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With its Greenlots acquisition, Shell is moving from gas stations to charging stations

February 12, 2019

In a bid to show that it’s getting ready for the electrification of American roads, Royal Dutch Shell is buying Greenlots, a Los Angeles-based developer of electric vehicle charging and energy management technologies.

Shell, which is making the acquisition Continue reading →

Tesla names Oracles Larry Ellison, Walgreens executive to board as part of SEC settlement

January 26, 2019

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Tesla has added two independent directors to its board — Oracle founder, chairman and CTO Larry Ellison and Walgreens executive Kathleen Wilson-Thompson — as part of a settlement with U.S. securities regulators over CEO Elon Musk’s infamous tweets about taking the Continue reading →

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There’s a robot dog empire in the making and Boston Dynamics has some worthy competitors Genius Moments

October 19, 2018

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Image: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Back in July, Tesla announced it had signed a deal in China allowing it to build up to 500,000 vehicles a year there. Now Elon Musk’s company has acquired the Continue reading →

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Lucid Motors secures $1 billion from Saudi wealth fund to launch the Air

October 8, 2018

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Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is investing $1 billion into Lucid Motors, capital that will finance the commercial launch of the startup’s first electric vehicle.

The agreement comes just six weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he was Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia helps Tesla competitor in a billion-dollar way

September 19, 2018

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Those aren't Teslas, those are Lucid electric vehicles.

Image: Lucid motors

A hotshot electric vehicle company in Silicon Valley just got a $1 billion investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

No, not Tesla. We’re talking about its eventual Continue reading →

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This Week in the Future of Cars: Picking Up the Pieces

September 13, 2018

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August would be slow, they promised. Catch up on sleep, leave work a little early on Fridays, start tackling those long-term projects you’ve been pondering. It was not to be. This month—and this week!—have been full of transportation action. Of Continue reading →

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This Week in the Future of Cars: Honey We Broke the Future

September 7, 2018

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If any one thing launched Tesla’s meteoric rise from a small Silicon Valley startup to one of the world's most famous and exciting companies, it's Elon Musk. Every scrap of news about the company now makes headlines, as its outspoken, Continue reading →

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Elon Musk and His Fight With the SEC

August 22, 2018

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UPDATE: On Wednesday, August 15, the Fox Business Network reported that Tesla received subpoenas from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times later confirmed the reports. The subpoenas indicate that the agency's probe Continue reading →

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Elon Musk Is Broken, and We Have Broken Him

August 22, 2018

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Of all the striking things about the interview with Elon Musk The New York Times published Thursday night—the tears, the lack of regrets over certain tweets, the fact that rapper Azealia Banks may somehow be part of Tesla’s Continue reading →

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Report: SEC Subpoenas Tesla Over Elon Musks Tweets

August 18, 2018

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The Securities Exchange Commission has subpoenaed Tesla after CEO Elon Musk tweeted last week that he had the funding secured to take the company private at $420 per share. That number was about 20 percent higher than what the stock Continue reading →

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