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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

Green Car Congress

Audi is supporting the German team (the “ Part-Time Scientists ”) in the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) competition with its know-how in several fields of technology from quattro all-wheel drive and lightweight construction to electric mobility and piloted driving. —Luca de Meo, Audi Board Member for Sales and Marketing.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

In the same way that Google search has the sort of firewall, it’s very difficult to compete with Google because people are constantly doing searches, and clicking, and Google is getting that feedback loop, it’s the same with Tesla, but at a scale that is difficult to comprehend. Vaibhav Taneja: Bonkers.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) If these companies are ultimately successful and can convince EV manufacturers to ditch lithuim ion, we could depend on the already robust recycling program. In the U.S.

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