Says Elon Musk

X CEO Elon Musk has claimed that social media could have prevented the Holocaust, and it would have been difficult to hide it if there had been freedom of speech. Musk made the comments after visiting the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland on Monday. He made the claims during a discussion with commentator … Read more

Tesla reveals target date for new electric vehicle launch

Tesla reveals target date for new electric vehicle launch

Tesla is targeting 2025 for the launch of a mass-market compact crossover, with speculation growing that it could be the automaker’s best-priced vehicle yet. Following Wednesday’s publication of a Reuters report claiming that Tesla has been informing suppliers of its plan to launch its first new vehicle since the Cybertruck last year, Tesla chief Elon … Read more