Transportation

Tesla rolls out update to make it harder to crash a self-parking car

Chris Ziegler May 17, 2016 02:28 pm5 hours ago 46

posting on Reddit today indicates that Tesla is rolling an update out to its vehicles to require that drivers confirm the direction of travel when Summon is activated — possibly a direct response to last...

The driver has to choose forward or reverse every time

The BMW i8 Futurism Edition is the most incredible-looking i8 yet

Chris Ziegler May 17, 2016 10:40 am9 hours ago 41

No one would accuse BMW's sleek i8 eco-supercar of looking bland. But if for some (ridiculous) reason you felt like it needed a little more visual flair, look no further than the i8 Futurism Edition, a...

Inspired by a 1909 painting

Uber is testing in-app call support for Bay Area drivers

Andrew J . Hawkins May 17, 2016 11:00 am9 hours ago

Uber drivers often complain that they'd like to be able to talk to an actual person when reporting a problem, such as unruly riders or a bug in the app, rather than being forced to have a back-and-forth...

Google veterans head off on their own to work on self-driving trucks

Chris Ziegler May 17, 2016 12:00 am20 hours ago 4

Former employees of Google, Apple, Tesla, Cruise Automation, and others — 40 people in total — have formed a new San Francisco-based company called Otto with the goal of turning commercial trucks into...

A focus on highway driving

Two designers of 2015's best-looking concept car have left for Hyundai

Chris Ziegler May 16, 2016 12:40 pm05.16.2016 3

Hyundai announced today that SangYup Lee, one of the stars of the automotive design world, will be joining the company next month. Lee spent time at GM where he designed the 2006 Camaro concept that led...

SangYup Lee is out at Bentley

Tesla accused of using cheap foreign labor to build its US factories

James Vincent May 16, 2016 07:54 am05.16.2016 40

A report by The Mercury News has exposed Tesla's use of imported foreign labor to help build its Silicon Valley factories. The article describes how a German company, contracted by the automaker to expand...

paid as little as $5 an hour

Faraday Future says its electric car could be more powerful than Tesla's

Andrew J . Hawkins May 15, 2016 09:00 am05.15.2016 57

Since I was in Las Vegas this week to attend the Hyperloop's first public demonstration, I thought I'd check in on everyone's favorite secretive electric car company, Faraday Future. If you read The Verge,...

Tesla hires a longtime Audi executive to take over vehicle production

Jordan Golson May 13, 2016 08:36 pm05.13.2016 15

Tesla has hired Audi executive Peter Hochholdinger as its new Vice President of Vehicle Production, following the departure of two senior production managers earlier this month, the company said in a...

He'll be in charge of the Model 3 production ramp

Cadillac opens coffee shop to attract thirsty Bohemians looking for a new ride

Eater Staff May 13, 2016 12:01 pm05.13.2016

On June 2, Cadillac will debut a coffee shop/boutique/art gallery at 330 Hudson Street, just north of Canal Street, called Cadillac House. The facility will not have any cars for sale — you have to go to a...

But it's not a dealership
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