Volvo is phasing out cars that rely on combustion engines, with every new model launched from 2019 to have an electric motor, as the shift away from the technology that’s dominated the auto industry for more than a century gathers pace. Promising the
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Tesla’s mission-critical Model 3 will start production on Friday before beginning a rapid ramp-up targeting a rate of 20 000/month in December. “Expecting to complete” the first car on Friday, CEO Elon Musk wrote in a late-night tweet
Machine learning is going to alter our world fundamentally for the better, improving healthcare and the manufacturing industry, and assisting in the prediction of supply and demand levels across a range of industries. For those who are into science-fiction
After years toiling away in secret on its car project, Apple CEO Tim Cook has for the first time laid out exactly what the company is up to in the automotive market: it’s concentrating on self-driving technology. “We’re focusing on autonomous
Tesla stock is the new ultimate driving machine. Shares of Elon Musk’s electric-car maker climbed 1,4% as of 11.10am Friday, boosting its market capitalisation to US$61,6bn, about $280m more than BMW. Tesla now ranks as the
Elon Musk has finally pulled the plug on Donald Trump. Musk, who has become the American icon of clean energy by leading electric car maker Tesla, said on Thursday he’d leave two White House advisory councils after the president’s
Jim Hackett once sold office furniture to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He also landed Jim Harbaugh to coach University of Michigan football. Neither were easy tasks. Now he has to convince investors and car buyers
BMW is plotting the revival of a high-end coupé to claw back market share lost to arch-rival Mercedes, part of a model blitz that BMW is billing as the biggest in its history. The sporty 8-Series two-door car is set to hit dealerships next
Tesla assured investors its highly anticipated Model 3 sedan is on track to begin production, mitigating concerns that the car maker, led by Elon Musk, is burning through more cash to bring the
Are electric cars ready to stand on their own? If you took a spin down to the New York International Auto Show last week and saw the $37 500 (R486 000) Chevy Bolt (electric) parked next to