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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

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by Dr James Jeffs, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the production line, grinding manufacturing to an industry-shaking halt. Semiconductor devices found on autonomous electric vehicles.

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Rivian Drops Another One Percent of Its Workforce As It Chases Profitability

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Electric-only automakers are going through it right now. A company rep told Automotive News , “We continue to work to right-size the business and ensure alignment to our priorities. That said, we’re still more than a year away from those models going on sale, and the company needs to stay afloat until then.

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Ron Baron on Tesla $TSLA stock: ‘Now is the bottom’

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Legendary investor and Tesla bull Ron Baron believes the electric automaker’s stock is set to see massive gains as the introduction of Robotaxi and a new vehicle lineup is imminent. “It’s going to go up huge,” Baron said. .” billion in shares at one point. billion in shares at one point.

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Mobileye unveils electric AV to be used in driverless ride-hailing services

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Mobileye, an Intel company, unveiled the 6-passenger, road-ready electric autonomous vehicle (AV) that will be used for commercial driverless ride-hailing services in Tel Aviv and Munich starting in 2022. Credit: Mobileye, an Intel Company). Mobileye autononomous vehicle(AV) operating under the MoovitAV mobility services brand.

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Tesla Asia’s latest ad features Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen

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Tesla has been boosting its advertising and public education efforts over the last several months, with many executives and employees discussing the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) and other products more publicly and regularly. It’s hard for one company to do all of that alone.

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Report: Aston Martin Actually Won’t Be Going All Electric

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Despite previously having vowed to offer an entirely electric lineup by 2030, Aston Martin has decided to continue selling internal-combustion vehicles beyond the next decade. Company chairman Lawrence Stroll now believes that there will always be demand for combustion engines. None of this means Aston is abandoning electrification.

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Toyota bZ4X driver forgets to shift to Park, EV ends up going for tragic swim

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Little did they know that they were about to experience something that no car owner ever wants to experience. As the driver left the car, the all-electric crossover started rolling towards the water. I started feeling the car rolling a little bit. Tesla describes the feature as follows.

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