Not long after buying a Tesla Model 3 this summer, Vince Patton saw a YouTube clip highlighting a feature that took him by surprise: three video games that can be […]
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Back to news homeInside Tesla: How Elon Musk Pushed His Vision for Autopilot
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.Elon Musk built his electric car company, Tesla, around the promise that it […]
How Tesla Helps China’s Firms Compete With the U.S.
Forty-two years ago, Liu Siong Song built machines to help factories make cheap toys and watches. Then he made them for motorcycle companies.Now he helps Tesla, in the words of […]
Rivian’s Electric Truck Is a Cutie and a Beast
The redoubtable Rivian R1T, the first crusher in a coming wave of electric pickup trucks, can soar unscathed over gnarly boulders, hitch an 11,000-pound load and scorch 60 m.p.h. in […]
Volkswagen C.E.O. Herbert Diess Sets Sights on Beating Tesla
WOLFSBURG, Germany — In July, when Herbert Diess, Volkswagen’s chief executive, wanted to congratulate the company for a strong first half of the year, he posted a video of himself […]
He Helped Build Tesla. Now He Hopes to Do the Same at Lucid.
But mass producing automobiles is a challenge of a different magnitude. Initial versions of the Air cost almost $35,000 more than a top-of-the-line Tesla Model S Plaid. To be profitable, […]
China’s Popular Electric Vehicles Have Put Europe’s Automakers on Notice
FRANKFURT — The name MG used to be synonymous with spirited but finicky sports cars from Britain. Nowadays the iconic octagonal badge serves a different kind of motoring ambition: China’s […]
Old Power Gear Is Slowing Use of Clean Energy and Electric Cars
Seven months after workers finished installing solar panels atop the Garcia family home near Stanford University, the system is little more than a roof ornament. The problem: The local utility’s […]
Are Tesla and Texas a Perfect Match? It’s Questionable.
Tesla’s move from Silicon Valley to Texas makes sense in many ways: The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, and the conservative lawmakers who run the state share a libertarian philosophy, […]
Tesla to Move Headquarters to Texas from California
Tesla will move its headquarters from California to Austin, Texas, where it is building a new factory, its chief executive, Elon Musk, said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on […]